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[David Jordan <djordan2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

UbuntuTV should absolutely be as simple to use for watching video,
listening to music, etc. as any TV or mobile device today.  It should be
simple to use, and the interface should be out of the way and work with a
remote control.
However, I think there is a lot of power and value added by allowing new
kinds of apps that bridge multiple devices and richer inputs from phones,
tablets, PCs and maybe even input devices we haven't thought of yet.
If UbuntuTV is simply another system to consume content on, what's the
point?  As an application developer, I would love to use UbuntuTV to
provide a shared screen.  The TV is unique in that it's the most social
screen.  So far it's been the "idiot box" used to consume content
effortlessly, and that's great, but we can do more.  We can make it the
screen for effortlessly sharing, demoing, fostering discussion as well.
The experience will have to be tailored to the needs of a TV, of course,
and we should make it simple to use, but the payoffs should be worth it.
If you haven't already, I recommend reading this thread on the Ubuntu Phone
list for more on how and why we should do this:
https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg00006.html
David

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I never said it should only be used for viewing videos.
>
> But, TVs are consumption devices, and should be treated as such. Think
> of it as a large tablet. Tablets are great devices for watching
> videos, surfing the internet, reading email, IM, and games. They also
> work great for photo galleries, and listening to music. But they
> aren't very good for being productive. Office isn't very good, photo
> editors are mostly simple and geared towards correction, etc. This is
> a perfect example of how TV's should be used. When the need to be
> productive arises, the best thing the TV could do is to easily set up
> your computer to be productive.
>
> Computers, on the other hand, are much better for being productive,
> and much worse for consumption. There's obviously a tradeoff, but I
> typically don't like watching movies on my computer proper. The screen
> is too small and too close, and the chair isn't good for relaxing. So
> in this case, the best thing the computer could do is set up my TV to
> watch the movie.
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 16:46, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
> <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Den 29. nov. 2011 00:44, skrev Callum Saunders:
> >>
> >> its not a computer with a big screen it's a TV!!
> >
> > Oh, ok. I thought it was intended to be used om OMAP4s and similar.
> They're
> > perfectly capable of providing a complete PC experience. I actually used
> my
> > OMAP3 like that for a little while and that's significantly less
> powerful.
> >
> > Jo-Erlend schinstad
> >
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