I think we need to get rid of the remote. It's an old technology that needs to go the way of VHS. Universal remotes haven't caught on (at best they reduce the remotes down to one), and even the idea of a smart phone app for replacing remote seems out of date. There should be a new interface for 'surfing' as well as programming PVR/DVRs. This needs to be fixed since we're seeing more of the streaming options becoming more integrated into TVs nowadays. Media interfaces like AppleTV and BoxeeBox are great, but again they add another remote to the situation. Solutions like modding xBox's Kinect may be the next step. having a gesture controlled TV may be the next innovation. I honestly think the best interface would be a voice system like Siri. Something that might be able to integrate computer systems, handheld devices, as well as other electronics. However, I wonder how far off we are from that?

Looks like CarrierIQ is trying to save face in their PA http://www.carrieriq.com/Media_Alert_User_Experience_Matters_11_16_11.pdf I wonder, I'm not entering a contract with CarrierIQ, are they collecting this data to their own servers then sending the data to the carriers or are the carriers collecting the data?