Posted by AnthonyR on 10/23/05 19:10

"Bill Van Dyk" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
news:q7-dnQukUNZSzcveRVn-gQ@golden.net...
> Or is there no real need or desire for wrist-watch-size TV's? Why do you
> think there are no video phones yet? The technology is there.
>
> I don't even hear people getting excited about using their computer as a
> phone-- aint gonna happen.
>
> My feeling is that iPod video will never move beyond the "novelty" stage
> of acceptance. Except, as someone else noted, as a teeny, tiny VCR that
> can play movies on your TV..... That's more intriguing. A teeny, tiny
> VCR, that you can take with you to people's houses or apartments to play
> your video on... Video Resumes? How to "books" with video. Perpetually
> updated living wills....
>
Well we were promised video phones back in 1984, and they were suppose to
be available in 1999 by Ma Bell.

It never happened and still hasn't because of one word, "Bandwidth".

Video just will overwhelm any communication network with too much data at
the moment, not enough bandwidth.
In fact the internet is cluttered now with text, imagine video?

The demand is there, just will take time.

Kids, love the cool factor!
They will drive this technology, not us.

AnthonyR.

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