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The Napsterization of TV

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-only-a-matter-of-time dept.

Lefty writes "This article in today's Boston Globe talks about the napsterization of TV shows and how the PC as a media server is going to make it happen. Burning TV shows to CD/DVD, e-mailing your friends TV shows, streaming TV over the Internet -- all things the dedicated set-top boxes can't do... The article talks about Snapstream, a PVR competitor to Moxi and ReplayTV, that runs on the PC and has media server capabilities. from the article: "Already you can find a great deal of pirated video material online. If SnapStream gets installed on millions of PCs, there'll be plenty more. And the TV moguls will find themselves knee deep in the digital acid bath.""

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  1. For the life of me... by FFFish · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...I can't imagine a single TV show that I'd want to archive, let alone have a friend mail me.

    152 channels of shit, and nothing to watch.

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  2. Internet Appliances! by FortKnox · · Score: 2, Troll

    Just like internet appliances. It'll take the household by storm! People will have one of these in each room of their house, cause they are so cheap!!

    Slashdot has an article that's a vaporware salespitch.

    Why do I like my TiVo? Cause of two things, I type the SHOW NAME (not the time or channel), and it records the show. And I use the "thumbs up/down" system long enough that my "TiVo suggestions" are full of shows I enjoy. Both of those aren't on this new system.
    Plus, I don't want to hookup my TV to my computer. I don't want to watch TV on my computer, I want to watch it on my large screen TV while lounging on my couch!

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  3. About time! by Sebby · · Score: 0, Troll
    TV is a joke; I really don't see why I should pay to see commercials with bits of shows I want to watch in between.

    And to those that say Cable TV is 'Value Added': BS!

    Having the shows I want to watch pre-empted by news or sports events is NOT 'Value added'

    Having shows I want to watch cut short for syndication is NOT 'Value Added'.


    And to those that say 'Someone has to pay for the infrastructure': BS! If TV networks want me to watch them, THEY should pay to have the infrastructure reach all the way to my house. The more they pay, the more viewers they'll have; then I wouldn't complain about the commercials.

    That being said, I still think that stealing shows/music/whatever isn't good for anybody in the long run.

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