So does this mean if I buy something off of Amazon or Ebay my ISP needs to get a cut cause of the bandwidth I used? I thought I was paying them in the first place for it so I am confessed. Wouldn't that then make it "my bandwidth" not "their bandwidth" ?
It's kind of funny to me that people will pay $80 cable bills without a whimper but will cry foul at the concept of paying $13 a month to TiVo to make the cable service so much more worthwhile.
Because like all technology thats is now getting on the pricey side. I pay $5 more to my cable company and have a DVR that can record duel channels (which you cant do with digital cable with a tivo) in high definition. I also do not have to shell out any additional cost and can upgrade for nearly free when anything better comes along. Tivo just cant compete with that.
These still aren't that unique of features. What's stopping the cable/sat companies from just doing this same?
My digital cable box already shows weather and has for years. I think the only way Tivo is going to save its self in the long run is with that rumored parntership with Netflix to deliver downloadable movies.
This is kind of like going to the electronics store and eyeing up that nice 60 inch plasma. As much as you would like to see it in your living room, you can't ignore that multi trillion dollar credit card bill you have been putting off.
"With Great Power, There Comes Great Responsibility." (I wish our leaders would wake up and realize this)
The DirecTV and Dish recorders both retail for $1,000, but Dish's can also be rented free as part of an ongoing promotion (Dish customers pay a $5-a-month service charge either way).
This is not true as far as I can find it. You can lease a regular DVR for $5 a month, but if you want Dish's version of the HD DVR you still have to shell out around $1,000. If I am wrong, please correct me but I have been researching this a lot lately since I am debating which service I want.
First of all your not going to be anything new for $5-10. Its just not going to happen. You may be able to get something thats pretty old in clearance for that much, but not much else.
Monthly Rentals I rent from netflix: 16 Total Price: $21.99
Now lets see how much to buy them (lets just average it and say $16 bucks per new dvd): 16 x 16 = $256
So lets see... I can spend $21.99 to see these movies, most which I will never watch again or do not wish to own. Or I can spend $256 a month on the chance I will like them and want to keep them.
Seems pretty clear to me why people would like this.
Thats the reason why I dont own a Tivo. Its not worth $12 bucks (around that) to get data for 3 days of programming. Comcast has a built a DVR in their newer digital boxs that only costs an additional 5 bucks a month. I only wish it was available in my area.:-(
- Netflix generally has 6 times the selection of a typical video store so there is no guarantee you can get what you want
-Depending on the day, if you go to a video store, you still not getting anything very new.
-When averaged out, my netflix costs be around $2 bucks a movie, its $4 at the video store.
As another native of Balimore I have absolutely no problem with them adding cameras. If it only makes the harbor and streets a bit safer and helps to solve crimes faster I dont know why someone would be opposed. Until they come to my home and try to install cameras I don't care. There are so many people watching you anyway when you walk down the streets whats the big deal with having a camera there to? Personally, I dont plan to do anything on the streets of Baltimore I dont want a camera to see... but then I cant speak for everyone here.
If this happened a few months ago I would have been more mad. The network I think has gotten worse lately with some changes they have made. Leo leaving the Screen Savers, X-play being redone to what it is now and so forth. Screen Savers has just been not as interesting and fun as it used to be. Personally I don't blame Comcast for wanting to change things around. Maybe by cutting out and changing the many horrible G4 shows and merging them with some redone versions of tech tv's top shows something good could come from this.
I feel bad for the people who just have been told they have 60 days to get out but I'm not going to slash at Comcast until I see the end result.
Great news with the video games. Depending on how it will work, it could kill off gamefly. Why pay to just rent games when you can also get movies, right? I'm wondering what quality the ondemand will be. Some how I dont think it would look the same on my HD 61 inch screen with 5.1. If not, I would rather wait the day it takes them to mail me my movies.
It's interesting they are using Apple G5's to develop prototype games. That mean if they go along with this hardware theres nothing stopping someone for hacking it to be played on a mac.
