{"id":1624,"date":"2010-02-08T01:38:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T06:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2010-02-08T01:38:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T06:38:39","slug":"vizio-forge-tv-superbowl-ad-starting-the-race-for-internet-tvs-and-slow-death-of-cable-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/vizio-forge-tv-superbowl-ad-starting-the-race-for-internet-tvs-and-slow-death-of-cable-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"VIZIO Forge TV Superbowl ad. Starting the race for Internet TVs and slow death of cable channels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Not only this ad makes a stand in front of Sony and other big TV brands out there telling them “We have just advertised an Internet TV in front of 100 million viewers, you better get something out there soon or we’ll crush you”, but it also should tick you as a software developer. Now you’ll be able write software for the living room<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“VIZIO’s platform also includes support for the Adobe(R) Flash(R) Platform for the Digital Home, an optimized implementation of Flash technology that enables developers and content providers to deliver HD video, rich applications and other Web content to Internet-connected televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other devices in the digital home.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

VIZIO Internet Apps (VIA(TM)) — Connecting to the Future of Television<\/p>\n

(Good luck on killing Flash Steve Jobs)<\/p>\n

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Internet TVs will be huge if\/when they support (open) standard technologies for media delivery used in today’s web and mobile devices, e.g. HTML5\/JavaScript, Flash, Android SDK. It seems Vizio has gone the Flash route.<\/p>\n

Thanks to @gliendo<\/a> I understand that there’s still room for live tv content (sports, news and some events that are delivered in HD via Cable\/Satellite networks), however for the rest of the stuff that I consume the most: TV Shows, Movies, Concerts, Documentaries… all of that I see it when I have the time, I just can’t be in front of the TV when they want me to. If I want to see a show, I don’t need to wait a week to see the next episode and be there like if it was a date, my time is way to valuable for that, I’ll do it when I can, how I can, and the internet has allowed me so far to be free of cable TV for over 2 years now, but that’s me, the majority of people watches TV in the living room, and a TV like this will also free them from cable channels when they figure the possibilities.<\/p>\n

Ads on Cable and we still have to pay for it?<\/strong>
\nIf a TV like this has support for Netflix, Hulu, YouTube or other existing online Video delivery services where I can get my favorite movies on demand (in the case of netflix for a flat fee and I can stream all I want from their catalog) why the hell would I need to watch TV on cable channels and with so many ads? you almost feel stupid for paying the cable company after they make you watch so many ads, in the internet world usually if you pay for something you never expect an ad<\/strong>, with such a high CPM on TV ads, why the hell do we pay for cable????<\/p>\n

Cable TV Channels are so dead for me, a TV like this gives me hope that they will eventually die for millions of people once they realize this, the more internet tvs that are out there, the sooner it’ll happen.<\/p>\n

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If a TV like this has support for Netflix, Hulu, YouTube or other existing online Video delivery services where I can get my favorite movies on demand (in the case of netflix for a flat fee and I can stream all I want from their catalog) why the hell would I need to watch TV on cable channels and with so many ads? you almost feel stupid for paying the cable company after they make you watch so many ads, in the internet world usually if you pay for something you never expect an ad<\/strong>, with such a high CPM on TV ads, why the hell do we pay for cable????<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,39,59,79],"tags":[118,461,1447,559,972,1025,1084,1085],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeklife","category-internet","category-opinions","category-videos","tag-ad","tag-future","tag-internet","tag-internet-tv","tag-technology","tag-tv","tag-vizio","tag-vizio-forge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Unzf-qc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":885,"url":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/joost-tests-flash-based-player-5-days-ahead-of-scheduled\/","url_meta":{"origin":1624,"position":0},"title":"Joost tests Flash based player – 5 days ahead of schedule","author":"gubatron","date":"October 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Monday, October 13 9:25AM NEW YORK (Gubatron) -- This morning Joost has launched what seems a stealth test of their Flash video player delivering 5 days ahead of scheduled, according to the announcement made by the company the last September 18th when they released a new browser based version of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Geeklife"","block_context":{"text":"Geeklife","link":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/category\/geeklife\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":618,"url":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/episodio-72-internet-tv-google-open-mobile-green-y-ms\/","url_meta":{"origin":1624,"position":1},"title":"Episodio 72 – Internet TV, Google, Open Mobile, Green y m\u00e1s","author":"gubatron","date":"December 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Agreganos a tu iTunes | Descarga en MP3 | Suscribete a este podcast | Skypeanos Dale Play aqui mismo Guarda TODOS tus archivos gratis en MyBloop.com! 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