Tivo, you had it right. You were in the right place with a near perfect device. You were missing a DVD player and the Internet, but that’s about it. Honestly, you had me sold.
Apple, you’re making progress. You’ve got some of the Internet, all of my music and you almost negate the need for a DVD player. Let me back up a tic, none of you need a Blu-Ray player. The format may have won but I don’t have racks of Blu-Ray disks on my shelf, I’ve got DVDs.
Google, Sling, DLink (ha!), you’re not there either. None of you are, none of you will be until you get all these things right. Ready? Here we go.
The perfect device for my TV will do all of the following:
- Replace my cable or satellite box
- Play my DVDs and maybe my Blu-Ray disks
- Have a web browser and support all web formats (yeah, even Flash Mr. Jobs)
- Have a smart device (phone, tablet) as the remote
- Sync with my music and movies on my computer
- Have all DVR functionality
- Allow me to copy my shows onto my computer or smart device (and maybe even let me pull the content remotely like Sling)
