Competitors: TiVo, Japanese branded DVD recorders (such as Sony, Panasonic
DMR-EZ17K, Philips DVDR3575H)
Objective: replacement markets of VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) with analog
TV tuners. Once when exclusive DTV (Digital Terrestrial TV) broadcast
replace the obsoleted analog TV broadcast VCR units.
Addition Features:
Remote Control.
Vertical Standard alone. Or, build-in for flat LCD/Plasma TV for OEM
manufacturers.
Smart TV Antenna connection options.
USB Hard Drive connections, and optional external hard drives. Directory
Format using standard DOS file system.
AC/DC wall adapter.
Manufacturer: Integrity Technology Corporation (www.integritytechnology.net)
in China.
First, I think if you could somehow be the connection point between
people's computers and their TV, that would be a good move. People
are going to download more and more movies and TV episodes from the
Internet. Possibly some wireless thing people can plug into one of
their computer's USB ports that communicates with your DVRs. This
would overcome what I call "The Last Dash", the 100 meters between
one's computer and one's TV.
Second, if you can do the above, I would recommend funding a TV series
that is only accessible from p2p networks. Distribute it free. I'd
suggest a family sit-com where your DVR is something that is just part
of their lives.
In 2003, I wrote "The P2P Revolution", a white paper about p2p's
impact on the entertainment industry. Here's a link to it:
http://www.nonesuch.org/p2prevolution.pdf
If you want converse about the paper, feel free to email me at sj (at)
rpwsj (dot) com
Good luck,
Scott Jensen
Scott, thank you for your advices.
Yes, wee are well aware of the benefit of connecting computer to TV
connections. But we also know the difficulties and copyright legal problems
on recording video online playback on TV. We may be able to make it easy for
user, with some reasonable know hows to transfer files to and from computers
for playback on TV. But, we try to avoid this battle with copyright holders.
May be you can think of a good method to benefit the manufacturers and
users.