I'm going to go look for that flying pig now- I didnt think I would see the day where Microsoft would be making games for Apple Hardware.:-)
I hate it when people try to pick apart a movie and think it is suppose to be the same. Movies are a compleatly different medium and there is no realistic way everything can remain the same. We all know that LOTR was a pretty long movie. Adding in all those *small* differences in the film may not seem like a lot, but after awhile they all add up, and we would be looking at another hour or so.
I cant wait until I can run windows on my Mac and we will all live in one big windows world!
Quality Font Rendering? lol. You better hurry up and tell all those graphic designers that they need to stop using Macs, not to mention all the asian characters it supports. And one more thing, my two button mouse is working just fine.
You really don't understand anything about Apple do you? You act like ipod sales are anywhere near as profitable as their hardware sales. So by your logic they are going to go, "we have more ipods sold than copies of os x so lets port everything to windows!" Where is the logic in that? I'm not sure what your basing your static's on but Apple is not in trouble selling Hardware, if anything, people are pretty pro Mac these days than they have been. The bottom line is Apple does not care about PC users having a great user experience; they want all of you using Macs. There is no way they would just give away one of their biggest selling points because they can use used with music.
No it wouldn't make any sense because there is no profit in that for them. What would be the benefit of giving windows users iphoto, imovie, ect. all for free? Sure you could say they could charge for it but that would defeat their whole marketing attempt to motivate people to buy Macs. ITunes sells iPods and online music, none of the other programs add to the purchase of additional Apple products.
I am sure there are many people who switched over because they were influenced by the ease of price tag of the iLife package. Keeping their award wining programs on the Mac side gives them weight to point a finger at the Windows world and go, "well, why not switch over to a Mac and make your life easier."
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Are they going to call it SkyNet?
So does this mean if I buy something off of Amazon or Ebay my ISP needs to get a cut cause of the bandwidth I used? I thought I was paying them in the first place for it so I am confessed. Wouldn't that then make it "my bandwidth" not "their bandwidth" ?
It's kind of funny to me that people will pay $80 cable bills without a whimper but will cry foul at the concept of paying $13 a month to TiVo to make the cable service so much more worthwhile. Because like all technology thats is now getting on the pricey side. I pay $5 more to my cable company and have a DVR that can record duel channels (which you cant do with digital cable with a tivo) in high definition. I also do not have to shell out any additional cost and can upgrade for nearly free when anything better comes along. Tivo just cant compete with that.
Not all that impressive. I would still buy the low end ibook over the low end powerbook.
These still aren't that unique of features. What's stopping the cable/sat companies from just doing this same?
My digital cable box already shows weather and has for years. I think the only way Tivo is going to save its self in the long run is with that rumored parntership with Netflix to deliver downloadable movies.
This is kind of like going to the electronics store and eyeing up that nice 60 inch plasma. As much as you would like to see it in your living room, you can't ignore that multi trillion dollar credit card bill you have been putting off.
"With Great Power, There Comes Great Responsibility."
(I wish our leaders would wake up and realize this)
I'd rather stick with Netflix and have 6 times the selection of a Blockbuster.
The DirecTV and Dish recorders both retail for $1,000, but Dish's can also be rented free as part of an ongoing promotion (Dish customers pay a $5-a-month service charge either way).
This is not true as far as I can find it. You can lease a regular DVR for $5 a month, but if you want Dish's version of the HD DVR you still have to shell out around $1,000. If I am wrong, please correct me but I have been researching this a lot lately since I am debating which service I want.
Lets try to help you out then.
First of all your not going to be anything new for $5-10. Its just not going to happen. You may be able to get something thats pretty old in clearance for that much, but not much else.
Monthly Rentals I rent from netflix: 16
Total Price: $21.99
Now lets see how much to buy them (lets just average it and say $16 bucks per new dvd):
16 x 16 = $256
So lets see... I can spend $21.99 to see these movies, most which I will never watch again or do not wish to own. Or I can spend $256 a month on the chance I will like them and want to keep them.
Seems pretty clear to me why people would like this.
