Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 26th Oct 2007 06:01 UTC
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It's for an 85-year-old women with poor vision to use gmail with really big fonts on an old 27" CRT TV. And she doesn't know how to use a mouse. The most advanced conceivable use case is receiving an email linking to a YouTube clip of her great-grandchildren.
i.e. A WebTV replacement.
RE[2]: WebTV replacement
by parentaladvisory on Fri 26th Oct 2007 09:02
in reply to "WebTV replacement"
I Have my 32"LCD connected via VGA-cable to my desktop computer. Works great, at native resolution 1360x768. A cordless mouse+keyboard, and I can surf web, and watch everything on the harddrives, and command amaroK to play whatever I want. Dont really need and extra "set-top" box, just a graphics-card with dual connectors. (and nvidias binary driver, but thats another topic(using Linux))
Edited 2007-10-26 09:02






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I'm anxiously awaiting a FOSS-based set-top box around $200USD with Ethernet, USB, and TV-out that runs a web browser.