The device that I will sketch vaguely doesn't exist, but if I can imagine=
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it anyone can.
> I imagined a similar apparatus to a Converter or Decoder that it could be=
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placed over a television set, with an infrared sensor what would receive =
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lightly more complicated signal that that of a remote control of TV, sinc=
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it would come from a wireless standard infrared keyboard for PC, with =A0
> incorporate touchpad to replace the mouse.
> Besides the traditional input of video signal by coaxial cable and the =
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output to the TV, this apparatus would have a connection with a PC that =
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could be by means of an UTP cable with connectors RJ-45 for a standard =
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Ethernet 100BaseT LAN network, or by means of the same coaxial cable.
> In this way, this device, when connecting the main entrance device (the =
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wireless keyboard with touchpad), to the PC and the television, it would =
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transform to this last one into the Monitor (the main exit device) of a =
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Terminal (without CPU, memory, hard disk neither CD reader), and to the P=
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into a Server of the LAN that would contribute the whole necessary =A0
> hardware and software.
> This device should not be much more expensive that the sum of its main =
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components: a network card, a video card, a power source, a converter =A0
> DAC/ADC, etc.
> Due to the notable difference of prices, it is much more common to find =
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more than a TV in the homes that to find more than a PC, for what I =A0
> believe that the potential market is quite big.
Well.. A new 22" Viewsonic LCD TV costs $349.00 at new egg. This week Dell had a brand new dual-core pc with 3 megs of RAM (and a DVD reader/writer drive) and you could get it with a 22" LCD monitor for under $400. I don't quite understand what you are describing but PC's are now so cheap I don't don't think it makes sense as a way of saving money.
-Kevin
And it could be a solution to a quite common problem that one has when =
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somebody wants to use the PC and he/she has to wait their turn because it=
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is being used by another member of the family.
> The main difficulty that I considered it is that I think that a great =A0
> political obstacle should exist so that an apparatus like this doesn't =
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exist after more than a decade of presence of the technology that could =
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have made it possible: I thought that their existence would not have been=
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allowed because it would prevent the Big Brother to know exactly who is =
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doing what with the computer. I think that to hinder this surveillance is=
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vital because without privacy there is not freedom, and without freedom =
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the life is not worthwhile.
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