I don't think that we will be BUYING music in any physical media format. We will be buying the information/license and we'll be putting the music on any media that suits us.
Maybe you like the idea of playing with a dongle- fine, play with a dongle. Other people will do it the way they are more comfortable with.
I wasn't suggesting that we will have 'online' music (I guess maybe that means streaming). I think we will be purchasing/downloading the music online, and saving it to the media of our own choice- then without restrictive DRM, we could move it other types of media of our own choosing.
You can cruise around on your velocipede, listening to your 78's- and I'll be on my Segway (umm...scratch that...replace it with 'Flying Scooter') listing to 100GBs of music on a player that is contained within my lightweight headphones.
Actually, the media will probably be stored in my shoes or something, with a battery that recharges from the kenetic energy of walking, and connect to tiny bud earphones via wireless signal.
Not to say that your solution isn't good- but you asked, so I'll answer.
My Xbox(DVD) plugs into the RCA jacks.
My VCR plugs into the coax.
I've sold off all of my old consoles, and I don't watch 'television'.
If I did have other devices that needed to be hooked up, my answer would have to be-
"I made it as easy as possible for the other members of the family, making sure they don't have to do more than press two buttons. When I want to do something, I go to the...."
Nintendo may be selling well now, at $99. But if they got a one-year jump on the market, their next console could be the leader. And sell 60 million at $~200, rather than 9 million at $~120.
I don't think that the future of music lies in its media format. Those days are gone.
But, I agree with the parent, the big future is distribution. Of course, that is what everyone is talking about now- creating a new method to download music.
What the music is stored on will be secondary. Some people will put it on a hard-drive, some on Compact Flash, some will burn CD's.
The CD/DVD media is not too bad, but carrying around an entire CD for just one album sucks. More CD players will be able to play MP3/WMA/(insert your favorite codec here).
Who cares what the music will be stored on in retail stores- nobody will be getting their music there in 5 years anyway.
I send my pictures to Walmart.com - they're 26 cents each. They print them on real photo paper, and they always look better than what I can do on my high-end inkjet printer.
It usually takes about 3 days to get them back.
I just sent 70 pictures there a few weeks ago, cost me less than $20.
Also, doing it this way you get to decide which pictures to print- so I ended up with 70 'good ones'.
I've also benefitted from the $3 bonus at EB Games. But they also give you that bonus if you buy a game off their 'New Releases' list.
If you have a bunch of crappy games laying around the house, gather up 5-10, and bring them to EB Games when you are going to buy one of these 'bonus' games. Even a game that they were going to give you $1 for, suddenly becomes a $4 game.
What I *really* hate is not game reviews that are bad- but all the game preview hype. I don't care what the concepts sounded like while the game was at build 7. I want to know how those came out on the final build. I've seen games get hyped for months, only to score a 70% when they come out. (Which, as this thread has mentioned, is actually a mediocre game)
Also- I think that reviewers rush to get their review out- to be first, or at least not to be last.
This means that a reviewer has played the game for one day- and we are really getting his initial reaction. Simpsons Hit and Run is a good example of this. The game is really good- for a while...then it seems to get very boring. (Others may have different opinions- but people I know who have played it feel the same way)
But- as flawed as reviewers might be- I need to rely on them to determine where to spend my next $50.
None of my brethren (all of you) have posted ahead of me because when they click on the article (the few that might) they see the most ridiculous contraption imaginable.
The project could have been done with super-glue, joysticks, and a bingo ball spinner.
I don't like being negative (bad for your karma) but this one really is pointless.
Before I read the article, I thought this was Barney from Half-Life...you know, the guard. That made sense, because he doesn't seem like a very good guard, and he probably would just overlook prison rape.
Too bad they didn't use him, it would have made more sense for me at least.
When you said 'I have labeled precisely one', you meant you put an adhesive label on precisely one- and used a felt tipped pen (Sharpie I assume) on the rest.
Do you only have one active CD at a time (daily backups or something)
Do you keep them in certain places? Like, in a stack, and newest one is on top? (Once again, good for dailies)
Are they color coded?
Just wondering how you would possibly organize even more than 3 non-labeled CDs.
Hell- I've got a bunch of sharpies, and they are an integral part of any CD burning, the first thing I do is label it. I do that on top of the color coding.
The real point from Microsoft was that Xbox Live had its busiest day ever.
Meaning that usage is going UP- not down. This is especially important now that the original Live subscribers are coming up on their renewal. They need to point out how the service is growing, not declining.
