Very interested in how the Wii accesses online video. Any links to info on that? My wife just bought one and I'd like to start viewing my personal Mefeedia channel on it, which gives me one consolidated feed to the 67 videoblogs that I am watching.
Devices such as the Wii are exactly why a "personal channel" works. I can manage all of my subscriptions on the Web and maybe even enjoy a few videos on my computer - but when I am ready to really relax, lay back with a beer, and sit in front of the TV, I want to just watch this personal channel of everything that is new from the 67 videoblogs that I like. I am infinitely excited to start using this. The path to the TV is becoming much clearer. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs _____ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. Rhett Aultman Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:49 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Owning a television... I have three televisions, one of which is HD. I sometimes (very rarely) use the HDTV as a monitor for my laptop, but that's a minimal use case. I watch TV a pretty fair amount and own a TiVO. In fact, it was via my TiVO that I found Rocketboom and got inspired to videoblog. I have also converted one of our older videoblog entries to a DVD format to submit to more "traditional" film and video festivals. Additionally, it's pretty common for me to watch YouTube or flash videos on my TV using my Nintendo Wii. It's the easiest way to see them on a large screen without having to fiddle with cables. TV is one screen of many, and it's not to be ignored, in my estimation. It's so iconic of "the bad old days" that, when people speak of media convergence or new media, they throw out the TV, but I think there's an unexplored country in ways to bring new media and better options for media convergence to the TV. Given how many households will continue to use it as their "first screen", it's still an essential part of the mix. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherl <http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime> ight.com/freetime http://www.weatherl <http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime> ight.com/greentime > I wanted to conduct a quick straw poll to see how many people here > don't own a/don't watch 'normal' tv. I was just reading a message > from MissB where she comments on the fact that she doesn't have a tv. > I know Tanja from Freshtopia doesn't, I don't either. It would be > interesting to find out whether this is true of lots of people here, > or just a few. Is there any correlation between turning off your > television and making the content yourself? Just thought I would > throw that question to the group. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
