I used WM9 to play a few DVDs with S-video output running to our TV. It never went to sleep, nor did the screensaver kick in. I've never watched anything more than a few min that wasn't a DVD though.
I thought it was Paul Allen that was heavily invested in Comcast? No matter...
Microsoft should be interested in cable, it'd be the easiest was for them to insert themselves into the living room. Set top boxes running Windows Mobile, cable subscriptions with subsidized XBOX, WMV VOD, etc.
They're the largest cable provider here, and I think they are the number 2 ISP, maybe the largest broadband provider, not sure. At any rate I have comcast basic extended cable, and internet access and that runs about $100 a month, so multipy that by a few mil and they're probably doing ok.
This suprises me though, I expected Microsoft to attempt to by Comcast at some point, but not Comcast to buy Disney...
Well I guess we shall see. I'd guess eBooks are the furthest off because digital paper seems to be a few years away. That'd be the thing I'm most looking for, being able to have books, Salon, Cnn, all available offline in a paper-like format.
Do you think this media distribution revolution will happen with people who've grown up accustomed to physical media, or start with 'Generation D' as MCI termed it?
Additionaly the benefits of downloaded media are often (always?) negated by DRM, another reason I think physical media will continue to rule the roost.
Because downloads aren't tangible. People connect with music and movies they really like in a way they don't with their favorite IDE or word processor. People are proud of their racks of DVDs, CDs, and books You can easily loan these to a friend with no restrictions, you can sell them easily at a store or on eBay. They don't need backed up to physical media, because they are physical media. And you can always digitize CDs and DVDs easily. And you have cover art too:)
Downloads have their place, and maybe in the future they'll be accepted as the default means of media distribution. For example IMHO music downloads are good for cases where you only want part of an album, movie download/stream will eventually be good for instant gratification, and eBooks are great for reference and looking busy at work.
Ironically I just heard on NPR this morning that Blockbuster posted something like a billion+ loss for the last quarter this morning, and Viacom is announcing how to dispose of it soon. Reason for this loss is being blamed on video on demand and cheap DVDs. So I shall be more specific in my predictions, I predict that downloads of both music and movies will never become the primary means of purchasing media, physical media of some type will always rule there, however downloads/streams will eventually be the rental market.
Excellent point you make about SMS and WAP, and I can't argue with that. I'm not enthusiastic about either one of them, but SMS(and similar) tech seems to do quite well for god knows what reason.
I didn't say the idea itself was flawed. Pay-per-vew has obviously done well enough to stick around, despite most thinking it cost to much. I just don't see movie downloading being terribly viable until we have real broadband, and TV/Internet integration is further along. Nobody wants to watch a movie at home on a laptop/desktop, nobody wants to wait for a movie to download, nobody wants that download to be tied to one machine or OS or player. The downsides at this point outweigh the benefits, and I don't see people going this route over DVD rental or even PPV for some time.
Why does it matter if Linux on phones has an edge. More than likely even if a given phone is using Linux everything on top of it will be propriety anyway. Seems to me that as long as phone x can communicate with phone y using whatever standards I don't give a crap what low level code it's running and what license that code is under.
Not saying it'll never happen. I don't see it taking off as a PC based thing. When you can push a button and in less than 2 min have a movie downloaded to your TiVo(or Tivo like device) I think people will be into movie downloading. The current state of psuedo broadband doesn't lend itself to downloading several GB in a short timespan, and even looking past that you still have to either watch it on a PC, have a PC hooked up to the TV somehow, or burn it, all of which is more effort than simply running to Hollywood/Blockbuster.
Figure it'll cost as much as going to Hollywood/Blockbuster and renting a DVD. Add in potential connection issues with streaming, time do dl if it's download, and then it's on a computer. I'll take renting a DVD, throwing it in and watching it on a TV. Less issues, probably the same cost. Movie downloads aren't going anywhere for several years at least, let Disney roll with MS DRM, it's going to fail anyway.
I still suggest Mozilla to people because plug-ins are still a PIA with Firebird(haven't tried FireFox because ftp appears to be/.'d). I usually end up copying DLLs from Moz to Firebird.
I thought that lawsuit was kind of retarded. Aside from Google when could you possibly confuse WWE with WWF? Of course maybe the suit was brought on because of serch engine confusion...
I'd jump on a version of XP without Messenger, Media Player, System Restore, System File Protection, Movie Maker, Outlook Express. I don't see how they could remove IE from any current version of Windows though. I don't like IE, and only use it for sites that won't work correctly with Moz(mostly Windows update) but removing it would break all kinds of stuff in Windows and third party apps. It'd be awesome if they de-integrated IE from Windows though, as most of the security exploits seem to come from holes in the IE zone security policies.
We still have our landline because my s/o needs to dial in to work occasionaly, which is better than driving 35 miles into the city at 3AM. Aside from that we probably wouldn't keep it.
Didn't MS just put a bullet in FoxPro? I know that doesn't mean it'll go away, but at least there won't be any new versions. I dream of the day that happens to Access.
Yeah, that site claims Tennessee has both types of barcodes, but my license has neither. Of course mine was issued in '99, doesn't expire until 2006, and I can renew once online and just stick a renewal sticker on the back. So mine will probably never have any of this stuff, at least while I'm a TN resident.
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I used WM9 to play a few DVDs with S-video output running to our TV. It never went to sleep, nor did the screensaver kick in. I've never watched anything more than a few min that wasn't a DVD though.
Ok, then I was indeed thinking of the wrong cable company. Thanks.
