True. Didn't read the last part of your post. Well, I read it, but my brain's having an off-day.
As long as we're adding all these other extensions to the bed/chair/uberdevice (not sure what it was originally intended to be), why don't we just make it a bed/chair/grocery-deliveryman/uberdevice? It already contains a computer, and so I assume it has a printer. If we could somehow modify the printer to actually print out the food, we'd have it made.
The multifunction device might work for the unwashed non-technical masses, but I'd like to have all of those features and more in my entertainment system.
I agree, but I also like having both. One of my PCs has an All-In-Wonder Radeon card and a DVD-ROM, so if I want, I have the ability to watch a DVD in one screen, keep the TV muted in another, and surf the internet, all at once. I have a CD/MP3/WMA/AM-FM radio player that also has a few games installed on it.
OTOH, I also have a TV, a regular DVD player, a stereo, a radio, an MP3 player, and several gaming consoles. These all perform far better than the "uberdevices" listed above. But for long bus rides, or days when I just don't feel like leaving my room unless it's absolutely necessary, it's a lot easier to have one device that does a lot, even if I lose a little in quality.
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True. Didn't read the last part of your post. Well, I read it, but my brain's having an off-day.
As long as we're adding all these other extensions to the bed/chair/uberdevice (not sure what it was originally intended to be), why don't we just make it a bed/chair/grocery-deliveryman/uberdevice? It already contains a computer, and so I assume it has a printer. If we could somehow modify the printer to actually print out the food, we'd have it made.
handle things like buying groceries
Ahem. Grocery Gateway.
The multifunction device might work for the unwashed non-technical masses, but I'd like to have all of those features and more in my entertainment system.
I agree, but I also like having both. One of my PCs has an All-In-Wonder Radeon card and a DVD-ROM, so if I want, I have the ability to watch a DVD in one screen, keep the TV muted in another, and surf the internet, all at once. I have a CD/MP3/WMA/AM-FM radio player that also has a few games installed on it. OTOH, I also have a TV, a regular DVD player, a stereo, a radio, an MP3 player, and several gaming consoles. These all perform far better than the "uberdevices" listed above. But for long bus rides, or days when I just don't feel like leaving my room unless it's absolutely necessary, it's a lot easier to have one device that does a lot, even if I lose a little in quality.