Touch-screen TVs – how far are they from becoming mainstream?
I am always always ALWAYS being asked about new technology, and how far I think it will be until a certain product becomes mainstream.
Recently, it’s been going like this..
“Alan, oh so mighty god of technology, how long do you think it will be until I can have a touch-screen TV in my house?”
Ok, so maybe it’s been without the god reference, but you get the picture! People are calling out for touch-screen TVs… we’ve got our touch-screen mobile phones, we’ve got our touch-screen home-security devices… we want touch-screen TVs!
Well, to be honest with you guys, the technology is already out there, you can, if you fork out a healthy sum of money, go out and buy yourself a touch-screen TV. However, this won’t be amazing… it will be a pretty standard model with a few nice features here and there.
What we want to know is when will we be able to control our entire home-cinema catalogue at home via our touch-screen TV (that can access the internet, make video calls, etc.). Well, I’m going to tell you the same thing again! The technology is out there, it is being developed as we speak! So sit tight, and I’m sure your patience will be rewarded in the years to come.
Oh, and one thought to leave you with… think about how cool touch-screen 3DTV would be! It would be like stepping into a living hologram… now that’s amazing.