I Want My MTV... PC?

Tsar writes: "MTV Networks is putting their imprimatur on a line of entertainment-oriented PC's to be available early this year. Targeting the college-age crowd, they'll have TV &amp radio tuners, DVD players, remote controls, and 'MTV-specific content.' CNN has this article on CNN's SCI-TECH page, but the original story was posted last Thursday on IDG.net. There's also news of MTV's impending digital music player, which uses DataPlay's 500MB matchbook-sized discs with built-in digital rights denial^H^H^H^H^H^Hmanagement."

Comments

Re:College age crowd?

[nomadic]

College students these days ARE teeny boppers. I swear, most of them seem to see college as just an extension of high school...

Re:Say it ain't so?

[demaria]

"Remember those annoying commercials with the flashing colors and slow, loud beat?"

You've just described....every MTV commercial, ever. :)

Although failure the first time around doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't try again, after learning which mistakes you made in the past.

Whine anyone?

[ImaLamer]

I know this will be taken as a troll, or flame-bait. But here I go.

Everyone has put down MTV, the MTV computer idea, and so much more. It goes to show one thing:

Computer geeks don't get pop culture

Someone above posted:
Even if you are a college student, would you want your computer to come from a channel that headlines a show where people pierce their asses? Not me, I just don't see this idea being sucessful.

I guess that person doesn't realize that many, many people watch that show [Jackass]. MTV is way more than just a shiny things type of network. It's young 'veejays' are usually working 100 times harder behind the scenes. It's movie awards, while a comedy show, has really challanged the Oscars by giving awards to movies that the majority actually like. The Matrix would be a good example. No doubt that movie was a hit, but no nod from the academy.

If anyone is closer to what is on the minds of the public [from age 11-2?] than MTV, where are they? No doubt their success is proof.

Will this venture work? Maybe not. But if they got these machines hooked up to a broadband connection - it could be another MTV.

Remember, music artists spend millions to put their music on TV when they receive no immediate reward. Computers offer much more than TV.

I think free music would be one big draw. And even without DRM it would keep some piracy at bay. Think a thousand mp3 streams at your finger tips. MTV has the money and power to put that together.

Most college students I know are downloading mp3s and using P2P just to have something to listen to.

If they don't try to make this a computer, and more of an appliance that plays music, movies and videos... it could work.

Just something to think about.