The way most people find and consume content now is that personalized content arrives on their personal device: notebook, tablet, smartphone. People have their devices on them at all times and prefer to use them. But people also still like the centerpiece of consumer electronics, their TV. Getting the content from the devises that house content to their favorite viewing device has been a challenge often met with an inflexible and distinctly non-personal answer. It is either force people to view content from the TV by forcing “smart” TV systems on them with limited programming, or take away their mobility and flexibility by connecting their devices to the TV with cables, wires, etc. Neither of these answers are what people want.
Now let’s get personal. People want solutions tailored to them, solutions that don’t restrict their device usage and don’t make them change their content habits or limit their content choices. Smart TV, smart Blueray, or really smart anything is not the answer. That is not personal. I have a rule: Evening time I am at home, I am not smart. I just want my stuff to work. I want one solution to be able to use the content I already have in the way I want to use it. A personal solution.
One solution to fit them all. One solution. All devices. The is the new living room. That is WHDI.
