The television is an entertainment device, nothing more. We have so much more to worry about in this country other than if someone will continue view ads on the tv when we move on from an archaic system.
Do I have this wrong? Is there something else about television that I am forgetting?
Have you tried the Windows 7 beta? I installed on a P4 2.8 with 1.5GB memory and an ATI Radeon 8800(?) and it ran flawlessly. Mind you I had not installed any software. It ran fast, booted up fast and was very stable. I didn't but a friend said he installed a couple of games like Call Of Duty 5 and it ran without issue and was fast.
I have one Vista PC in the house and it is only used for gaming. CoD4, CoD5, Left4Dead, Rainbow Six Vegas 1 & 2 etc.. In 8 months I have not had a single issue with it until the other night when I tried to use the Xbox 360 as a media center extender. It crashed repeatedly. A fluke, maybe. But for me, this Vista boots fast, does not crash at all and is very stable.
My first thought as well. Millennium was even more horrendous then Vista in my opinion.
Vista problems, at least in my experience, were due to hardware incompatibilities. Millennium was a terribly built OS that was rushed out way before ready.
But maybe that was their strategy, "Millennium who?"
Come to think of it, I bet TRON caused a bunch of layoffs too. Gosh, that kinda makes the movie more of a bummer:(
Didn't TRON and Flynn destroy the MCP and his monolithic ways to allows users access to their own programs again? Wouldn't this be more productive and have need for a bigger work force?
The fact that they have a cap at all is idiotic, when they could instead implement a monitoring/adjustment algorithm which changes QoS for heavy users until they let up, that way the heavy network users don't negatively impact other users, but at the same time everyone is happy because they are getting the service they paid for, with zero downtime.
However, since they most likely will be using bandwidth caps, Comcast is better for it for offering a more realistic cap.
This is something I suspected all along that TWC knows they are losing their hold on the cable subscribers to streamed/downloaded shows. This is why they will most likely offer such a low bandwidth cap (40GB per month $54.99-ish) for the current pricing plan. They know how soon going over the limit would start to make their overage fees.
Comcast has it right for offering a 250GB cap. Very realistic and for the customer.
Think what you will, but the only sane one in this deal was Jerry Yang from the start. Microsoft is ruthless - and this shows just how ruthless they are.
How could you blame Microsoft on this? They offered the 44.6B and were turned down by Jerry Yang. Let me repeat that last part....Jerry Yang, the sane one, turned down the deal. His decisions resulted in a lesser valued company and now according to this article Microsoft is making another offer. How this leads to M$=EVIL I don't know.
The problem here is adding another peripheral to an already saturated software market. Here is a partial list of what types of software Blockbuster could just partner with...
Windows Media Center / Xbox Extender
SageTv
MythTV / MythBuntu
Media-Portal
TVersity
LinuxMCE
TVedia
Beyond Media
CTPVR
CTPvr
J River Media Center
MainLobby
Cyberlink PowerCinema
CQC
Welltonway
Sesam TV
Nero Home Media
Intervideo WinDVD Media Center
nStantMedia
Sceneo TV-Central
Xlobby
GBPVR
Got all media
GameEx
Tvoon
Theatre@Home
MyTheatre
DVBViewer
Freevo
GeeBox
VDR
My Media System
LinuxMCE
xHub
Elgato EyeTV
Center Stage Project
iTheatre
MediaCentral
XBMC (formally Xbox Media Center)
Oxylbox
Elisa Media Center (Free)
If blockbuster would just create a plugin for any or all of these systems and use technology that is already around and in peoples homes, I think they would have a better chance at catching Netflix.
A satellite TV company called Echostar is working with credit-reporting company Equifax to cross-reference shows watched with income and buying habits (based on using Equifax's data)
This issue seems to me one of the trials that are just to have a spotlight on a particular issue and could have been resolved earlier without the fanfare.
That was My Name is Earl. The character Joy watched the commercial in the show (they showed most of the commercial in the show) and she started name dropping the product. Soon after during the commercial break that commercial was on for real. I love the show but when the show was over I turned to my wife and said if they did that again I wouldn't be a viewer any more.
My wife's father, a Vietnam Veteran, once said to me that it is every Americans duty to serve at least once in the armed services. My knee-jerk reaction was to bring up rights and such but I do agree with him. Think of how much better off the average family would be as well as the country as a whole with that kind of training and education per individual.
A pipe dream I know but I found it a very interesting statement.
Joking aside, I am excited for this for a 'public' broadband that doesn't have to rely on the big names that are starting to filter content, DPI and usage capping. If we can circumvent these companies at least enough to let them know that what customers want does matter, then maybe it will change their policies as well and get back to a 'free' internet.
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Or Sony's new Blu-CD which should hold enough data to keep the tracks in their original quality.
"...what do freedom fighters fight?"
~ The late, great George Carlin
being wasted over this is insane in my opinion.
The television is an entertainment device, nothing more. We have so much more to worry about in this country other than if someone will continue view ads on the tv when we move on from an archaic system.
Do I have this wrong? Is there something else about television that I am forgetting?
If Netflix can create a streaming app for the Xbox, Google could as well.
Hey! DivX 7 now supports H.264 for .mkv files. That is a company listening to its users and looking to the future.
