This is an interesting quote from a Wall Street Journal article I read this morning:
After 3-D TV failed to excite consumers last year, manufacturers are betting that following the app-laden path of smartphones and tablet computers will fatten up what have been ultraslim profit margins.
Apps is where it is at and connecting your TV to the ‘net to get to those little jewels makes so much more sense to me than sitting down to watch a 3D movie. People want to connect on Internet. I have seen this phenomenon so many times with the younger generation. It seems that the youth of today (and even their parents) are glued to their smartphone. You get a group of kids together, send one a text message and all of sudden the whole group whips out their phones to see what is happening on their little window to the online world.
I would much prefer the bigger window, as in the Smart TV
Not only do smart TVs give one this world of apps, it will also allow one to stream local content through the magic of DLNA, and open the world of online content to the user in front of the screen. We just need an app to provide a good UI and easy access to this online content.
Last year, 3D was big everywhere at CES. This year it is the Smart TV.
The article goes on to say
But this year, starting with product announcements at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, manufacturers are making a full-on push with “smart TVs”— models that have built-in computer-style processors and operating software so the sets can be modified with applications just as computers and smartphones are.
The idea is to make it easy to shop, surf the Web, check the weather and traffic and set up customized news pages. Consumers also would have available a variety of other apps for, say, social networking or sharing photos and videos.
If they can just do all that in multiple windows so that one can easily switch back and forth, that would be quite cool indeed.
What do think? Smart TV or 3D TV, which do want more?
