apollo80
join:2002-01-31
Richmond, VA
| Elephant in the room, AND...
Well, the elephant in the room of piracy is one thing...(I am not nor do I endorce piracy)
What I want it 720x480 minimum from iTunes or some other outlet (is there one? I am not but so familiar with video online) versus their 640x480. I would REALLY like to download tv shows or movies in HD to own. I don't see the advantage of watching sub par video I got online on my HDTV.
If that were available, I would use such as service on a regular basis and stop buying DVD's. |
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bohn
join:2006-05-30
Scarborough, ON | We don't have to worry about that in Canada we got capped to death. We also pay dearly if we bust our puny caps. |
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
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·magicjack.com
| reply to apollo80
I wouldn't pay for it. I barely watch cable. I'm sick of even the watch video now when it want's to download some DRM program just to watch free stuff.
Most new DVDs aren't worth buying at all so not really buying much of anything. I work too much. The older DVDs you can get at WalMart for $5 so there is your cheap entertainment or the video stores have used for 4 for $20. If you like a TV show, just buy it when the DVD comes out.
Cable has just gotten outrageously over-priced. I could cut 75% of the channels and not miss them. |
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truocchio
join:2004-07-05
Miami Beach, FL
| reply to apollo80
Netflix and Vongo are two, for pay, video/movie download sites that play their content in a decent resolution and are very easy to use. Why worry about mailing dvd's back and forth if you could download them almost instantly. I was highly impressed with the service and picture quality.
I do however think that Cable and Satellite providers will see their content slowly chipped away by the content producers. For instance, you will be able to go to abc.com to see ABC programming without having to have a cable/sat subscription. This is real a la carte that many have been wishing for and its right around the corner. Yes there will be ad supported models (like the current TV model) and paid for no ad versions. SO I dont feel that the "paid for" model is dead, it is just another option that you will have.
Look, its an equation. Content providers create content and make money for showing it....its just how they retrieve that money (ads or subscriptions) that we can now choose from. Without the cable/sat middleman. We just need high quality, reliable and fast "dumb pipe" internet access.
If this is so, IPTV via the Set Top Box/Cable/Sat is going to be in big trouble in the decade or so to come. |
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