What future am I blogging about? Why, the future of your Home Entertainment System, of course!
OK, this may be a random one - but I find it interesting! Let me tell you why I'm talking about it. I recently set up a wireless network between my laptop and my PC. It was suprisingly easy. The network allows me to do various things wirelessly, but best of all, it gives my laptop access to all the music and videos on my pc. My music library is fully accessible, yet not a single music file ever gets stored on my laptop. I can even play the same song on the pc and the laptop at the same time!
Alright. So What?
Well, all this got me thinking - what else could I do with a network? I realised that if I were able to hook my laptop up to our main television (which I cant), then I could watch the episodes of Prison Break and Heroes that I downloaded on a proper television. Which I'm sure is something a lot of people would like to do! And its also the point of my post - because I think 2007 will be the year that the barrier between your computer and your television is broken.
This machine is basically a massive hard drive that is connected to your TV. The sweet thing is that it also connects to your wireless home network, so you can transfer all your music/pictures/videos/movies onto this hard drive and it becomes your home media hub. If you had surround-sound, you could listen to your music using those speakers.
Similarly, AppleTV will be a set-top box that stores the music and tv shows you buy and download from the iTunes store and lets you watch them with your TV. Apple aren't the innovators though because such media hard disks are already common and you may already have one! The Xbox 360 IS a home entertainment centre! Theres nothing stopping Xbox live becoming another iTunes, and the 360 connects to wireless home networks.
There will be more and more of these boxes, and more and more online stores. Wouldnt it be cool if you could download full movies? That would be true TV on demand. You could use little hand held devices to play your music in any room. Anyways, I can't wait to set up my first home entertainment system! Flagrance coming out the yingyang!
Barra's the name and Upper class Flagrancy is the game. I'm an incurable romantic who is seeking any filthy whore. call me.
My name is David but most call me Armours. I'm an economics student in UCD so that may explain some of my more boring ramblings. I like football, computer games, and being a waste. oh, and my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
1 comment:
yeah i connected my 360 to my network which is cool because i can listen to music and look at photos on my tv. the only problem is that you need a really fast connection to transfer video which is a pain. Whats interesting is that more and more company's are making hd tv's with a computer installed inside. I believe this is soe extent the future.
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