Computers and the Media

I have been quite interested, recently, in the future of computers in relation to media such as TV, Music, Radio, Books, Magazines, etc. One thing I have found more interesting than anything else on this topic is what Apple is doing with it's iTunes music store, and the video iPod.

Although I am not overly impressed by the video iPod (as the screen is much too small to take advantage of any decent video), I do see a future in their disitrbution of High-Definition content. Many recently released trailers, such as King Kong, the DaVinci Code, etc. have been released in 720p and 1080p formats, foreshadowing the future of computers and the media.

I think that in maybe 5 years (or less), we will start to see the beginnings of Media moving more toward the realm of computers. I think that the Desktop computer, and a media comp. used with you TV will meet and form a wireless network, streaming content from the Internet, rather than Cable lines, to your house.

Unfortunately, this would require very high speed connections (although connections of at least 1gb/s exist) in order to allow you to download massive quantities of data quickly. Also, harddrives would have to grow drastically, possibly to a size of several Terrabytes in order to facilitate the enormous quantities of data that must be stored on them.

Please, check out some of this High-Def content, it is the best stuff out there at the moment (even better than High-Def TV). It is well worth the wait.

Tags: media, 1080p, internet, technology