OnLive;

Recently, hype is being built around a new product called OnLive, which can be found here:
OnLive

OnLive is a piece of software that allows you to play games on your pc and tv, to either rent or buy.
the fantastic thing about it is that, unlike conventional gaming machines where the hardware of your console plays the game. Games from OnLive are streamed, the servers and hardware on THEIR end deals with the running of the game.
This eradicates the need for an up to date machine, which for PC gamers especially (myself included) is great news as it means that gamers no longer have to buy new graphics cards and processors to keep up to date with the requirements of new games.

All that is needed is an internet connection.

"OnLive is launching the world's highest performance Games On Demand service, instantly delivering the latest high-end titles over home broadband Internet to the TV and entry-level PCs and Macintosh® computers."

This, to me, is a fantastic idea. As media moves further and further towards internet and digital streaming, this allows households to maintain that their TV's are still a "multimedia centre".
I know that my family, myself and the families of a few of my close friends, have their main TV sets connected to multiple pieces of hardware, or run a PC through their tv so that they can play downloaded content.
OnLive, will allow them to continue this trend but with games.