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From: klopfens@bgsu-stu.UUCP (Bruce Klopfenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Future of Computing and Electronic Media
Keywords: HDTV, computers, communications
Message-ID: <6996@bgsu-stu.UUCP>
Date: 17 Feb 91 02:21:37 GMT
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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I am always facinated by informed speculation on the future.  I
wish I could keep up with technological developments better than
I am now doing.  In line with the previous, very interesting post
on the future of computing, I am very interested in the future of
computers and electronic media--what we used to call broadcasting.
I am not an engineer, but I would like to know what the obstacles
are for merging computers and especially their displays with
television monitors?  If/when some form of HDTV comes, will we
be buying our television sets from IBM and Apple, and if not, why
not?

As a professor in the electronic media field, I am constantly
trying to keep up on the merging fields of computing and media
(digital editing is starting to make its mark at production
studios, for example).

Looking forward to your thoughts.

-- 
Bruce C. Klopfenstein          |  klopfens@barney.bgsu.edu
Radio-TV-Film Department       |  klopfenstein@bgsuopie.bitnet
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