I was reading on Drudge a few minutes ago, about this latest idea cell phone/TV/Internet companys are coming out with. Basically what they are saying is that if you own a cell phone you will be carrying a TV on your hip pocket very soon. This makes the argument almost irrelevant on which is worse: Internet or TV? What is the difference? As time wains on, the answer is there isnt one. The technology is becoming one. They are both becoming the same thing.
I was listening to the radio this morning and they were talking about the latest "buzz thing" that is being presented right now at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The biggest tech guru's are saying "within 3 years, no longer will people have a television in their front room they can just turn on, buy they will actually have to log onto the Internet in order to watch a "live" program". Now they are saying that you will be able to access it (you already can to a limited extent) and watch what you want on your cell phone very soon. So how can we say we don't own a TV when we will be carrying one in our jacket, pocket, holster or briefcase? The argument goes on.........
I don't own a TV, but I thought this was an interesting article nonetheless.
Coming soon to cellphones: Free, over-the-air TV buzz.yahoo.com/article/usatoday/ By David Lieberman, USA TODAYMillions of consumers by year's end should be able to watch free, over-the-air television on cellphones, PDAs and other portable digital devices as the result of initiatives that will be unveiled today by some of the nation's largest TV station owners and electronics manufacturers.
The changes promoting on-the-go viewing are "quite significant," says John Eck, president of the NBC TV Network and Media Works. "If we play it right, it can be a compelling service," for example, by offering local news, which normally isn't available from cellphone video services
At least 63 stations in 22 cities — including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston and Washington — will transmit news, entertainment and sports to portable devices this year, according to the broadcast industry's Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC).
The initial group will include affiliates of ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CW, ION and PBS. Each city will have a different mix. Most will simulcast regularly scheduled shows.
In conjunction with the announcement, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, manufacturers including LG, Samsung, Zenith and Kenwood will display mobile receivers due in stores later this year.
Portable digital broadcasting became practical over the last few months. The OMVC zeroed in on an inexpensive transmission process that addresses a serious problem in the national switch from analog to digital television in February.
"The digital TV standard that was adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 1996 was optimized for high-definition pictures on fixed sets," says LG Electronics USA's John Taylor. "But when you move around, the signal breaks up."
That affects the few current battery-powered portable digital TVs popular in disaster-prone areas.
Executives say that consumers with the specially equipped new receivers can watch shows in moving cars and trains.
Stations had to be able to receive a signal from the receivers, so they can tell advertisers how many people tune in, says ION Media Networks CEO Brandon Burgess, who's also president of the OMVC. That could later be used for interactive and subscription services.
Executives say that the new portable TVs can receive signals as far as 60 miles from the transmitter and can run up to about four hours before batteries need to be recharged.
7 comments:
This right here is the reason that we must have a heart to serve the Lord and not just strict adherance to Apostolic rules. With modern day technology advancing like it is there will indeed come a day when the TV phone and computer will be all wrapped up into one. Convictions have to come from the heart and not just the pulpit.
Good thing the church has made crucial decisions on the TV dinosaur already and they aren't worth bringing back to life.
As for progressive technology, let's find the mind of God on which is the best way to go about this. Either way, the world's infringement into our homes (our sanctuaries) is becoming increasingly complex.
My $.02 as well... this has always been about being mature and making the right choices. That will only intensify as we come closer to the Coming of our Lord. Maranatha!
GT... amen. We need both pulpit and maturity right now to discern between the lines.
GT - amen.
We will need both for sure. The hour is getting darker, but God is getting brighter. I'm encouraged and excited to be part of the church in this day.
Graceful,
Well said
James,
It just keeps gettn' gooder and gooder.
Tyler I guess what this means is that we must be the strongest Christians we've ever been. Things will be easy to access, at the tips of our fingers...so it won't be a matter of which "devices" you do/don't own--it's a matter of the heart. We must stay prayed up everyday, and read our Bibles, and keep focused on what's important. These last days, "distraction" seems to be the #1 tool of the enemy.
Interesting article, though!
Since it has become patently obvious to all but the most obtuse among us that technology has progressed so far that preaching against machines is now obsolete, we must preach ever harder against the evils of sin. How easy would it be to just say, "Oh well, since technology has done and "end run" around our philosophy, we might as well just stop preaching against anything." However, it's never been the technology that pastors have been against but rather the spirit. So now, when even the most conservative among us cannot outlaw the technololgy, it is imcumbent upon us to find it in our hearts. While it is easier to just let everything go, the benefits of remaining close to God through standards or marks of devotion or whatever you want to call them, should now be self evident to each of us.
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