Why Internet TV Isn’t Worth It and….

Internet TV, the Archos portable media player and Squeezebox are some of the items in Richard Sherwin's crosshairs.



At least one of the CE executives I’ve talked with concerning their newest television introductions both for 2008 and 2009 referred to their new products as “Not Your Dad’s Oldsmobile.” Well some of these devices are your dad’s Oldsmobile…a car that was discontinued a few years ago after a nearly 75 years of greatness because the company’s added too many unneeded features…. That’s the same feeling I got from the new Internet TVs.

The TV folks want you to use your $2,500 to $10,000, 42-inch to 72-inch Plasma or LCD TV as a conduit to the Internet…but it’s false advertising to say these devices connect you to the Internet. In truth, they connect only to a small part of the Internet.

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