01-09-2012, 02:43 AM
Uncle Wig wrote:
[quote=vision63]
All they can do ultimately is show "TV" on it. I can't imagine what the big deal could be.
Have you set up a new tv lately, one that has built in wi-fi and networking, surround, 3d, etc? I helped my dad with his new Samsung. Trying to help him on the phone, I was thinking to myself, "c'mon dad, how hard can it be?" When I got there over the holidays and saw for myself, I was absolutely appalled at how poor the the interface and instructions are. I'm fairly good at this stuff, and I was almost in a rage because they made it so difficult. Basic things, like the fact that the instructions are not printed, but built into the tv's interface, but you can't read the instructions and do what the instructions are telling you at the same time. You have to leave the instructions, and when you come back to the instructions, you don't return to where you were. Just amazingly stupid and wrong.
THAT would be a huge deal, if Apple can fix that. I believe that's what Jobs was referring to when he said he'd "cracked" this problem. Televisions have gotten insanely complicated to set up, especially for older people.
I agree with you. However, I always download a PDF User Manual on an item I am interested in buying. In fact, I currently have the PDF User Manual for the Panasonic HDTV TC-P55GT30 that I am considering buying. LyleH