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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: Yet unannounced Plasma TV UI project
From:       Aleix Pol <aleixpol () kde ! org>
Date:       2020-03-22 23:33:31
Message-ID: CACcA1Rp+RbPmWKH+0P4oEq0KPXSd0GkRLLnMgTLNxi_0s-AO-g () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 12:15 AM Leszek Lesner <leszek.lesner@web.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> my 2 cents to this
> >
> > In the Promo team we were struggling a bit with the "Plasma Bigscreen" name.
> > There are several problems with it:
> >
> > 1. "Big Screen" is usually used to refer to "cinema", not TV
> > 2. if you abbreviate it (and people will abbreviate it) it does not look
> > good: Plasma BS
> > 3. it does not look very good written down as it is very long
> > 4. it is not very memorable
>
> In all honesty those reasons are not very valid imho.
> The "big" emphasizes that its not like a normal TV box replacement system.
> It offers more features. Free and OpenSource and privacy friendly Voice
> assistant.
> Remote control your TV via CEC so you can use your own controller.
> Skill Support of many many apps/skills of the free and open source world
> and the possibility to expand the functionality.
>
> I think all of this justify the name "Bigscreen".
> It opens up your TV experience and makes it "bigger".
> Also it opens up the Plasma functionality and offers lots of its features
> on a big screen which TVs usually are nowadays.
>
> >
> > We have several alternative suggestions for names that may work better:
> >
> > Plasma Deka ("deka" means "big" in Japanese)
> > Plasma Show
> > Plasma Beam
> > Plasma Home
> >
>
> Those names fail to emphasize the core features in my opinion. Its too
> ordinary and blunt.
> * Deka -  would be unique but not directly understandable
> * Show - sounds like a video player only
> * Beam - Projector or beamer centric imho
> * Home - sounds like a voice assistant only
>
>
> Greetings
> Leszek Lesner
>
>

OFFLIST

Dude, you dismissed all the ideas with petty one-liners while your
biggest argument was:
It opens up your TV experience and makes it "bigger".

Which is as easy to dismiss as "big is for physical objects (like
cinema, what Paul said)".

If you don't want to discuss this and ultimately _want_ it to be
called bigscreen, tell them that you don't want to listen to
alternatives. But playing tennis with ideas feels odd and
disrespectful.

Aleix
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