{"id":494,"date":"2015-01-02T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T16:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/chapter\/activity-8-1-how-many-technologies-can-you-see-in-figure-8-1\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T07:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:40:52","slug":"activity-8-1-how-many-technologies-can-you-see-in-figure-8-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/chapter\/activity-8-1-how-many-technologies-can-you-see-in-figure-8-1\/","title":{"raw":"Appendix 4: Feedback on Activity 7.1  How many technologies can you see in Figure 7.1?","rendered":"Appendix 4: Feedback on Activity 7.1  How many technologies can you see in Figure 7.1?"},"content":{"raw":"Well, this is an unfair question, partly because the photo doesn't show all the technologies, and also because you wouldn't know what software or services were included, but just for the record, here's my list:\n\n<strong>Hardware<\/strong>\n\n1. Laptop computer\n\n2. Music CD\n\n3. Book: yes, a printed book is a technological artefact! It doesn't have to be digital to be a technology.\n\n4. Mobile phone\n\n5. Satellite\u00a0receiver\/converter\n\n6. Television\u00a0monitor\n\n7. DVD player\n\n8. Apple TV box\n\n9.\u00a0Audio-visual\u00a0receiver\/control box with\u00a07 channels, 1080p HDMI, Dolby and DTS format support\n\n10.\u00a0Loudspeakers (3 in picture, including a woofer, back right)\n\n11. Remote control (one:\u00a0for all equipment except computer, mobile phone and book)\n\n<strong>Software<\/strong>\n\nAlmost impossible to list and unobservable anyway, but would include iTunes, iPhoto (uses photos from iPhoto library\u00a0as a screen saver for the TV monitor when music is playing), digital conversion in the A\/V receiver, etc., etc.\n\n<strong>Networks<\/strong>\n\nWi-fi\n\nInternet\n\nTelephone\n\nRadio\n\nSatellite TV (could have been cable, or broadband\u00a0telephone, but isn't)\n\n<strong>Services<\/strong>\n\nSatellite broadcast television channels\n\nRadio stations (global choice, via Sonos)\n\nApple TV (including Netflix and other streaming services)\n\nSonos music (including Deezer, a service similar to Netflix for music)\n\n<strong>Necessary for integration<\/strong>\n\nSingle remote control (eHarmony)\n\nAudio-visual receiver\n\nApple TV\n\nApple Mac Pro laptop computer\n\nMobile phone (controls Sonos and iTunes)\n\n<strong>My wish for the future<\/strong>: one portable box, please!!!!!!!!\n\nI think whoever owns this home entertainment system could do with a model for technology selection (OK, I'll admit it, it's mine). Or is it that the home entertainment industry needs to get its act together regarding standardization? But I digress.\u00a0All this changed in 2016, when my Internet provider upgraded to fibre optic and 5G from coaxial cable and 2.4G and offered a 'deal' on integrated services. I decided at the same time to upgrade the whole system with a new TV monitor, control box, modem, speaker system, and more apps such as Amazon Prime and DAZN, but the 'live' cable television programs are still just as awful as before!\n\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Well, this is an unfair question, partly because the photo doesn&#8217;t show all the technologies, and also because you wouldn&#8217;t know what software or services were included, but just for the record, here&#8217;s my list:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hardware<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Laptop computer<\/p>\n<p>2. Music CD<\/p>\n<p>3. Book: yes, a printed book is a technological artefact! It doesn&#8217;t have to be digital to be a technology.<\/p>\n<p>4. Mobile phone<\/p>\n<p>5. Satellite\u00a0receiver\/converter<\/p>\n<p>6. Television\u00a0monitor<\/p>\n<p>7. DVD player<\/p>\n<p>8. Apple TV box<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0Audio-visual\u00a0receiver\/control box with\u00a07 channels, 1080p HDMI, Dolby and DTS format support<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0Loudspeakers (3 in picture, including a woofer, back right)<\/p>\n<p>11. Remote control (one:\u00a0for all equipment except computer, mobile phone and book)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Software<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Almost impossible to list and unobservable anyway, but would include iTunes, iPhoto (uses photos from iPhoto library\u00a0as a screen saver for the TV monitor when music is playing), digital conversion in the A\/V receiver, etc., etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Networks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wi-fi<\/p>\n<p>Internet<\/p>\n<p>Telephone<\/p>\n<p>Radio<\/p>\n<p>Satellite TV (could have been cable, or broadband\u00a0telephone, but isn&#8217;t)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Satellite broadcast television channels<\/p>\n<p>Radio stations (global choice, via Sonos)<\/p>\n<p>Apple TV (including Netflix and other streaming services)<\/p>\n<p>Sonos music (including Deezer, a service similar to Netflix for music)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Necessary for integration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Single remote control (eHarmony)<\/p>\n<p>Audio-visual receiver<\/p>\n<p>Apple TV<\/p>\n<p>Apple Mac Pro laptop computer<\/p>\n<p>Mobile phone (controls Sonos and iTunes)<\/p>\n<p><strong>My wish for the future<\/strong>: one portable box, please!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>I think whoever owns this home entertainment system could do with a model for technology selection (OK, I&#8217;ll admit it, it&#8217;s mine). Or is it that the home entertainment industry needs to get its act together regarding standardization? But I digress.\u00a0All this changed in 2016, when my Internet provider upgraded to fibre optic and 5G from coaxial cable and 2.4G and offered a &#8216;deal&#8217; on integrated services. I decided at the same time to upgrade the whole system with a new TV monitor, control box, modem, speaker system, and more apps such as Amazon Prime and DAZN, but the &#8216;live&#8217; cable television programs are still just as awful as before!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-494","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":491,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/494\/revisions\/495"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/491"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/494\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}