They all project how revenue will shift from other industries, such as retailing, into their own. They all can demonstrate how their central computers can keep track of every click viewers make. And they all pine for the day when people sell out their communities for the sake of a more convenient way to shop. Meanwhile, none of these companies are doing much about making their systems compatible with each other’s … And they’re not doing much about making them truly two-way … opening up their networks – la the Internet – so consumers can be producers, creating their own programming and distributing their own videos. By the time I return to my own living room, I am sure that I don’t want anything to do with this.