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Video On Demand Almost Here For San Franciscans

Posted by timothy on from the tremble-gently-at-the-thought dept.

BeatlesForum.com writes: "Looks like San Francisco-area folks could be in for a taste of video when you want it, according to this article from Reuters. The article mentions that we will be able to start and stop the on-demand stream whenever we want. Kinda sounds like TiVo now, except you still have to fit around the broadcast schedule. Interesting statistic quoted from the article, though: it is expected that 5.5 million homes will have VOD by the end of the year. Imagine being able to pull up 2001: A Space Odyssey at 2:38 a.m.."

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  1. 2:38 by SkulkCU · · Score: 3, Funny

    The way the article makes it sound, you could even pull it up at 2:39!

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  2. VOD soon to be renamed to POD by theoddicy · · Score: 3, Funny


    Porn on demand.