I had netflix for a good while and I enjoyed their service. Blockbuster had a better price so I figured i'd give them a shot and I was very disappointed. Their site navigation sucks, it takes forever to receive dvds, they have next to no reviews, and their TV series selection is laughable. When I get some extra money i'll be going back to netflix without even giving blockbuster a second look.
1 terabyte of disk space isn't ridiculous at all...in fact, I think it's pretty reasonable. In a few years, there will be many more households running DVRs, HDTVs, and i'll bet that many of these households will use Windows Longhorn as a backbone for their home entertainment systems. I think someone later in this thread says something about windows forcing themselves into every nook and cranny of your house until you have to pay them a monthly fee to live or something along those lines.
With smart refrigerators that you send a query of what you need to get at the grocery store to make chicken alfredo for supper, and smart toilets that your doctor can use to give you urine tests remotely, technology is going to be in every room. And to run a windows platform as a backbone simply scares me =/
Also to go back to the DVRs and HDTVs, HD program size can be up to 9x as large as regular programs. So once you factor in your mp3 collection, instant message and web browsing applications, and any games that will be played, plus windows built-in spyware, 1 terabyte isn't too ridiculous.
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I had netflix for a good while and I enjoyed their service. Blockbuster had a better price so I figured i'd give them a shot and I was very disappointed. Their site navigation sucks, it takes forever to receive dvds, they have next to no reviews, and their TV series selection is laughable. When I get some extra money i'll be going back to netflix without even giving blockbuster a second look.
Don't forget Wal-Mart.
1 terabyte of disk space isn't ridiculous at all...in fact, I think it's pretty reasonable. In a few years, there will be many more households running DVRs, HDTVs, and i'll bet that many of these households will use Windows Longhorn as a backbone for their home entertainment systems. I think someone later in this thread says something about windows forcing themselves into every nook and cranny of your house until you have to pay them a monthly fee to live or something along those lines. With smart refrigerators that you send a query of what you need to get at the grocery store to make chicken alfredo for supper, and smart toilets that your doctor can use to give you urine tests remotely, technology is going to be in every room. And to run a windows platform as a backbone simply scares me =/ Also to go back to the DVRs and HDTVs, HD program size can be up to 9x as large as regular programs. So once you factor in your mp3 collection, instant message and web browsing applications, and any games that will be played, plus windows built-in spyware, 1 terabyte isn't too ridiculous.