WL (Wee Lad) : Dad, what's a DVR?
Me : Why?
WL : A friends saw an advert on old peoples' TV that said "set your DVR".
Me : It means Digital Video Recorder, it allows you to record stuff.
WL : So you can play it back?
Me : Yes
WL : Because you can't watch it when you want to?
Me : Why?
WL : A friends saw an advert on old peoples' TV that said "set your DVR".
Me : It means Digital Video Recorder, it allows you to record stuff.
WL : So you can play it back?
Me : Yes
WL : Because you can't watch it when you want to?
Me : Yes
WL : Does anything on Old peoples' TV make sense?
Me : It sort of did, long ago, before you were born, before the web etc. It's still hanging on, trying to make money from old timers before they croak. It's normal.
WL : Does anything on Old peoples' TV make sense?
Me : It sort of did, long ago, before you were born, before the web etc. It's still hanging on, trying to make money from old timers before they croak. It's normal.
WL : and then it disappears?
Me : No, it ends up in obscure museums, places that profit from nostalgia and niches.
Me : No, it ends up in obscure museums, places that profit from nostalgia and niches.
... but this is the delivery mechanism for the content. The real changes are yet to come.
WL : What are they?
Me : Every story will be immersive, you will be the star of the story or whatever part you wish to be. Decades away but getting closer.
WL : What are they?
Me : Every story will be immersive, you will be the star of the story or whatever part you wish to be. Decades away but getting closer.
... at which point the idea of streaming content to be broadcast at you rather than being involved in the story will be the new "Old peoples" TV.
WL : Do you mean like games?
Me : It's all story telling of one form or another. Those two areas of games and TV are slowly colliding.
Me : It's all story telling of one form or another. Those two areas of games and TV are slowly colliding.
