Knicks vs Heat on my second monitor
By
Dave Winer on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 1:09 PM.
Time-Warner has a desktop app that lets me watch certain channels on my desktop computer using a web browser. 
My Mac, a powerhouse, becomes my DVR.
The game I'm watching is being broadcast on ABC in HD. I don't think there's any question that the content is available to be streamed to the desktop.
Next year this time we should be able to do that, with superior quality to what we get now.
Pragmatic reason to have this -- I would be able to live-blog more stuff. And develop better editorial tools for liveblogging.
If I really want a great picture, I have to go into the living room and watch the image generated by the settop box.
Wouldn't it be cool if the STB connected up with my router, they're right next to each other, to deliver a huge pipe from their headerquarters to my LAN.
Could be pretty interesting. There obviously are some programmers working at Time-Warner. They're not very popular, but if they managed to produce something leading-edge with HD broadcast video, they might become a bit more popular. 
What you're not seeing is how choppy it is. Even with the low resolution, it's pretty much impossible to watch a fast game like this with all the freezing it does. You miss the good parts of the good plays.
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