Homework
Even if you know the answer, go to a local computer/television vendor and explain that you heard that NBC has announced that it will distribute Olympic venues via the Internet using Microsoft and TVTONIC. Ask them what you need to buy to get your Vista computer to work with your HDTV using TVTONIC DVR-like functionality. Ask them what a media extender is. Tell them you heard the XBOX would work as an extender, but you do not know what that means. Then ask again what you need to buy and how you wire it up.
Predicted short term results: blank stares (NBC is doing what!?). Go to TV sales and get sent to computer sales. Go to computer sales and get sent to TV sales. They will likely not have a clue as you will be first on the block to ask the question.
Desired results: Education of vendor/providers on what NBC is doing and that this is a chance to sell stuff prior to the Olympics. Education of vendors what video extenders are, how they work with TVTONIC, etc. Gentle push up the hockey stick of life so that post Olympics more users will sign on for something like World Cup while we wait two years for Winter Olympics.
Possible side effects: You will better understand the slog. You will become depressed. You will become joyful. The world will be better place couch potatoes. WAVX will stay above a dollar. A butterfly in China will cause a hockey stick move on NASDAQ.
Report your experience back to the board.
BCaSE
