By ERIC DEGGANS, St. Petersburg Times
When you fire up two new TV products made by the biggest names in computer technology, you don’t expect a funky diversion headed quickly for the Goodwill pile. You expect to see the future of television. But which vision of tomorrow will survive? Is it Google TV’s plan to meld a tricked-out Web browser with your television? Or will it be Apple TV’s more modest model, connecting the small screen with all the media already packed into your iTunes program and a few select online destinations? It boils down to an issue the TV industry has fumbled with for a while: How do you best combine the active, searching spirit of Internet use with the passive, relaxing acceptance of watching TV? Where is the “killer app” uniting active and passive home entertainment?
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