Personally I don't always have the time to sit down and start a new TV series, or always catch a show each week. My schedule is very up and down. HDTV torrents have allowed me to watch a show that I have missed, and actually have started me on a few new tv series. For example, a friend told me about a show called House M.D. so I checked out a HDTV torrrent and actually like the show, I now watch it regularly each week (sitting happily through the commercials).
My point is this. I will not pay for HDTV torrent downloads. I already pay 60 dollars a month on digital cable, I'm not going to shell out 2.99 per episode. However, because of the torrent files it has allowed me to get started on a new series, and hit up a missed episode (and I therefore continue to watch that series).
What's good about this is, it is not TV producers bandwidth. They didn't pay for marketing. If this service wasn't available I wouldn't have watched the show. Now... yes, yes. I understand that they are losing their advertising revenue. The question I have though, is WHY?
Why not just adopt the model. Come out with a mpeg4 high-quality codec that "forces" you to watch the commercials. I would sit through the commercials... that is fine. If I don't want commercials I buy the DVD's of those episdoes.
For this to work:
1. Downloads have to be as fast as current torrent files.
2. The quality must be better or equal to the current torrent standard.
3. It must be easy to get the episodes.
Commercials could even be "live" so to speak. They could be cut in depending on many factors. If I like horses then advertise horses to me. If I like candy then advertise chocolate.
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What does he do in the case of Euler's Formula?
e^{ix} = cos x + i sin x
It's rather importnant. Does he just skip it all together?
Personally I don't always have the time to sit down and start a new TV series, or always catch a show each week. My schedule is very up and down. HDTV torrents have allowed me to watch a show that I have missed, and actually have started me on a few new tv series. For example, a friend told me about a show called House M.D. so I checked out a HDTV torrrent and actually like the show, I now watch it regularly each week (sitting happily through the commercials). My point is this. I will not pay for HDTV torrent downloads. I already pay 60 dollars a month on digital cable, I'm not going to shell out 2.99 per episode. However, because of the torrent files it has allowed me to get started on a new series, and hit up a missed episode (and I therefore continue to watch that series). What's good about this is, it is not TV producers bandwidth. They didn't pay for marketing. If this service wasn't available I wouldn't have watched the show. Now... yes, yes. I understand that they are losing their advertising revenue. The question I have though, is WHY? Why not just adopt the model. Come out with a mpeg4 high-quality codec that "forces" you to watch the commercials. I would sit through the commercials... that is fine. If I don't want commercials I buy the DVD's of those episdoes. For this to work: 1. Downloads have to be as fast as current torrent files. 2. The quality must be better or equal to the current torrent standard. 3. It must be easy to get the episodes. Commercials could even be "live" so to speak. They could be cut in depending on many factors. If I like horses then advertise horses to me. If I like candy then advertise chocolate.
That was awesome dude. Nice rebuttal.