Even if the numbers were only half of what they are, it is still the GROWTH they want to concentrate on.
I always wonder how Microsofts 5~ attach rate is the highest in the business. Hell, I've bought about 15 games just this year alone. I've probably bought about 30 different games.
And, I use Xbox Live a lot.
So- I'm probably the 20%, who buys 80% of the games.
I do know someone else with an Xbox who has only purchased 1 game, and always rents. They're dragging the numbers down. (And always borrowing my games, dammit)
I'm hoping that it has the same longevity on the Xbox as it has on the PC. Of course, it won't go for 5 years...but maybe it has longer legs than the other games.
I just want a game that will have opponents on-line in two years when I decide to take it out again to play. So, I'm hoping that this will be a blockbuster, with a ton of sales.
Mechassault on the other hand is a great game, and now that it comes bundled with Live, that just means it will have more players- which is great. And for a crappy player like me, more NEW players is also a good thing!
But, I would never RELY on the internet as the only means to access my computer/console or whatever.
I may lose my connection for any number of reasons...about a year ago, some loser kid actually went into the 'phone cellar' (or whatever they call the big ass underground switching room) and busted it up with a baseball bat. My DSL was down for 3 days.
So- I like the idea of local storage....what if the content company goes out of business?! Would Nintendo still be supporting NES, or Super NES?
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Obviously you have not seen Windows Media 9 video streamed from a 2003 server.
Substandard? no- damn good really. Or, really damn good...
It's bad news for anyone who owns a business (other than Real) and does not want the Government to tell them what to do.
I don't think that we will be BUYING music in any physical media format. We will be buying the information/license and we'll be putting the music on any media that suits us.
Maybe you like the idea of playing with a dongle- fine, play with a dongle. Other people will do it the way they are more comfortable with.
I wasn't suggesting that we will have 'online' music (I guess maybe that means streaming). I think we will be purchasing/downloading the music online, and saving it to the media of our own choice- then without restrictive DRM, we could move it other types of media of our own choosing.
You can cruise around on your velocipede, listening to your 78's- and I'll be on my Segway (umm...scratch that...replace it with 'Flying Scooter') listing to 100GBs of music on a player that is contained within my lightweight headphones.
Actually, the media will probably be stored in my shoes or something, with a battery that recharges from the kenetic energy of walking, and connect to tiny bud earphones via wireless signal.
Not to say that your solution isn't good- but you asked, so I'll answer.
My Xbox(DVD) plugs into the RCA jacks.
My VCR plugs into the coax.
I've sold off all of my old consoles, and I don't watch 'television'.
If I did have other devices that needed to be hooked up, my answer would have to be-
"I made it as easy as possible for the other members of the family, making sure they don't have to do more than press two buttons. When I want to do something, I go to the...."
I'm glad you mentioned the number of inputs on a typical TV.
I have a standalone DVD player, and I own an Xbox. I haven't used the standalone player in about a year- why would I screw around with the cables?
Someone else mentioned that it doesn't take long to switch the cables. True- but it takes even less time NOT to switch the cables.
Of course this is a good idea.
Nintendo may be selling well now, at $99. But if they got a one-year jump on the market, their next console could be the leader. And sell 60 million at $~200, rather than 9 million at $~120.
I don't think that the future of music lies in its media format. Those days are gone.
But, I agree with the parent, the big future is distribution. Of course, that is what everyone is talking about now- creating a new method to download music.
What the music is stored on will be secondary. Some people will put it on a hard-drive, some on Compact Flash, some will burn CD's.
The CD/DVD media is not too bad, but carrying around an entire CD for just one album sucks. More CD players will be able to play MP3/WMA/(insert your favorite codec here).
Who cares what the music will be stored on in retail stores- nobody will be getting their music there in 5 years anyway.
I send my pictures to Walmart.com - they're 26 cents each. They print them on real photo paper, and they always look better than what I can do on my high-end inkjet printer.
It usually takes about 3 days to get them back.
I just sent 70 pictures there a few weeks ago, cost me less than $20.
Also, doing it this way you get to decide which pictures to print- so I ended up with 70 'good ones'.
I've also benefitted from the $3 bonus at EB Games. But they also give you that bonus if you buy a game off their 'New Releases' list.
If you have a bunch of crappy games laying around the house, gather up 5-10, and bring them to EB Games when you are going to buy one of these 'bonus' games. Even a game that they were going to give you $1 for, suddenly becomes a $4 game.
