The Changing Face of Television

Television has been changing for some time as cable programming becomes more sophisticated (no, not the content–that’s still pretty dumb–the delivery), and TiVo makes it easier to watch what we want, when we want. Multiple channels now spread out the seasons of TV programming, so that there’s something new coming on most of the time.

More important in the long run, however, is the delivery of content via the internet, and the combination of interactive internet features with existing content. For example, I like to watch baseball and football games with the scrolling play-by-play and stats view I can get on mlb.com or nfl.com, and with the video on my TV. I turn the sound off and get what I want out of the game. That will become easier to integrate.

Jason Hiner of TechRepublic reviews four devices that do portions of this. Expect the sophistication to grow quickly.