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  1. Re:Working Clicky by tomherbst · · Score: 1 · on Movies Delivered Via Television Signal

    The coupon code to get it for $49 (free shipping) is:
              PR49B
    I didn't notice anything in the EULA that required more payment if you don't
    use it. This discount is for BLOGs, so /. is even an appropriate use.

    I ordered two with that code 2 weeks ago. I've installed one and so far am happy with
    it. The only installation surprise what that it really wants you to use its
    antenna instead of any you may have already. The included small 6x8" antenna
    did get a strong signal easily so it wasn't a big deal for me.

    Obviously the service is not the same as renting/ripping/archiving DVD's, but if
    you just want to pay $2-$4 to watch a movie with no lead time, it works fine. I
    like that there are no monthly fees. Netflix has a few day delay and my
    local Blockbuster keeps randomly charging me for not returning movies I didn't
    rent, so I've been looking for an alternative.

    I've been told that Moviebeam wants to have movies out the same time as they
    get released on DVD, but the selection hasn't been much better than what's
    available on DirecTv PPV. It has about a hundred movies, most of which
    are fairly recent at $4 -- some are older and $2.

    The quality looked pretty good. It requires HDMI for HDTV and I didn't have a
    free port so I'm just doing SD right now, but even on a 70" 16:9 TV, it looked
    pretty good; almost as good as a DVD.

    The transport for the files is dNTSC from a company called DotCast.
    http://www.dotcast.com/

    I don't know if this is going to survive, but the investment was pretty minor. There
    is an RJ-45 on the back that is currently unused.

    tom

    ps - Eisner left Disney last year. Not on the board, no office in the building
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eisner#Post-D isney

  2. Re:Bandwidth comes at a cost by Intrepd · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Movies Delivered Via Television Signal

    Yes, its short-sighted but maybe thats why they are unloading these boxes at $50 now.

    From Dotcast
    "dNTSC® allows broadcasters to cost-effectively and reliably distribute large volumes of digital data using existing commercial television broadcasting infrastructures. Dotcast uses its technology to insert a broadband digital data signal inside the analog television broadcast signal and transmit it in a manner that is invisible to the television viewer."

  3. I'd bet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on USDTV Announces Low-Cost, Localized Digital TV
    ...that this is a DIGITAL subcarrier on an existing analog channel using the same technology moviebeam is using. (It's from a company called dotcast based in Sunnyvale, CA.

    (Here's a link that's guaranteed to make you laugh.)

  4. Already being done in a commercial product... by happy_place · · Score: 1 · on Australian Researchers Push Near-Broadband IP Over VHF

    There's a company in the US that already does this... They have developed receiver (an asic) and encoders to broadcast technology over regular TV broadcast channels without impairing the video picture. It's used in Disney's Moviebeam box, that's currently available in select consumer markets around the US... (Just unrolled). Dunno the bitrates... or such.