Everything starts with internet connection. We got ours last Wednesday.
Stephen did lots of research and explored the possibility of throwing all our media resources into the fastest internet connection and having the phone and television connected to it for all media. This meant an IP telephony and tv over the internet. TV over the internet was completely new to me. I have no idea where to find content from and how it would work into our lives.
I imagined getting my chocolate snack ready, throwing myself into the couch reaching for the keyboard and spending 15 minutes browsing for something good while I get lost in indecision and letting the chocolate melt. I like things given to me - cable tv content, presents, a job .... etc..
But Stephen sounded futuristic about it all and I went along with it. We stood for hours in Bic Camera while Nathan slept(thank goodness) in the midst of all the blaring tv's, all competing for attention while Stephen discovered in Japanese the products that could support this theory. We discovered it was still cheaper to buy a tv screen which had a pc input instead of just a monitor when looking for a screen this size. And there were lots of fancy hardware that looked good on a tv bench which was essentially a computer, the same as ours. So we bought a 46" sharp aquos lcd with a DVI input.
The man from NTT came, all in Japanese he looked everywhere for some fiber terminal. When he finally found something he spent an hour trying to run a fiber cable between two points. He pulled and pulled, something was stuck somewhere. We both couldn't communicate (I am still wondering what "chotto" means) and tried translation with the estate agent over the phone, but she couldn't help find anything. Suddenly when I thought he needed some back up, he seemed to start doing some connections. Then it was all working.
We have a phone and internet connection.
Unfortunately he didnt connect LANs so we cant be connected at the same time and the wireless doesnt work. But WOW! it's a FAST connection.! My computer cant keep up.
I'm happy.
