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Fig. 5. I-Man makes one thing clear: We don't need no stinkin' PCs
watching television. The money is in TV. The question is, how can we get it out of the hands of Hollywood, and into the hands of Siliwood? How can we transition the PC industry into the TV industry? What is needed is a device that is as cheap as a video game box, but as powerful as a PC. I'm not talking about TV snacks! Of course PC multimedia companies have known this all along. That is why they keep trying to get GIF, JPEG, MPEG, and now MPEG3 down in price. But they make the mistake of assuming that the Wintel PC is going to be something everyone will bring home to dinner. I don't think so. Now, the vid-game empire has seen the gold at the end of the Internet rainbow. Naturally, they think the $200 price point of their devices will win the day. If only they could get their boxes to work over the Internet. This explains why Mpath is using PSINet, an Internet Service Provider, to complete calls. They want to merge with the Internet but keep their installed base of consumers. I don't think they can do it, either. In short, consumers don't want no stinkin' PCs in their living rooms. What they want is TV. What they want to buy became available on September 18. What is it? Internet TV. |
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