R.Cringely expects Video Express next Tuesday

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Robert X. Cringely on his website predicts that apple will release Video Express next tuesday along with ipods and movie service.

However, the most interesting announcement I am expecting will be the Video Express, which I sure hope is finally here. If you don't remember, this is a gizmo that plugs into a power outlet just like an AirPort Express, only where the AirPort Express sends WiFi AND audio around your house, the Video Express will send WiFi and audio AND video.

This is key, because what's been missing throughout this conversion to Internet television has been a way to incorporate our user device of choice -- the TV. People don't really want to watch movies on their computer screens. They'll do it, some of them, but most people won't, so for the Internet and downloadable video market to explode the way it is supposed to do, we need an easy way to get the movies out of our computers and onto our TV screens.

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060907.html

Interesting it would solve one of my beefs with the whole download issue. I dont want to watch movies on my 20" LCD, I'd rather watch them on my 42" Plasma. I also would not need some ridiculously long cabling from my mac in home office to the plasma in living room.