The Library in your Living Room
Terry Huwe
thuwe at LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU
Wed Oct 24 15:57:25 EDT 2012
Hi all:
I bought a wi-fi capable TV about 1 year ago (Sony Bravia). These have
dropped in price since then. The wi-fi is built in, and provided that you
have a strong signal, it works well. However: this TV is about 25 feet from
the base station, and yet I rarely got more than three bars, which was not
good enough. Same Story with the Blu-Ray. So--we ran network cable from
the base station in another room to the TV, and hardwired the connection.
Since then it's blazingly fast and works like a charm, using our cable-based
Internet service. So for me It seemed like performance really required fast
cable service, which I know is not universally popular.
Using a Blu-Ray, Roku or other device is a very good alternative to buying
an Internet ready TV, but once again, monitor the TV prices, which keep
going down.
Not sure if my experience with wi-fi for streaming video is representative,
but I can tell you it's more than a bit frustrating to watch something and
have the buffer reload every few minutes. In fact, it's a great incentive to
pick a book (or soon, an iPad Mini) instead! :)
Terry Huwe
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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
Behalf Of Bob Rasmussen
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room
If a TV is marketed as "smart", that generally means it can pull content
from the internet. It will generally have wi-fi capabilities, although that
may be an optional purchase, as a dongle.
Note that you can get this connectivity other ways:
1) Via a "smart" DVD or Blu-Ray player, which again may have wi-fi, which
may require an optional purchase;
or
2) A streaming device, such as a Roku or an Apple TV. I particularly like
the Apple TV.
Either of these is considerably cheaper than replacing your TV.
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Thomas Edelblute wrote:
> Do the new televisions today have a WiFi receiver, or do I need to buy
something that would plug into an Ethernet port?
>
> You can tell I have not been television shopping recently.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:04 PM
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> This is an obvious case for using home based Wi-Fi.
>
> Bill Drew
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:36 PM
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> Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not
> included Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive
than my DSL.
> So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem
> located in another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so
> tearing out the walls to recable is not an option.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM
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>
> The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook
> color tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have
> it on my TV especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet.
> If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation.
> I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as
> our entertainment center.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM
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> For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface
> will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text
> on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more
> interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv
> screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if
> not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your
> own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game
> developers create content.)
>
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> Pat Rapp
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