It'd be great if I could hook up my television receiver to my pc, then hook my pc to my tv. That way, I can run everything through the pc, including dvds/blu-rays, regular television, dvr recordings (i'm sure I have a bigger hd on my computer than in the dvr machine, plus computer hd's are easy to upgrade), stereo-arrangements and whatever else. Think about it, with modern TV's, it's the easiest thing in the world to hook up your pc (all it takes is one hdmi cable). In the computer system itself, you have everything you normally have - which is about 10000000,0000x more than what you have with regular tv. If there was a 'tv' application too, which is basically like the tv guide we're all accustomed to (but a lot faster and in many other ways easier and better), the pc-centric setup would be in every way better.

By setting it up in this fashion, it enables people to play PC games on their big flat-screen HDTV's, while also enabling them to use the entirety of internet-functionality through the same television where they watch tv. It also allows people to use a mouse and keyboard to play those games, instead of only using TV's with shitty console controllers. Why this is relevant to Quake Live, is because, if this kind of system becomes the norm (which it should), that means a system like Quake Live, with GTV/Demo's/Leagues/Ladders/Allthatgoodstuff, would be easily accessible to anyone. Who would rather watch a game of Quake on their little 19'' monitor, while sitting at a computer desk, when they could watch the same game on a 50'' hd flatscreen, and while sitting on their couch? Using a mouse/keyboard while sitting on a couch is not a big deal... which is besides the fact, unless you're gaming, you don't need to use a full mouse and keyboard, and if you are gaming, you still don't need to use a full mouse and keyboard (there are plenty of PC joysticks, including regular xbox controllers); if you had some kind of table-top that swings around the side of your couch, like a little desk thingie, it could easily provide quick, stable access to a mouse and keyboard, while also easily swinging back around the couch when not in use.

I would have to imagine, all the various things will eventually (and by eventually, I mean in the fairly near future), run through computers. There is no reason to keep these things separate, and they certainly all work better when integrated together (no rhyme intended). The PC should be the central system, where all other home entertainment equipment is run through. For lesser computer uses - like e-mail - everyone can just use their laptops and netbooks. Home PC's have reached the point where their main functionality is entertainment. That means: gaming, streaming-video, music, and what should be television. And ya know what? I think it's great.