Why can't I access the internet from my Television? This question has puzzled me for a while, but it has finally become so annoying that I can't deal with it anymore. I can watch various TV shows on my computer at any time because all the stations have uploaded the shows to their websites. But I can't watch youtube, play WoW, or download porn via my television. What gives?
The way I see it, the cable runs from my wall to my cable modem. From there it splits off to my cable TV box and my internet router. The internet is just hanging out there at my modem. So why can't my modem send the internet signal to my cable box too?
I understand that I would need an OS and some software to run programs on my TV. OK, so lets go do that then. My cable box has a hard drive of some sort. I know because I record shows onto it all the time. There is already a usb port on the front of my cable box also. So lets throw a little computer in there and make it funky already. I'll buy it.
I think I figured it out. There is a solution to this and it is not improving my cable box. My cable box will always suck. What I need to do is get a bunch of money and buy a big monitor. Then I need to buy a nice computer to hook up to the monitor. Then a nice surround sound system. Then I buy a wireless keyboard and mouse. And finally, I hook my cable box up to the monitor somehow. So I just gotta find a big lcd monitor with an HDMI port. Oh, and a receiver to manage all this new equipment. I can't forget that.
Yeah, this could work.
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It does work. A good friend of mine has essentially done that already. He uses his gorgeous 52 inch LCD flat screen TV as both television set and computer monitor. If you really want to know how to get it done, I can put you in touch with him. But I'd be careful what you wish for. Porn in HD on a huge screen might be a bit scary.
ReplyDelete-David
Word. When next I move, I don't plan on getting a TV, but rather a 24" or so HD Monitor (about half the price of a TV). Get a desktop with a TV card (not very expensive) and hook it to your fanzy HDTV. On Caveat? You need to buy a PC to get it all to work freely without Mac's proprietary bull$#!T.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I believe you should be able to access the net via your xbox (which I will be able to play as of next week!)
-Hash