This would be great, but custom hardware is a bit out of scope for this project.
I'd love to see Ubuntu coming preinstalled on my TV, but I'm afraid that set-top boxes are currently a better, easier to accomplish solution. --Ian Santopietro "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup? op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234 On Jan 3, 2012 6:58 PM, "Sandy Martin" <siegfried_...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > I was reading the feature list and it seems to me that all this software > idea could be built into the TV itself. I am looking at this as a hardware > issue. With building the Ubuntu Software into the TV it gets rid of the > issue of having a tv and a box and two remotes. If you have say 3 or 4 USB > ports built in to it you can then add an external hard drive to save all > shows , movies , etc. > > Now you have seen how the Wii works why not have a remote that works along > those lines and allows the user to point and click with the remote. Have > built into the remote a slide out keyboard. Or you can have a "Normal > remote" and use the USB ports for wireless keyboards and mouse. Say if you > do live TV make a app for Unity which is initially there for live TV and > Unity is minimized but not gone while the live TV is full screen. Look at > LG's Magic Motion TV. Ubuntu can easily do that. > heres the link for the LG TV. > > http://kotaku.com/5444951/just-how-wii+like-is-lgs-magic-motion-tv-remote > think about it. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv > Post to : ubuntu-tv@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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