On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- > 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 >
While I think custom hardware might not be out of scope, I think we will know more tomorrow (hopefully, Will Cooke said he was writing up a doc to give us a little direction). That said, these are ideas that were brought up months ago. Ideally, we'll have both built into the TV as well as a STB. Regarding TV with USB connections for hard drives, you are going to get crap performance if you try to run a DVR on low end hardware (ATOM/ARM). That isn't guessing, I've seen many users try it and come crying when it doesn't perform well. -- Thomas Mashos -- 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
