[LINK] NBN Rollout in Tasmania: Next Phase

[Tom Worthington]

David Boxall wrote:

> ... junk mail from Harvey Norman extolling the virtues of "Connected 
> TV". Somewhat optimistic I thought, given the state of telecomm's in my 
> area.  ...

An acquaintance purchased a TV with Internet connectivity, so I spent 
some time hooking it up. The TV required the use of their own brand of 
WiFi dongle. Instead I reconfigured a low cost router to act as a 
wireless bridge and plugged that into the TV's Ethernet socket. This 
made for a slow Internet connection, but I was surprised how well it 
worked and how impressive the "Apps" provided by the TV were.

See "Connecting a TV to the Internet", Parts 1 to 4:

4. <http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/connecting-tv-to-internet-part-4.html>.
1. <http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/connecting-samsung-tv-to-internet.html>
2. <http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/connecting-tv-to-internet-part-2.html>
3. <http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/connecting-tv-to-internet-part-3.html>

The enthusiasm with which the household greeted Internet TV, was 
surprising. They already had two desktop computers, three laptops, an 
iPad and several smart phones, but still found the Internet TV's dumbed 
down web service fascinating. If the NBN handed out TV boxes, such as 
the Kogan Agora Internet TV Portal, it could make the service very popular:
<http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/kogan-android-internet-tv-portal.html>.


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