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Originally Posted by Hiroki
Is all the searching on the internet via your tv really needed especially when most people have computers?? It just seems that those sort of features would just be added because they could. What happened to just watching tv?  |
Indeed. Did used to be easier when there was just a few channels to watch, but it helped that the quality of programmes used to be far higher than now.
This is all about monetising VM's VOD content and possible future video download service. VM can insert ads into their VOD content and this interface will tell them and advertisers what ads we're looking at. Very valuable info to some.
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Originally Posted by zantarous
I wouldn't mind being able to search and watch youtube stuff on the box especially if it gave access to the full range of 4oD stuff..
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Leaving aside youtube, but that's exactly the point of it.
It'll be one interface to search CH4's limited stuff on VM's VOD service, but the same page will also show the full 4oD web stuff too. So, to you and me, we won't know or care whether we're searching and watching VM's own internal VOD servers or getting the stuff via the web.