Last night we finished watching a recorded episode of Huff on television. The iBook was plugged into the television, and the QuickTime player was running full screen. Made perfect sense.
Then Catherine went to bed, and I decided to watch the Steve Jobs keynote presentation from Macworld. So I unplugged the computer from the television and brought it over to the couch and started watching.
After ten minutes, I suddenly realized that I could be watching the keynote on the television. So I got up, plugged it into the television and, just like Huff, I watched Steve Jobs on the Big Screen.
I believe I have now experienced convergence in its most primitive form. I watched Huff on the television because, well, it was a “TV programme.” I watched the keynote on the laptop screen because it was “computer stuff.” The irony is that I was using the same player to watch both. Old habits due hard.
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I’ve been making the opposite
I’ve been making the opposite switch, where most of my TV watching happens on my laptop now.
Same as Steven here, I watch
Same as Steven here, I watch almost everything on my computer screen these days.
Ok I am behind - what do I
Ok I am behind - what do I need to make the link to my TV?
New York Times has a very
New York Times has a very pertinent article today on this very topic.
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