Asus hopes upcoming Eee desktops are Eeequally Eeenticing (ars technica) [LWN.net]

Asus hopes upcoming Eee desktops are Eeequally Eeenticing (ars technica)

Posted Jan 31, 2008 9:28 UTC (Thu) by danielhedblom (guest, #47307)
Parent article: Asus hopes upcoming Eee desktops are Eeequally Eeenticing (ars technica)

The biggest reason the concept of using the TV as a computer has never gotten traction is the
abysmal resolution of your average TV. Lack of compability with plugins and sites is also not
so fun. Given a normal computer resolution and Firefox as the browser i do think it would be
useful to many people.

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Asus hopes upcoming Eee desktops are Eeequally Eeenticing (ars technica)

Posted Jan 31, 2008 12:16 UTC (Thu) by johnny (guest, #10110) [Link]

Agreed. A friend of mine uses a PC connected to the HD-TV in his living room as his only home
computer.

I don't like statements like "the whole 'use your TV as your web browser/computer' concept has
never caught on well." What's to say that it won't this time.. or next time.. or in 10 years?
Just because it hasn't caught on well so far, certainly doesn't mean it never will. 

"Overnight successes" are often old developments that cross a thresold and suddenly become
"good enough".