Comments on: CES: The Missing Protocol

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By: I love dark chocolate

I love dark chocolate — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:17:17 +0000

I remember you wrote a piece about that a few years ago, also praising the great work at Logitech on the remote control matter.
Seems like not much has changed, oops no sorry, actually much has changed, it got more complicated.

By: Bernd M Maier-Leppla

Bernd M Maier-Leppla — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:08:49 +0000

You’re right. I just bought an entirely new home cinema equipment.
I HAVE a Logitech Harmony.
BUT: it worked only (for my old equipment), because the Logitech guys helped me 1 hour on the telephone to change things I’ve never heard of. Bottom line: a normal person wouldn’t be able to do that.
Now the new equipment. I gave up. First, not all devices are in the database (too new I think) and second – it doesn’t even start ANY device. So I took the harmony out. Now I’m dealing with 3 remotes again.
Is it so difficult for those software developers to THINK? I’m afraid, yes. After working on 4 iPhone and iPad app projects I would say, that 95% of all software developers have no clue, how to do applications, that are working for normal people.
The best answer when difficulties appear is always: “no problem”. If you hear that, fire the guy.
The iPhone and iPad indeed changed everything. For the first time, developers had to work in a way, so that normal people understand the app WITHOUT 300 page manuals. That is the big achievement Apple made with those devices.

By: Fazal Majid

Fazal Majid — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:01:44 +0000

The consumer-hostile electronics industry, in it’s great wisdom, finally provided a control bus in the form of HDMI CEC, but of course it has the same level of general moronicity you expect from that industry’s products and in practice interoperability is very limited. At least now, when I turn my Blu-ray player on, it automatically switches my TV to the right output. Apple should have added a couple of HDMI ports and turned the AppleTV into a universal controller.

By: Brian S Hall

Brian S Hall — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:20:29 +0000

Yes. The iPad can become the world’s most expensive remote. However, it at least theoretically be able to remotely control any device, any screen, all intuitively. People really would pay $500 for that.

By: PXLated

PXLated — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:16:16 +0000

Have been working design for almost ever and the web since 94, find it amazing that we are still sitting here without robust design/authoring tools as we’ve had in print for a couple decades. Of course, the web was created by geeks, left brainers, and we need right brain tools. Even though I can code tThey can’t come soon enough for me.

By: Chris F. Brown

Chris F. Brown — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:21:03 +0000

Many are working today on “smart” remote protocols where there is true bidirectional communication between the content and the controller. The current best examples are attached to specific Blu-ray titles, where content is prepared (authored) during the normal run of production, and BD-Java combined with Internet-connectivity–aka BD-Live–is used instead of infrared for 2-way communication. The result is what we call the connected canvas, where menus and control can be displayed on the mobile device. Already this is enabling very cool consumer apps like personal subtitles in your palm, or alternate audio in headphones. I like JK’s idea of each manufacturer creating their own app, but better still would be to have open standards so any app developer can create a media controller for any device that supports the standard.

By: James Katt

James Katt — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:54:59 +0000

The answer is for each manufacturer to create an iPhone or iPad or iPod Touch app that can talk with their device and thus control it. Their device needs to be able to hook into the users home wired or wireless network.

There will thus be only one device (the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch) to control them all.