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Re: I think there is a place for it said by BF69:The people knocking this are stupid. Ok first of all not everyone has a broadband connection. I have friends that don't have internet because they can only get dial-up. I'm not sure why some of these "experts" don't realize that 20% of the US lives in areas where they can't get broadband. And of the other 80% not everyone wants or has internet. Or they have a slow connection. Sorry those on 1.5 Mbps or lower aren't streaming shit. Those between 1.5 and 3 Mbps aren't going to have a very pleasent straming experience. So that's over 1/3 of broadband users. Oh and the DRM comment in the article, well DUH. Of coruse is has DRM. What you want to give people a movie for the price of a rental? I'm not sure what the big deal is about there being DRM. Only someone wanting to pirate the movies would care. That's kind of like bitching about having to return the DVD back to the store instead of getting to keep it. It's called a RENTAL for a reason. So, you willing to go and purchase this proprietary box to read the sd card? Plus make sure you have room for it in your entertainment system.
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 BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | said by MrMaster:said by BF69:The people knocking this are stupid. Ok first of all not everyone has a broadband connection. I have friends that don't have internet because they can only get dial-up. I'm not sure why some of these "experts" don't realize that 20% of the US lives in areas where they can't get broadband. And of the other 80% not everyone wants or has internet. Or they have a slow connection. Sorry those on 1.5 Mbps or lower aren't streaming shit. Those between 1.5 and 3 Mbps aren't going to have a very pleasent straming experience. So that's over 1/3 of broadband users. Oh and the DRM comment in the article, well DUH. Of coruse is has DRM. What you want to give people a movie for the price of a rental? I'm not sure what the big deal is about there being DRM. Only someone wanting to pirate the movies would care. That's kind of like bitching about having to return the DVD back to the store instead of getting to keep it. It's called a RENTAL for a reason. So, you willing to go and purchase this proprietary box to read the sd card? Plus make sure you have room for it in your entertainment system. Did I say that? I'm talking about the time when you can use any SD card and just use it on your computer or TV.
Once again if you don't have broadand then you have to rent DVDs right? Doesn't that require the purchase of some sort of "box"? As in a DVD player? Except DVDs you have to return and if the DVD gets damaged you have to pay full price for it. That is if you don't get one that is already scratched up which requires another trip back to the store to get a non damaged one. |
DesdinovaPremium
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Gaithersburg, MD | "Doesn't that require the purchase of some sort of "box"? As in a DVD player?"
Except as I understand it, it's a lot different from a regular card reader. If I had to buy a prioritized DVD player that would only play their content, then no, I wouldn't have one of those. If they can get their cards to run on any card reader, then that's a different situation. It just seems like they have to create a number of solutions to a number of obstacles, most of which probably don't need to be their in the first place.
If, however, the content you load onto the card could be keyed to an account and software on your playback device, then that might be a more workable approach. But special tech to make it function will almost certainly kill it.
Anyone remember Circuit City's DIVX fiasco?
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX_(Digi···Express) |
