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Google TV - so what?
I can't get excited by Google TV because no matter how fine the box is, no matter how great the wired and wireless connectivity, or the user interface, at the end of the day it's all about how good is the content and not about how good is the box.
Who controls the best content? It's the distributors. It's the major TV and cable channels.
Do people rave about how great their TV is? They rave about "Lost," "American Idol," they rave about content first. The geek community is the only community that raves about the specs of a box. That will only get you to "on" then what?
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Go to: http://www.memeburn.comAbout Tom Foremski
Tom Foremski is a former Financial Times journalist and the founder and publisher of Silicon Valley Watcher, which is an online news site reporting on the business of Silicon Valley and the culture of disruption.