active-TV technology: Dell to offer AMD Live!

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Monday, October 16, 2006

Dell to offer AMD Live!

Active-TV Ecosystem Developers,

More confirmation in the linked material, below, that ViiV’s utility in support of digital convergence is not understood. The problem is hampered by Intel, and its collaborators, not introducing ecosystem clients able to gain consumer approval.

Intel ViiV does not have a simple consumer-message, such as adding TV-web to the already familiar STB.

As one Industry watcher put it: ” The PC Industry MBAs have so far, after many years of trying, not managed to manufacture consumer-consent for their convergence platforms. Their approach has not conformed with the fashionable term ‘consumer-led’, maybe not even technology-led, but there is clearly a significant element of corporate-ambition-led.”

Alternatively, the active-TV approach is not lead by the PC Industry alone, but is a combining of the best of the PC industry (Extended-PC) with the best of the STB (hybrid-STB) and established video entertainment platform industry. As well is equal involvement from TV-web channel developers and overlay TV-web formatted TV advertisers.

Feedback, corrections and comments welcome.

more at http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20061012083451.html
Dell Drops Intel Viiv in Favour of AMD Live!

What's a Viiv, and will you care come Christmas? Intel (INTC) sure hopes so.
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