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Built in projectors or Built in TV antenna, what is the most likely to happen?
Posted by eliane fiolet in Notebook PC | Feb. 27, 2009 12:00 PM

Watching TV is one of the most common activity shared by everyone in the US, after eating and driving a car. So when it comes to built in features, a TV antenna seems more logical to happen before a built in projector in the next generation notebooks. One could argue that people will not watch TV on a small screen, especially in the US, since they have large TVs (some are HD) at home and watching TV while driving on the way to work is unlikely to happen as well. This particular usage would more likely be restricted to travel time in trains, buses, and airports, to students who have no TV access other than the laptop or to kids who prefer to watch a different TV show than their parents. Knowing that few people would watch TV on a small screen, having a built in projector would be in fact more useful, for business people or even students who need to do lots of presentations. Having both features without a significant price increase would be the best deal, and projecting TV on a larger surface will allow a better viewing experience. The real question is: would consumers pay extra to have these fancy features in their notebooks, and if so, how much are they ready to pay?
What do you think?
I am waiting since so a LONG LONG time a computer/touch screen that integrate 2 DVB-T tuners AND integrated antennas to be able to use my computer as an INDEPENDENT TV...
I REALLY dream about an Asus EeeTop based on Nvidia Ion/Nvidia Ion2 platform with a 28inch or more (32, 37, 42 inch,...) MultiTouch LCD screen (or better an MultiTouch OLED screen !!!) with 2 integrated DVB-T tuners AND inegrated antennas
But the problem is that I am not really willing to pay more than 150/200€ extra (from the EeeTop standard price) for such a functionality...
Cork (IRELAND), Monday 2nd March 2009
Nicolas DUJARRIER
Totally with you on this. I find that I am using my netbook increasingly with my projector and it would be great to integrate the two devices.