PC-to-TV convergent experience
If you’re handy it was a piece of cake, but for most, connecting your PC or laptop with your TV, is a challenge.
The company Dutchtronics has introduced a solution (PConTV) to make it easier for people to experience the Web/computer on your TV and make advantage of the bigger TV screen.
The system comes along with a wireless keyboard which makes it easier and more importantly, uses the same control as the computer. This lowers the perceived risk and barriers for potential interested customers that are willing to give this convergent experience a try.
Taken from Spreekbuis.nl
What do you think of this innovation? Does it suit the needs of people and solves a usage dilemma?
Will these kind of devices be an intermediate step towards a fully Social TV and Television 2.0 experience or is this to suffice the needs of another segment in the market?
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