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The TV Evolution Has Begun, And People Want It

image Thanks to @tvonyourpc for pointing me to this article.  While I know that in our home and internet connected TV has been reality for a long time simply because we use Windows Media Center.  That’s not the case for everyone but it seems that it’s something people want.

From cNet News comes the story of the Consumer Electronics Association and a study they recently published which shows that 48% of respondents would use internet connected TVs to access more information on the show they’re watching.

From the article:

The study, conducted in December 2008, asked respondents to say how they’d use their connected sets, and the most popular answers included accessing information about current TV shows or identifying a song played on a show (48 percent) and finding out more about the actors (44 percent). Asked whether they currently surf the Web while watching TV, 30 percent of “online adults” responded “always or usually” while 32 percent answered “sometimes.” Activities likely to be moved from the PC to the living room TV include watching online video (62 percent), getting weather updates (59 percent), and playing online games (57 percent).

Again, a lot of us have had some of these features for awhile.  I will say though that it’s happened more than once that I wanted to ID a song in a show and Media Center won’t let me do that.  What other uses can you think of for internet connected sets?  Comment and let us know!

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