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Revision - 3:30 PM 7/19/2010

(Moving the WWW from the PC to the living room)

What are the holdups? licensing issues, payments?

The Internet is taking over everything these days including television (cable and satellite).

A few examples of how the 'net is taking over television!

(Step 1 - connect your TV to a PC and the web)
By connecting an Internet connected PC to your television, you can download TV shows, movies, etc.

How to connect a TV to a PC?
Using various cables

HDMI cable (the best way but you would need a video card with an HDMI output) The old "High-Definition Multimedia Interface"

DVI Cable ("Digital Visual Interface", It is partially compatible with the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard in digital mode(DVI-D), and VGA in analog mode (DVI-A).

S-Video CableVGA Cable

See the following websiteshttp://www.howcast.com/videos/185705-How-To-Connect-Your-Laptop-To-Your-Television

orhttp://www.weethet.nl/english/video_connect_pc2tv.phporhttp://hookpctotv.com/

If you can handle techi issues. Check outhttp://www.neurostechnology.com/The Neuros LINK runs Ubuntu Linux and it comes pre-installed with the Firefox web browser, Boxee and many other applications. Thousands of othersfrom Google Chrome to Miro are just a few clicks away. The Neuros LINK is also the ideal platform for playback of downloaded content and archivedvideo content, you can plug in a USB storage device or stream from your local network.

http://pc.neuros.tv/welcome/ (Firefox browser and registration required) !!!

TV is moving to the Internet, examples of personal favorites..http://www.hulu.com/search?query=Legend+of+the+Seeker&st=1

http://www.hulu.com/searchThe+Big+Bang+Theory&st=0http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/

A list of Web TV Sites

http://abc.go.com/
http://www.cbs.com/video/
http://www.nbc.com/video/
http://video.pbs.org/
http://www.fox.com/fod/
http://www.boxee.tv/
http://www.joost.com/
http://www.spreety.com/default.aspx
http://www.epixhd.com/
http://www.ovguide.com/
http://www.crackle.com/
http://www.tvland.com/fullepisodes/leaveittobeaver/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/18webtv.html
http://tv1.com/
http://www.vimeo.com/
http://www.vevo.com/

(New Sites)
http://www.spreety.com/default.aspx
http://www.epixhd.com/ (need a Verizon, DISH, Cox Media or Media.com subscription)http://www.ovguide.com/
http://www.crackle.com/
http://www.tvland.com/fullepisodes/leaveittobeaver/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/18webtv.html
http://tv1.com/
http://www.vimeo.com/
http://www.vevo.com/
http://www.myfitv.com/
http://www.letmewatchthis.com/
http://www.fancast.com/
http://www.hulu.com/
http://www.getmiro.com/ (The free open source Miro video player!)http://revision3.com/diggnation/
http://www.xstreamhd.com/
http://www.fancast.com/
http://www.boxee.tv/
http://www.movieberry.com/
http://10starmovies.com/
http://www.netflix.com/ (Subscription based but a big dog)(Coming Up)http://www.google.com/tv/

(Net TV Guides)http://www.titantv.com/
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/
http://www.casttv.com/
http://www.clicker.com/
http://www.fuel.tv/


http://www.vingo.tv/

The Web for TV (per Google TV)FactsThe average American watches TV five (5) hours per day$70 Billion Dollars a Year on Television (US)There are about 4 billion TV users world wide, mobile phone market ~2 billion, PC users market ~1 billion http://www.youtube.com/googledevelopers#p/p/B09682344C2F233B/0/ASZbArr7vdIWeb

Radio Sites

http://www.slacker.com/


This document is a work in progress, if you know of any good TV video websites, please let me know. brjones53@gmail.com

This document is at...
https://docs.google.com/document/editid=1ozKhW78Kbz77PqZY5xrm3yiLIjI4PH6KUDaYmA-yzrQ&hl=en

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