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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes...if the price is worth it in my eyes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[FFXIIIAngelVanille]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 1:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[No way.  I'm willing to bet 90% of these widgets will just be advertisements.  I'm perfectly fine with my current non-connected TV, thank you.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[theJoKell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 1:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Had I not been laid off, I'd certainly get one this year.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Mc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 1:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Damn, I got the Samsung LN46A650 in August which has a bit of internet connectivity, but this years' models are amazing.<br><br>But no, maybe in 7 years or when my TV breaks, whichever is first.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dagamer34]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 1:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Where's the option for 'I would buy one, but I don't live in the US, so I can't enjoy Netflix/Hulu/Other']]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darkstar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Absolutely not! The internet streaming and internet widgets will become obsolete far sooner than the television. I'd much prefer those features in a separate set top box, that I don't mind replacing every few years.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 1:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Internet connected TVs seem to be just crappy, low feature widgets. I'll take a set top box device or a computer over that any day.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 2:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[What's the business model for these widgets?  What's going to pay for the bandwidth, the servers, the staff who are updating the content, etc.?  I can see a few years down the road when you turn your widgets on, you just get "404 Not Found".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[xargs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 3:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know the in's and out's of how these widgets work on HDTV sets but you would hope they are sort of platform independant (Java perhaps?) and not directly created/served by the TV set manufacturers.<br><br>So for example you could install a Bloomberg stock ticker widget and a weather.com widget on your set but if for arguments sake Samsung went bust your Samsung TV with widget support would still continue to work because the services were provided by Bloomberg and weather.com respectively.<br><br>Or am I just way off base here?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Syphon Filter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 3:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[I picked the "someday" option. Not because it's a choice that am particularly in favour of but because, someday you won't have a choice. <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Syphon Filter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 3:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[What a great way to DOUBLE or even TRIPLE the number of ads you see.  I'll pass]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jburton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 3:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would love a TV with a built in, upgradable browser.  Call it a widget, if you like.  Streaming HD from Netflix, and an HD Slingbox of everything I have on my HD DVR, without needing to buy and situate a computer, or other player, would be ideal for my kitchen, bedroom, workout room, or any other space where I want HDTV but don't want to run more cabling nor have space for something other than the TV itself.<br><br>It's BRILLIANT.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 4:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[I was looking for the option "If it's a TV I want anyway", for example if a Kuro had it, then I'd buy a TV with widgets.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 4:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ditto.  Regardless it will be years before I buy a new TV.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big Sam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 8:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[What's the point?!  Just connect your pc to your tv through hdmi and you have a lot more options than widgets.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aznbensonboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[I will, i want a Netflix enabled one.  Looking for a new living room tv anyways.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Viper_Bravo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Because the widgets look like they are hard-coded into the TV is why I wouldn't buy one of these TVs. What use are the TVs when the services are no longer available? Don't respond that you can still watch TV on them, because I know that. I'm saying why did I pay extra for features that I can no longer use.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Garst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bah, the internet is for a computer, not a tv. The way this economy is going, I might not buy another TV at all when mine breaks for good. I can watch my DVD's on my desktop, the only thing I watch on TV is Fox News and CNN. Like they say, in tough times, the first thing to go is cable.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LonnieDvD]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 8:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[My TV has been connected to the internet for the last 4 years thru my HTPC.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 12:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[If I am spending big money on a display, which I did, I would rather have all of the gadgets (netflix, widgets, hulu) on another, easily replaceable machine.  Its like spending the money on a good monitor but being able to buy the fancy new computer every couple of years.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 12:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Where is the option for already have a TV connected to the Internet? My Samsung LN52A650 can, though I only use it for time and not the gadgets. In fact, everything in my AV rack except for my receiver is connected to my local network.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 12:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Poll: Will you buy an internet-connected HDTV?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/poll-will-you-buy-an-internet-connected-hdtv/</guid><description><![CDATA[No way I already have my computer pluged into my 50 plasma so when it goes south on me i will hopefully replace it with a OLED if the prices have come down to a reasoable amount.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwickline1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 1:42PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