I thought it was Paul Allen that was heavily invested in Comcast? No matter...
Microsoft should be interested in cable, it'd be the easiest was for them to insert themselves into the living room. Set top boxes running Windows Mobile, cable subscriptions with subsidized XBOX, WMV VOD, etc.
Is the Maglev thing actually happening?
I'd guess they really want the TV properties Disney holds, as a cable company owning ESPN can't be a bad thing.
They're the largest cable provider here, and I think they are the number 2 ISP, maybe the largest broadband provider, not sure. At any rate I have comcast basic extended cable, and internet access and that runs about $100 a month, so multipy that by a few mil and they're probably doing ok.
This suprises me though, I expected Microsoft to attempt to by Comcast at some point, but not Comcast to buy Disney...
Well I guess we shall see. I'd guess eBooks are the furthest off because digital paper seems to be a few years away. That'd be the thing I'm most looking for, being able to have books, Salon, Cnn, all available offline in a paper-like format.
Do you think this media distribution revolution will happen with people who've grown up accustomed to physical media, or start with 'Generation D' as MCI termed it?
Additionaly the benefits of downloaded media are often (always?) negated by DRM, another reason I think physical media will continue to rule the roost.
Because downloads aren't tangible. People connect with music and movies they really like in a way they don't with their favorite IDE or word processor. People are proud of their racks of DVDs, CDs, and books You can easily loan these to a friend with no restrictions, you can sell them easily at a store or on eBay. They don't need backed up to physical media, because they are physical media. And you can always digitize CDs and DVDs easily. And you have cover art too:)
Downloads have their place, and maybe in the future they'll be accepted as the default means of media distribution. For example IMHO music downloads are good for cases where you only want part of an album, movie download/stream will eventually be good for instant gratification, and eBooks are great for reference and looking busy at work.
Ironically I just heard on NPR this morning that Blockbuster posted something like a billion+ loss for the last quarter this morning, and Viacom is announcing how to dispose of it soon. Reason for this loss is being blamed on video on demand and cheap DVDs. So I shall be more specific in my predictions, I predict that downloads of both music and movies will never become the primary means of purchasing media, physical media of some type will always rule there, however downloads/streams will eventually be the rental market.
Excellent point you make about SMS and WAP, and I can't argue with that. I'm not enthusiastic about either one of them, but SMS(and similar) tech seems to do quite well for god knows what reason.
I didn't say the idea itself was flawed. Pay-per-vew has obviously done well enough to stick around, despite most thinking it cost to much. I just don't see movie downloading being terribly viable until we have real broadband, and TV/Internet integration is further along. Nobody wants to watch a movie at home on a laptop/desktop, nobody wants to wait for a movie to download, nobody wants that download to be tied to one machine or OS or player. The downsides at this point outweigh the benefits, and I don't see people going this route over DVD rental or even PPV for some time.
Why does it matter if Linux on phones has an edge. More than likely even if a given phone is using Linux everything on top of it will be propriety anyway. Seems to me that as long as phone x can communicate with phone y using whatever standards I don't give a crap what low level code it's running and what license that code is under.
Not saying it'll never happen. I don't see it taking off as a PC based thing. When you can push a button and in less than 2 min have a movie downloaded to your TiVo(or Tivo like device) I think people will be into movie downloading. The current state of psuedo broadband doesn't lend itself to downloading several GB in a short timespan, and even looking past that you still have to either watch it on a PC, have a PC hooked up to the TV somehow, or burn it, all of which is more effort than simply running to Hollywood/Blockbuster.
Figure it'll cost as much as going to Hollywood/Blockbuster and renting a DVD. Add in potential connection issues with streaming, time do dl if it's download, and then it's on a computer. I'll take renting a DVD, throwing it in and watching it on a TV. Less issues, probably the same cost. Movie downloads aren't going anywhere for several years at least, let Disney roll with MS DRM, it's going to fail anyway.
I still suggest Mozilla to people because plug-ins are still a PIA with Firebird(haven't tried FireFox because ftp appears to be /.'d). I usually end up copying DLLs from Moz to Firebird.
I thought that lawsuit was kind of retarded. Aside from Google when could you possibly confuse WWE with WWF? Of course maybe the suit was brought on because of serch engine confusion...
I'd jump on a version of XP without Messenger, Media Player, System Restore, System File Protection, Movie Maker, Outlook Express. I don't see how they could remove IE from any current version of Windows though. I don't like IE, and only use it for sites that won't work correctly with Moz(mostly Windows update) but removing it would break all kinds of stuff in Windows and third party apps. It'd be awesome if they de-integrated IE from Windows though, as most of the security exploits seem to come from holes in the IE zone security policies.
We still have our landline because my s/o needs to dial in to work occasionaly, which is better than driving 35 miles into the city at 3AM. Aside from that we probably wouldn't keep it.
This was in the last 6 weeks that I heard you either couldn't buy a license or media from volume contracts anymore, probably license.
Whatever dude, I use PointCast every day!
Didn't MS just put a bullet in FoxPro? I know that doesn't mean it'll go away, but at least there won't be any new versions. I dream of the day that happens to Access.
I'd agree if you are referring to = OS9 (the 'minority' 60% Mac market). OS X and the current crop of Apple machines are hardly dated technology.
Yeah, that site claims Tennessee has both types of barcodes, but my license has neither. Of course mine was issued in '99, doesn't expire until 2006, and I can renew once online and just stick a renewal sticker on the back. So mine will probably never have any of this stuff, at least while I'm a TN resident.
What exploit does MyDoom take advantage of, other than user stupidity?