They will be only as fast as your incoming internet speed regardless of the method I'd have thought. I think these days you don't get a lot of choice in the matter anyway as a lot of this stuff is built in. Its up to you if you use it or not. I chose my TV's on picture quality first and foremost. Connectivity to other medias is getting fairly standard these days so I don't really worry about it. Sound is dealt with by my surround sound set up so that's one less thing to worry about. In all honesty these days read the reviews, check out the set in a shop, ask to use the remote to adjust the settings because store adjust them to have bright, saturated pictures but this will hurt your eyes after a time. Finally if its important the looks of the telly obviously play a part as well. A lot of the stuff on TV's is a bit gimmicky to me at the moment, do you really need a lot of the stuff when you phone or tablet does a lot of it anyway? I've favour Samsung for a long time (unsurprisingly I know) but sony and Panasonic are v good as well. Check out What hifi award winners. A good bet is to check out last years winners as they'll be considerably lower in price now
Probably because a lot of people dual boot on Mac's to windows these days since Apple switched to the Intel processor platform a number of years ago. Creative types have been using Mac's for decades and obviously got great results from them, but for me it is horses for courses and my specific rant is actually at the manufacturers like Dell and Lenovo that are abandoning the business/scientific/engineering/programming space, publishing and graphic design (and many others) are the natural space for Apple, that's one horse and one course, I just don't want to be forced to use that horse on that course as I will not fit on the damn thing very well and it will not like me
I think we might be at a transitional stage. The SMART TVs havent been fully developed and are changing rapidly, like the SMART phones. I predict we will all have one in the not too distant future.
I appreciate what you are saying. To be honest I prefer Windows as that is what I have used since the year dot. But I do appreciate the Apple product.
The Mac wireless version of the 3 button mouse effectively works in a similar way to the Microsoft equivalent. I use all three. I dont dual boot. My employer is an engineer. Though he can be creatively so.
Prices are coming down all the time and I think they will be a good thing making the home computer fairly redundant for basic day to day use
I am a very creative software engineer, my line of work is probably more of an art than a real engineering profession
This is one view of the future. Obviously a sales based viewpoint but it does seem to be heading that way: "In Ericsson's vision of the Networked Society it is predicted by 2020 there will be 50 billion connected devices, and of these, more than 15 billion are expected to be video enabled. This connectivity will be matched by cloud services that bring ‘anything to everything’. It will transform the expectation of consumers to value ownership and storage of assets as critical. They will expect, and become reliant on, their devices being connected to high-speed and universal broadband access all of the time. This global trend will influence everything, including digital entertainment, TV and media. As devices become increasingly connected, so do the consumers that use them. This creates enormous opportunities for the TV and Media industry. The power of social interaction, simplification and aggregation of compelling content is in the hands of the service provider. Yet, the future will be far from exclusive. The world of universal broadband access and connected devices is one that also allows content to be found and consumed easily and directly. Content owners will benefit from this ability to deliver content that consumers want, directly to their devices Already we are seeing that video is everywhere - on every device, website and street corner. But where is television?Television is a globally recognized premium service, one that needs no explanation to consumers. Yet some may say it is stuck in the past, confined to the living room. For many, the TV is seen as a device, and not a service. At Ericsson we know that TV is evolving and adapting faster than ever. We firmly believe that the experience of TV can and will evolve into a much broader, richer service on any device. One that subscribers will understand and value as a premium experience worth paying for. So what makes a TV experience special? The answer used to be great, relevant content – exclusive shows at pre-set times. However, as the Internet makes content ubiquitous, tomorrow’s business model spells convenience – simple, enjoyable, seamless ways to consume any content, any way, anywhere. This is what people will be loyal to, socialize with their friends about, and our ConsumerLab research shows they be willing to pay for. The once simple experience of content consumed on the TV is changing into a rich social experience of discovery, interaction, and anywhere access; all deeply influenced by new devices, new services and better connectivity. We are in the greatest period of change and evolution since analogue TV broadcasts started over seventy years ago. The opportunities are great, but so are the challenges to the existing value chain and the players within. Vision, innovation and focusing on the consumer are the winning formula for the future. The current players within the TV value chain are best served to succeed, but only with a willingness to transform and prepare for the future where everyone is connected to everything else. TV is a new game. It’s Time to Play" http://www.ericsson.com/televisionary/about/?gclid=CNOo0ajip7wCFdShtAodlEkAZg
Hmmm......VERY interesting reading - but I still can't afford Apple!! Incidentally, most of my students are using Chinese smartphones (obviously) and, I have to say, some of them are quite nice pieces of kit - and SO cheap!! Al.
Nobody fancies a smartphone that has been designed in the Philippines then? http://www.starmobile.com.ph/ http://technology.inquirer.net/12927/starmobile-enters-ph’s-crowded-mobile-sector
An old bloke in my local has a Chinese built android thing a Hero 9300+ and in all honesty it is a superb phone, cost him 130 quid dual sim, and has everything you could reasonably expect on a phone great screen and that is SIM free no contract.
I have never even bothered looking at Apple devices as they are just too expensive. I did look at Chinese smartphones but you can never be sure what you are buying. The Chinese not only copy western products but they also copy their own copies of western products and give them the same name so you never know if you are buying from a good manufacturer or not. So if you see a Chinese product from multiple sellers on Amazon, then you cannot be sure that the product being sold is the same from different sellers - it makes the Amazon reviews worthless.
I was like you OSS, I still had a CRT TV - bought from either Aldi or Lidl for £99 around 12 years ago. It had a great picture and was very very reliable and still worked perfectly until the insurance company wrote it off after my house was flooded. So, I will have to move with the times and get a Smart TV. I am looking at a Samsung, which has in-built Freesat so I don't have to mess around with a box and cable.
Considering one of those phones is quad core, has an 18 megapixel camera and from what I can tell is built to stand up to the big name phones, it's looking good. And at about £140 it's a bit of a steal if the build quality is as good as a Samsung or HTC phone.
That actually looks like the Hero 9300+ that my old friend in the pub has, the build quality was exemplary.
Introducing the Magic Mouse. "The Magic Mouse is a multi-touchmouse manufactured and sold by Apple.[1] It was first sold on October 20, 2009.[2] The Magic Mouse is the first consumer mouse to have multi-touch capabilities.[1] Taking after the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and multi-touch trackpads, the Magic Mouse allows the use of gesturessuch as swiping and scrolling across the top surface of the mouse to interact with desktop computers. It connects via Bluetooth and runs on two AA batteries. In Apple's UK stores, batteries are included with the mouse." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Mouse
