Everyone knows Cable is slowly fading out. With the conception of Google TV, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and all the major television networks putting their tv shows online for viewing - there is a high demand for having the ability to watch all of these amazing services easily.
Boxee, an open source media hub designed for your TV, is a great movement for that idea.
NetOS will focus on having a built in media library to manage your Photos, Music, Movies, TV Shows, eBooks, and Broadcasts (Podcast, Audiobooks, Pandora). Using the same idea of Boxee, when you search your own library, it will also search online, so when you search for a song and don't have it, it can be played from dozens of services that might have it so you can always listen to what you want.
Same thing for TV Shows, you can easily subscribe to the TV Shows you like and get updates when new episodes come our right from your desktop - allowing you to stay updated and you won't ever miss the beginning of a new season to your favorite show. Easily find your preferred host for the TV Show and watch it from any supported host.
The media library will be extensible, so anyone can add support for their network, so if you have a Netflix account you will be able to have those shows come up in your search results. If you have a TiVo you can have your recordings come up to easily be able to watch your prerecorded shows.
Easily rent movies from Amazon Video on Demand and other supports services, and buy movies online from other services. We hope to also support the iTunes store, but that is a pipe dream still, so only have moderate hopes, Apple is very picky about things like that.
eBooks is also a growing movement more recently. Support for reading multiples of eBook formats will be built right into your computer, allowing you to easily find and buy your favorite books or new books you want to read, and then read them from your computer or other devices easily. We hope to push for more open formats for eBooks, but still include support for Amazon Kindle books if possible.
Using the cloud-storage service, we also hope to offer backups of your library so you don't have to worry about losing your library. And if you purchase your media from an integrated store you can always redownload it. We also want to have support for media devices - including music players, tablets, phones, remotes, wireless TVs, local media shares and more - allowing you to use your library anywhere. Combining support with the cloud-storage and devices, we hope to offer applications for mobile devices to allow you to stream your own library anywhere without taking up a ton of space on your phone, iPod, or tablet.
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