For the last few years, vendors have been trying to convince us that computers will become our digital media hubs and we’ll extend that experience to our living room TVs. Microsoft’s Windows Media Center and its “ten-foot experience” is perhaps the best-known example of this idea. The recent explosion of readily available online media is starting to at least prove the part about the PC being the media hub true; but transferring the computer interface to the living room TV has proven to be rather stubbornly stagnant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For the last few years, vendors have been trying to convince us that computers will become our digital media hubs and we’ll extend that experience to our living room TVs. Microsoft’s Windows Media Center and its “ten-foot experience” is perhaps the best-known example of this idea. The recent explosion of readily available online media is starting to at least prove the part about the PC being the media hub true; but transferring the computer interface to the living room TV has proven to be rather stubbornly stagnant. Continue reading