Adobe will soon be adding the Flash player to TVs, cable boxes and other electronic devices attached to the TV in late 2009.

This will mean you will be able to see web content on the TV instead of your PC, such as YouTube, Weebl’s Stuff or other content of a NSFW purpose. An announcement at the 2009 NAB Show  (National Association of Broadcasters) mentioned that deals have been made to put Flash into Blu-Ray players and similar, and you will be able to buy these real soon.
“Adobe Flash Platform for the Digital Home will dramatically change the way we view content on televisions. Consumers are looking to access their favorite Flash technology-based videos, applications, services and other rich Web content across screens”according to David Wadhwani,  Adobe’s Platform Business Unit VP.

It’s worth noting that although they have deals with a lot of manufacturers to put this technology in, Adobe however haven’t agreed anything with Sony and Samsung, as they’re doing the same thing with Yahoo Widgets instead.

Personally speaking, I don’t think consumers are looking specifically for flash services on their TV. They’re looking for ways to watch clips on YouTube easily, or other things that replace the drivel that’s being shown on TV nowadays…

[Via Ars Technica]

In what must be some sort of blessing for tech writers on a slow news day, Steve “Not Jobs” Wozniak will be taking part on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars.

Yes. Dancing. Against other celebrities. On TV.

I can’t wait to see him taking on Steve-O in the Cha Cha, or Lil’ Kim in the Smooth (they’re dances, apparently).

Bearing in mind that Dancing With The Stars is based on the UK show Strictly Come Dancing, are we going to expect Sir Alan Sugar or Tim Berners-Lee facing off in the Tango? Probably not. But hey, at least he’s having a go…

Got $22 Million?

Whatever your feelings are about Comcast, you’ll be helpless but to fall in love with the media giant’s 10 million pixel display at the new Comcast Center in Philadelphia. The media wall covers an area of over 2100 square feet and uses four-millimeter LED lights, packed together as one giant, seamless array. It plays all manner of video, and even cool segments where three-dimensional-looking dancers seem to hover in thin air at five times the resolution of HD television.

[From DVICE: This is what 10 million pixels look like]

Yes, it’s a stupidly huge wall which stretches around the room. No, there aren’t many practical uses for such technology. Yes, that’s $2.2 per pixel. No, that’s not too much to spend. Yes, it’s still damn cool.