Tuesday, September 21, 2004
CEA-2027
The Consumer Electronics Association has published a new user interface standard, CEA-2027, aimed at making televisions the central point of control and navigation within the "digital home."
According to News.com, CEA-2027 "uses Web browser-based communications to provide access to and control of networked components--such as a personal computer or digital video recorder--through the main TV screen from a single remote control." The standard only supports FireWire connections with plans to include Ethernet.
This is a curious development for a couple of reasons:
1. Due to piracy concerns, most hardware manufacturers don't include FireWire connections on their hardware. Even Ethernet isn't that common yet.
2. TV manufacturers are notorious for the terrible remote control and onscreen interfaces that they create for their products. The thought of them creating theses interfaces is a little scary.
3. The audio/video receiver seems like a more natural choice for a standard like CEA-2027 since it is responsible for switching all of the a/v signals that end up on the television.
To me, this whole thing seems like an attempt by TV manufacturers to get ownership of some sort of standard in the emerging "digital home" market before someone else does.
The Consumer Electronics Association has published a new user interface standard, CEA-2027, aimed at making televisions the central point of control and navigation within the "digital home."
According to News.com, CEA-2027 "uses Web browser-based communications to provide access to and control of networked components--such as a personal computer or digital video recorder--through the main TV screen from a single remote control." The standard only supports FireWire connections with plans to include Ethernet.
This is a curious development for a couple of reasons:
1. Due to piracy concerns, most hardware manufacturers don't include FireWire connections on their hardware. Even Ethernet isn't that common yet.
2. TV manufacturers are notorious for the terrible remote control and onscreen interfaces that they create for their products. The thought of them creating theses interfaces is a little scary.
3. The audio/video receiver seems like a more natural choice for a standard like CEA-2027 since it is responsible for switching all of the a/v signals that end up on the television.
To me, this whole thing seems like an attempt by TV manufacturers to get ownership of some sort of standard in the emerging "digital home" market before someone else does.
¶ 7:14 AM 
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