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Reasons to Buy a Mac Mini
For Christmas, I bought a Sony XBR4 40” LCD TV from Amazon. I was thinking I ought to get an Apple TV to go with it, but then thought that a Mac Mini might be more versatile. While in the midst of indecision, Dave Winer made up my mind for me and Scoble put the icing on the cake. I’ll get a Mac Mini.
Dave’s new product—not yet released—sounds like a fun convergence of a big, bright beautiful screen hanging on the wall and the Internet. The XBR4 already has a DVI input, so hooking up ought to be a breeze and getting good pictures on the thing would be wonderful.
There’s a real culture war going on between the traditional open culture of computing—something that’s survived 40 years of companies trying to build walled gardens—and the traditionally closed culture of TV, radio, and the whole broadcast industry. Thinking like Dave’s will help keep the hounds at bay a little longer, I hope.
A word about the TV: the Sony XBR4 LCD flat screens are clearly the best on the market. This is a TV worth paying extra for.
Posted by windley on December 27, 2007 2:59 PM
Comment from JY at December 27, 2007 4:46 PM
After fighting with the different Video inputs on my TV, i found out only the good old VGA input was showing correct resolutions from the computer (in my case a mac).
Comment from JY at December 27, 2007 5:00 PM
... and it looks like your TV has a great mode for Dave's app :-)
"Because more and more people expect to view photos on their HDTVs, Sony developed a Photo TV HD mode that optimally sets the sharpness, gradation, and color to make digital photos look like printed photography."
Comment from Rob W at December 27, 2007 7:07 PM
I splurged on the 52" XBR5... staring at it now... it's unbelievable. I spent weeks comparing brands/screens/technologies, etc., and thought this was best as well. Enjoy!
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