'normal people' (non-nerds) don't want to twitter, surf, google map on their TVs.. etc TV's are for vegetating .. how many times do we have to go through this??? how many times can a concept be tried and fail??
not only that.. TV watching is generally something people do with others.. people's family and friends tend to smack you in the head when you minimize the video of the season premier of so you can check your twitter..
people can already do all of these things right now using a vastly superior system... smart phones, tablets sitting in your lap while watching TV.. everyone gets their own personal device.. you can share if you want and you don't annoy everyone around you..and you are all also enjoying the TV experience together as well
people don't want googleTV or AppleTV or any of these services etc..
-people want an on demand, a la carte service.. the are tired of paying cable through the nose for channels the don't care about so they can get movies or some premier movie channel that they can only get if they buy the super-duper-extra combo pack first.. people want specialty channels like e.g. HBO, these 10 shows, and access to 95% rental movies and shows and buy the odd show and movie and have access to all of them on any device i currently have..
- buy music
- access to live sports and events
the first person to produce an on-demand a la carte service with lots of flexibility, plus a la carte live sports and events at a reasonable price wins... it's that simple!
this could even be the cable company.. this has nothing to do with the internet.. people want a passive service.. not this interactive BS.. we've been around this bush before.. NO ONE WANTS IT.. people want a service to access to the media they want without being force to pay for stuff they don't care about
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