What I *really* hate is not game reviews that are bad- but all the game preview hype. I don't care what the concepts sounded like while the game was at build 7. I want to know how those came out on the final build. I've seen games get hyped for months, only to score a 70% when they come out. (Which, as this thread has mentioned, is actually a mediocre game)
Also- I think that reviewers rush to get their review out- to be first, or at least not to be last.
This means that a reviewer has played the game for one day- and we are really getting his initial reaction. Simpsons Hit and Run is a good example of this. The game is really good- for a while...then it seems to get very boring. (Others may have different opinions- but people I know who have played it feel the same way)
But- as flawed as reviewers might be- I need to rely on them to determine where to spend my next $50.
I do agree with that review of The Rundown. The movie was crap.
But it was funny.
It held my interest.
It was fun.
So- it was very watchable crap. Along the lines of Triple-X.
Assuming that this remains the first post-
None of my brethren (all of you) have posted ahead of me because when they click on the article (the few that might) they see the most ridiculous contraption imaginable.
The project could have been done with super-glue, joysticks, and a bingo ball spinner.
I don't like being negative (bad for your karma) but this one really is pointless.
Before I read the article, I thought this was Barney from Half-Life...you know, the guard. That made sense, because he doesn't seem like a very good guard, and he probably would just overlook prison rape.
Too bad they didn't use him, it would have made more sense for me at least.
Whoops, I think I was being an idiot.
When you said 'I have labeled precisely one', you meant you put an adhesive label on precisely one- and used a felt tipped pen (Sharpie I assume) on the rest.
I'll go back into my hole now...
Do you only have one active CD at a time (daily backups or something)
Do you keep them in certain places? Like, in a stack, and newest one is on top? (Once again, good for dailies)
Are they color coded?
Just wondering how you would possibly organize even more than 3 non-labeled CDs.
Hell- I've got a bunch of sharpies, and they are an integral part of any CD burning, the first thing I do is label it. I do that on top of the color coding.
Now if he had mentioned Diablo II- maybe he would have been on to something.
More than once I had to un-install that damn game, just so I could move on with my life...
When I finally gave it away, I was somewhat cured. Diablo II is crack from hell.
The real point of the story?
The real point from Microsoft was that Xbox Live had its busiest day ever.
Meaning that usage is going UP- not down. This is especially important now that the original Live subscribers are coming up on their renewal. They need to point out how the service is growing, not declining.
Even if the numbers were only half of what they are, it is still the GROWTH they want to concentrate on.
I agree.
I always wonder how Microsofts 5~ attach rate is the highest in the business. Hell, I've bought about 15 games just this year alone. I've probably bought about 30 different games.
And, I use Xbox Live a lot.
So- I'm probably the 20%, who buys 80% of the games.
I do know someone else with an Xbox who has only purchased 1 game, and always rents. They're dragging the numbers down. (And always borrowing my games, dammit)
I'll be buying it-
I'm hoping that it has the same longevity on the Xbox as it has on the PC. Of course, it won't go for 5 years...but maybe it has longer legs than the other games.
I just want a game that will have opponents on-line in two years when I decide to take it out again to play. So, I'm hoping that this will be a blockbuster, with a ton of sales.
Mechassault on the other hand is a great game, and now that it comes bundled with Live, that just means it will have more players- which is great. And for a crappy player like me, more NEW players is also a good thing!
I'm just out looking for one-forty-three.
Sorry, that should have been 'CSV', not '.csv'. (waiting....okay, I should be able to hit submit NOW!)
Why not make a .csv file that everyone can read?
'here' is pronounced 'her'
-Nelly
Simpsons Hit and Run is great...for a few days.
I, and other people I know who have played, got very bored with the game, VERY quickly. After just a few days.
The game is great, but somehow it just gets boring.
(This of course is my opinion, yours may be different...)
I like the internet. I LOVE the internet.
But, I would never RELY on the internet as the only means to access my computer/console or whatever.
I may lose my connection for any number of reasons...about a year ago, some loser kid actually went into the 'phone cellar' (or whatever they call the big ass underground switching room) and busted it up with a baseball bat. My DSL was down for 3 days.
So- I like the idea of local storage....what if the content company goes out of business?! Would Nintendo still be supporting NES, or Super NES?
PS3/Xbox 2 will probably have PVRs built into them.
Yes- that will be a bonus for me.
God- 60hz is horrible. I agree- I can't look at that for more than a few seconds w/o wigging out.
But- I've been playing games almost daily for about 25 years. My vision is still perfectly fine.
My ass might have permanent couch contours- but my eyes are still 20/20.