Re: IG charter: modification suggestion - Scope & Decision

Hi Charles, all,

> If someone comes up with what they think is a great idea for TV, and  
> nobody else in the interest group is interested, it will be pretty  
> clear that for now that idea won't be widely considered part of TV.  
> If somebody comes up with a great idea that the group clearly thinks  
> is important to TV, then it is likely to get uptake in the TV  
> industry (whether from broadcasters, OEMs, content producers, or  
> something else) and therefore it will be part of TV.
>
> Which is a much easier way of deciding than trying to carefully  
> write a written description of exactly what is or isn't a TV.

I agree with you.

Regards,
Yosuke


On 2010/10/05, at 8:30, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:33:31 +0200, Daniel Park <soohongp@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> I see. It seems not easy to define “TV-like devices”. Tele- 
>> Vision,
>> IP-Vision, etc...ITU-T spent much time for defining IPTV before  
>> (almost 6
>> month or a bit longer). I'm a bit afraid of this point. Personally,  
>> I prefer not to include this ambiguoug word as “TV-like devices”  
>> into the
>> charter.
>
> I understand the fear of spending a long time defining words...
>
> But I think the important point is that rather than having a strict  
> definition of language, we want to work on useful technology, that  
> is "related to TV", which is why the charter is a bit vague and open  
> to interpretation. After all, some people watch broadcast TV on  
> mobile phones, while I only use the TV in my house as a way to  
> access internet services (although it also gets used to watch TV),  
> and other friends of mine only watch TV through their computers.
>
> If someone comes up with what they think is a great idea for TV, and  
> nobody else in the interest group is interested, it will be pretty  
> clear that for now that idea won't be widely considered part of TV.  
> If somebody comes up with a great idea that the group clearly thinks  
> is important to TV, then it is likely to get uptake in the TV  
> industry (whether from broadcasters, OEMs, content producers, or  
> something else) and therefore it will be part of TV.
>
> Which is a much easier way of deciding than trying to carefully  
> write a written description of exactly what is or isn't a TV.
>
> cheers
>
> Chaals
>
>> Daniel
>> (from my Galaxy S)
>>
>> 2010. 10. 5. 오전 12:22에 "Giuseppe Pascale" <giuseppep@opera.com> 
>> 님이 작성:
>>
>> On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:29:25 +0200, Daniel Park  
>> <soohongp@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 2010/10/4 Pfeffer, He...
>> Hi Daniel,
>> first of all thanks for your interest.
>>
>> About the question "what is a TV", I think one of the goals of this  
>> IG
>> (note: not a WG) is exactly to better define which devices should be
>> considered as part of the "TV" experience.
>> So mainly and more naturally TV sets but this doesn't exclude for  
>> example
>> companion devices and other devices used in the home environment  
>> (and not
>> only).
>>
>> That's why the drafts talks about "TV devices and TV-like devices".  
>> A more
>> precise definition and understanding will be hopefully be one of the
>> outcomes of the discussion we will have in the next months.
>>
>> best regards,
>> Giuseppe
>>
>>
>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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