No thank you
I…think we watch more than enough TV. No need for this.
Might make a nice TV dinner tray, though.
…With Location Free, Sony is aiming to change the way people watch television.
Taking advantage of the same wireless technology that allows laptop computer users to log on to the Internet over the air, Location Free is designed to make couch potatoes more mobile. After connecting a base station to a dedicated cable or satellite TV feed, you can carry the 5-pound, flat-panel liquid crystal display around the house or into the yard without losing the signal.
If the base station is connected to a DVD player, you can touch the screen to start, stop, rewind or fast-forward a movie. If it is connected to a broadband Internet feed, Location Free becomes a Web-surfing and e-mail machine.
And if you pack Location Free when you go overseas, you can hook up with a hotel broadband connection and watch your favorite shows from back home.
"It definitely has the cool factor going for it," said Tim Bajarin, president of consulting group Creative Strategies in Campbell, Calif.
Just ask Apple Computer Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak. He bought an early version of Location Free during a visit to Japan.
"I loved my early Airboard," Wozniak said, calling the device by its Japanese brand name. "It was certainly impressive to … walk around watching TV. I would never have thought of that."
