Enhancing the Television Experience by Using Windows SideShow
DownloadEnhancing the Television Experience by Using Windows SideShow
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The Windows SideShow platform provides hardware and software developers unique opportunities to create compelling solutions for television viewers. This paper provides information for hardware manufacturers that are interested in adding the SideShow platform to TV sets, universal remote controls, and set-top boxes, and software developers that are interested in creating SideShow gadgets for TV scenarios.
This information applies to the following operating systems:
| • | Windows Server 2008 (with Desktop Experience installed) |
| • | Windows Vista (Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate) |
| • | Windows 7 |
Included in this paper:
| • | What Is Windows SideShow? |
| • | The Market for Combining TV Viewing and Computer Usage |
| • | How SideShow Can Enhance TV Viewing |
| • | Integrating SideShow into TV-Related Hardware |
| • | How to Get Started |