Thats the reason why I dont own a Tivo. Its not worth $12 bucks (around that) to get data for 3 days of programming. Comcast has a built a DVR in their newer digital boxs that only costs an additional 5 bucks a month. I only wish it was available in my area. :-(
- Netflix generally has 6 times the selection of a typical video store so there is no guarantee you can get what you want -Depending on the day, if you go to a video store, you still not getting anything very new. -When averaged out, my netflix costs be around $2 bucks a movie, its $4 at the video store.
And this should be a lesson to us all... Always backup your "DATA."
As another native of Balimore I have absolutely no problem with them adding cameras. If it only makes the harbor and streets a bit safer and helps to solve crimes faster I dont know why someone would be opposed. Until they come to my home and try to install cameras I don't care. There are so many people watching you anyway when you walk down the streets whats the big deal with having a camera there to? Personally, I dont plan to do anything on the streets of Baltimore I dont want a camera to see... but then I cant speak for everyone here.
If this happened a few months ago I would have been more mad. The network I think has gotten worse lately with some changes they have made. Leo leaving the Screen Savers, X-play being redone to what it is now and so forth. Screen Savers has just been not as interesting and fun as it used to be. Personally I don't blame Comcast for wanting to change things around. Maybe by cutting out and changing the many horrible G4 shows and merging them with some redone versions of tech tv's top shows something good could come from this.
I feel bad for the people who just have been told they have 60 days to get out but I'm not going to slash at Comcast until I see the end result.
and by then High Def DVD's will be out and we get to do it all over again! AHHHH
Great news with the video games. Depending on how it will work, it could kill off gamefly. Why pay to just rent games when you can also get movies, right? I'm wondering what quality the ondemand will be. Some how I dont think it would look the same on my HD 61 inch screen with 5.1. If not, I would rather wait the day it takes them to mail me my movies.
It's interesting they are using Apple G5's to develop prototype games. That mean if they go along with this hardware theres nothing stopping someone for hacking it to be played on a mac. I'm going to go look for that flying pig now- I didnt think I would see the day where Microsoft would be making games for Apple Hardware. :-)
So can they just release the os so I can play on my Mac? Then they wont be loosing money on me. Lol. Wonder how long til someone hacks that.
I will admit it. I sometimes feel dirty using Word of my mac. Can't wait for a native install of open office (or an alternative) to roll on out.
I hate it when people try to pick apart a movie and think it is suppose to be the same. Movies are a compleatly different medium and there is no realistic way everything can remain the same. We all know that LOTR was a pretty long movie. Adding in all those *small* differences in the film may not seem like a lot, but after awhile they all add up, and we would be looking at another hour or so.
Concidering one of the rovers has had some serious issues may not help Apple to convince people to buy thier boxs.
Well that will teach them. Had they installed OS X they wouldent be having flash memory problems! heh.
LOL...
I cant wait until I can run windows on my Mac and we will all live in one big windows world!
Quality Font Rendering? lol. You better hurry up and tell all those graphic designers that they need to stop using Macs, not to mention all the asian characters it supports. And one more thing, my two button mouse is working just fine.
You really don't understand anything about Apple do you? You act like ipod sales are anywhere near as profitable as their hardware sales. So by your logic they are going to go, "we have more ipods sold than copies of os x so lets port everything to windows!" Where is the logic in that? I'm not sure what your basing your static's on but Apple is not in trouble selling Hardware, if anything, people are pretty pro Mac these days than they have been. The bottom line is Apple does not care about PC users having a great user experience; they want all of you using Macs. There is no way they would just give away one of their biggest selling points because they can use used with music.
No it wouldn't make any sense because there is no profit in that for them. What would be the benefit of giving windows users iphoto, imovie, ect. all for free? Sure you could say they could charge for it but that would defeat their whole marketing attempt to motivate people to buy Macs. ITunes sells iPods and online music, none of the other programs add to the purchase of additional Apple products.
I am sure there are many people who switched over because they were influenced by the ease of price tag of the iLife package. Keeping their award wining programs on the Mac side gives them weight to point a finger at the Windows world and go, "well, why not switch over to a Mac and make your life easier."