Chris Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 The future of television is almost upon us: the day when we spend our train or bus journey to work catching up on the shows we missed the night, or even several days, before.Later this month, the BBC will launch a pilot project that could lead to all television programmes being made available on the internet. Viewers will be able to scan an online guide and download any show. Programmes would be viewed on a computer screen or could be burned to a DVD and watched on a television set. Alternatively, programmes could be downloaded to a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a hand-held computer that is becoming increasingly popular in Britain and sells from about £70.The revolutionary plan has been drawn up by Ashley Highfield, the BBC's director of new media and technology. He revealed details of the project to The Independent last week. He said: "If we don't enter this market, then exactly what happened to the music industry could happen to us, where we ignore it, keep our heads in the sand and everybody starts posting the content up there and ripping us off."More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 They need to make programs that are worth going to the trouble of using this technology with first.There are very, very few programs nowadays that I make any real effort of watching and almost none that I would record (on tape or hard disk) to watch at a later date.Watching anything on the tiny pocket screens such as are suggested are guaranteed to give me eyestrain or other visual problems. These devices are not designed to be watched for long periods.Luddite? Moi? May be but, I'm sure technology could be pointed in more appropriate directions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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