Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 29 June 2007 15:39 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> YouTube on the TV with the OSD
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Neuros is certainly not the only ones bringing net video to the TV, but we
>>>| are probably the only CE company doing it with open source. Nowhere is the
>>>| intersection between free software and free speech more obvious. If the
>>>| connection between the internet and the TV falls into the hands of a
>>>| proprietary vendor's closed solution, then the hard won free speech victory
>>>| of he internet will fall far short of its ultimate potential.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://open.neurostechnology.com/node/905
>>>
>>> So, it's not just Apple TV now. Linux has YouTube streams too. Even though
>>> this one is a hacker-friendly unit, Apple TV has fallen 'victim' to the same
>>> thing.
>>
>> Well, you can just connect the video out of your computer to a modulator
>> and send it to your televisions - that's what I do.
>
> Some people have many televisions in the house simply because they don't
> consolidate and unify. The same goes for PCs. It's a problem, nothing of
> merit.
>
Perhaps, but then I would suggest that disposing of functional equipment
just because you fancy a little update is a great way of making the
landfills even more, err, full.
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