Have you tried the Windows 7 beta? I installed on a P4 2.8 with 1.5GB memory and an ATI Radeon 8800(?) and it ran flawlessly. Mind you I had not installed any software. It ran fast, booted up fast and was very stable. I didn't but a friend said he installed a couple of games like Call Of Duty 5 and it ran without issue and was fast.
I have one Vista PC in the house and it is only used for gaming. CoD4, CoD5, Left4Dead, Rainbow Six Vegas 1 & 2 etc.. In 8 months I have not had a single issue with it until the other night when I tried to use the Xbox 360 as a media center extender. It crashed repeatedly. A fluke, maybe. But for me, this Vista boots fast, does not crash at all and is very stable.
Here is a Computerworld article that states MS may give away free Windows 7 upgrades to those who purchased Vista after July 1st.
http://linksubmit.net/?8e8296
My first thought as well. Millennium was even more horrendous then Vista in my opinion.
Vista problems, at least in my experience, were due to hardware incompatibilities. Millennium was a terribly built OS that was rushed out way before ready.
But maybe that was their strategy, "Millennium who?"
Damn that made me laugh...
Come to think of it, I bet TRON caused a bunch of layoffs too. Gosh, that kinda makes the movie more of a bummer :(
Didn't TRON and Flynn destroy the MCP and his monolithic ways to allows users access to their own programs again? Wouldn't this be more productive and have need for a bigger work force?
I may need to watch it again.
I agree with this:
The fact that they have a cap at all is idiotic, when they could instead implement a monitoring/adjustment algorithm which changes QoS for heavy users until they let up, that way the heavy network users don't negatively impact other users, but at the same time everyone is happy because they are getting the service they paid for, with zero downtime.
However, since they most likely will be using bandwidth caps, Comcast is better for it for offering a more realistic cap.
I don't blame Time Warner for this. From various articles I have read, they do not want to up their subscriber fees which is why we have this result.
This is something I suspected all along that TWC knows they are losing their hold on the cable subscribers to streamed/downloaded shows. This is why they will most likely offer such a low bandwidth cap (40GB per month $54.99-ish) for the current pricing plan. They know how soon going over the limit would start to make their overage fees.
Comcast has it right for offering a 250GB cap. Very realistic and for the customer.
Killer Instinct?
Think what you will, but the only sane one in this deal was Jerry Yang from the start. Microsoft is ruthless - and this shows just how ruthless they are.
How could you blame Microsoft on this? They offered the 44.6B and were turned down by Jerry Yang. Let me repeat that last part....Jerry Yang, the sane one, turned down the deal. His decisions resulted in a lesser valued company and now according to this article Microsoft is making another offer. How this leads to M$=EVIL I don't know.
Fortunately for them I already spent $60 to play it on Xbox 360.
The problem here is adding another peripheral to an already saturated software market. Here is a partial list of what types of software Blockbuster could just partner with...
Windows Media Center / Xbox Extender
SageTv
MythTV / MythBuntu
Media-Portal TVersity
LinuxMCE
TVedia
Beyond Media
CTPVR
CTPvr
J River Media Center
MainLobby
Cyberlink PowerCinema
CQC
Welltonway
Sesam TV
Nero Home Media
Intervideo WinDVD Media Center
nStantMedia
Sceneo TV-Central
Xlobby
GBPVR
Got all media
GameEx
Tvoon
Theatre@Home
MyTheatre
DVBViewer
Freevo
GeeBox
VDR
My Media System
LinuxMCE
xHub
Elgato EyeTV
Center Stage Project
iTheatre
MediaCentral
XBMC (formally Xbox Media Center)
Oxylbox
Elisa Media Center (Free)
If blockbuster would just create a plugin for any or all of these systems and use technology that is already around and in peoples homes, I think they would have a better chance at catching Netflix.
(some of this list courtesy of eirikso.com
A satellite TV company called Echostar is working with credit-reporting company Equifax to cross-reference shows watched with income and buying habits (based on using Equifax's data)
This issue seems to me one of the trials that are just to have a spotlight on a particular issue and could have been resolved earlier without the fanfare.
I went a whole day with "Intergalactic proton powered electrical tentacled advertising droid" in my head.
That was My Name is Earl. The character Joy watched the commercial in the show (they showed most of the commercial in the show) and she started name dropping the product. Soon after during the commercial break that commercial was on for real. I love the show but when the show was over I turned to my wife and said if they did that again I wouldn't be a viewer any more.
It may sound childish but that was too much.
If the post is about a new trailer, wouldn't it be a good idea to have the trailer for viewing?
I hold this up there with the articles about images that don't even show the images. A WASTE OF TIME!
Truer words were never spoken.
My wife's father, a Vietnam Veteran, once said to me that it is every Americans duty to serve at least once in the armed services. My knee-jerk reaction was to bring up rights and such but I do agree with him. Think of how much better off the average family would be as well as the country as a whole with that kind of training and education per individual.
A pipe dream I know but I found it a very interesting statement.
Joking aside, I am excited for this for a 'public' broadband that doesn't have to rely on the big names that are starting to filter content, DPI and usage capping. If we can circumvent these companies at least enough to let them know that what customers want does matter, then maybe it will change their policies as well and get back to a 'free' internet.