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Here is a New York Times Magazine article about Apple, the iPod, marketing, product development and management. We contend that this Community can produce a Super TiVo-like device that integrates the network into the use of the content itself. The Pegasos is building block #1 to any competent computing environment and the necessary tool required by the developer support enlisted to customize the platform for consumer use. A Pegasos computer is a desktop machine. A Pegasos computer enclosed in a fan-less VCR-like size case becomes a consumer product: a black box. The Pegasos black box operates equally well with a television screen or a computer monitor. The Pegasos black box could come with its own file sharing and downloading programs -- music, movies, video games – a preference is selected, a source found, the entertainment begins. The technology would be invisible to the entertainment experience. The consumer manages the experience through an easily understood user interface with a remote control or through a web browser and a keyboard for more sophisticated users. As the hub of the Home Entertainment Center high fidelity sound/audio can now be introduced through the 24/7 broadband Internet connection to bring existing home stereo equipment back into use. Here the Pegasos black box can be positioned to be a consumer product that would do to a TV set what MP3 did to music – any show any time.
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Comment 1David S Lund30-Nov-2003 17:42 GMT
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Posted by Christian Kemp on 30-Nov-2003 17:53 GMT
I had given this some thought sometime late last year, but in the end, the main problem that I could see was (a) getting the hardware cost down and (b) getting software that integrates well AND offers all these features.

But then again, give me a silent box I connect to my TV and network and that allows me to play any kind of digital data from a nice-looking and stable interface, and I'll be happy. Add Tivo-like functionality, and some more unique features, and you'll have a potential best-seller.

The problem is that all of the above would need to be available within a short time-frame to make any significant impact.
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