MrTangent
join:2001-12-28
Earth
| Windows only. You other untermensch need not apply
In addition, the computer must be running Windows 98, 2000, ME or XP operating systems, with 2GB of free hard disk space available. Nothing like excluding everyone else that uses any other OS.
This thing will fail fantastically. Mark my words. Like another poster mentioned, who wants to watch a small, pixelized, compressed video on their computer that probably will only be in stereo? I'd rather just *shock*LEAVE*/shock* my house for ten minutes and go rent a movie and watch it with better resolution, convenience in the living room where I'd be infinitely more comfortable. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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This thing will fail fantastically. Mark my words. Like another poster mentioned, who wants to watch a small, pixelized, compressed video on their computer that probably will only be in stereo?
Uhhh.... 2GB of space certainly won't yield a "small pixelized" video, and most consumer digital video (DVD, DBS, Dig cable) is compressed anyway. If they can provide decent quality video with Dolby/DTS 5.1 sound, I might be tempted to use this in my home theater as an alternative to movie rentals or pay per view.
I personally think this service is way too far ahead of its time. When the PC becomes a standard piece of home theater equipment, maybe then. |
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hhawkman
Premium
join:2001-02-08
Port Hueneme, CA | reply to MrTangent
Actually you COULD use Real Player on Linux, But I'm not sure about other systems. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | Real Player is now going to be open source. |
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scarletsmith
join:2001-08-01
Laurel, MD
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In addition, the computer must be running Windows 98, 2000, ME or XP operating systems, with 2GB of free hard disk space available.
Nothing like excluding everyone else that uses any other OS.
Or any other browser, as I discovered when it rejected my Opera query of its page. |
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