« Don't get stuck in that kindness rut | Main | Loan Sharks »
Amazon and Tivo
I have long been skeptical of the potential for movie downloads but Amazon and Tivo have made a huge step forward in solving the major problems. I reported earlier that Tivo connects to a home wireless system which means that I can program Tivo from work. Yesterday, I rented a movie from Amazon. The movie downloaded automatically via my home computer to Tivo. Downloading still takes hours so it's not on-demand service but I rented in the morning and watched the movie that night and I watched on television not some dinky computer screen. The picture quality was good, albeit not as high as DVD. Dramas, comedies and anything you would have watched on cable TV anyway are fine - save the action flicks for DVD. What impressed me most was that the system worked flawlessly the first time, without any computer hack work on my part.
Bravo Tivo, Bravo Amazon.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on March 27, 2007 at 07:05 AM in Television, Web/Tech | Permalink
Comments
Alex, why no comments on the above post? Is it because you know its fatuous?
Posted by: Morgan at Mar 27, 2007 7:52:26 AM
Next step - download Netflix to the Xbox.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/27/netflix-founder-joins-microsofts-board/
Posted by: tom s. at Mar 27, 2007 9:09:34 AM
Hmmmm...I go to a big university. I can download a movie (either ~700mb or ~1400mb) in about 20-30 seconds through a decentralized file-sharing network where people share ~20tb of movies and music, and then put it on my 250gb external hard drive. I play it on my laptop, but hook up an s-video out to my TV. It (depending on file size) is nearly DVD quality, yet I can go from "I want this movie" to actually watching it in under a minute. Of course, the infrastructure costs were huge (fiber-optics network here at the uni that the file-sharing connection piggybacks on) and it is of course not following the system of property rights. However, if it were possible for students to simply pay the MPAA and RIAA a license fee for access/permission to join these networks, I suspect that many many would do it. It's not the illegality, or even the cheapness (though this is good) of downloading that many youth enjoy, but discovering something new from a neighbor or peer - that the Barnes and Noble or Blockbuster around the corner doesn't stock.
Posted by: Sean at Mar 27, 2007 10:06:15 AM
i love youtube. but the kind of thing which alex is talking about is a step up.
maybe in the not so distant future we will be able to access all TV shows and movies cheaply (could TV shows be free. we'd still receive the commercials, so it seems logical that if not free, very cheaply).
Posted by: thehova at Mar 27, 2007 11:19:18 AM
Yeah, are you not opening comments above because you know how bad you'd look? You're not even trying to engage with the arguments of those you disagree with. It would be obvious to a three year old that the objections people are making to the recent loan climate are not simply that rates being offered are too low. Its really intellectually dishonest to argue in such a fashion.
Posted by: dbadba at Mar 27, 2007 12:34:52 PM
bah. it only works on windoze. i'd buy it if worked on unix.
Posted by: kablamo at Mar 27, 2007 4:40:31 PM
This is brilliant, and the above sniping changes nothing. I don't have to run napster. I don't have to deal with watching on my laptop or transferring it somehow in a complicated fashion.
Their software interfaces *just worked*. how cool is that?
Posted by: anonymous at Mar 27, 2007 11:11:31 PM
liqingchao 07年8月17日
google排名
google排名
wow gold
wow gold
powerleveling
powerleveling
wow gold
wow gold
powerleveling
powerleveling
wow powerleveling
wow powerleveling
wow power leveling
wow power leveling
wow power level
wow power level
world of warcraft powerleveling
world of warcraft powerleveling
world of warcraft power leveling
world of warcraft power leveling
china tour
china tour
hongkong hotel
hongkong hotel
beijing tour
beijing tour
翻译公司
翻译公司
上海翻译公司
上海翻译公司
北京翻译公司
北京翻译公司
北京搬家公司
北京搬家公司
鼓风机
风机
风机
货架
光盘刻录
光盘刻录
光盘制作
光盘制作
光盘印刷
光盘印刷
红外测温仪
红外测温仪
超声波测厚仪
超声波测厚仪
超声波探伤仪
超声波探伤仪
频闪仪
频闪仪
涂层测厚仪
涂层测厚仪
电火花检测仪
电火花检测仪
google排名
仓库
仓库
仓库出租
仓库出租
物流园区
物流园区
集团电话
集团电话
四环素牙
口腔常识
口腔常识
口腔医生
口腔医生
网站设计
网站设计
多媒体
监控
监控
监控系统
监控系统
门禁
门禁
门禁系统
门禁系统
搬家公司
搬家公司
条码打印机
条码打印机
牙周炎
牙周炎
Posted by: wslmwps at Aug 16, 2007 11:26:06 PM
Posted by: fdsf at Mar 31, 2008 9:16:16 AM
大家好，我是臺灣人，從臺灣一個人搬家來到美國，環境很陌生，感覺很孤單。以前在臺灣幾家知名的徵信社工作過，我是一個優秀的徵信工作者，希望早點找到適合自己的工作。希望通過貴站，認識更多的朋友。
Posted by: 謝文豪 at Apr 1, 2008 11:03:58 PM
Posted by: masinn at Aug 29, 2008 9:14:24 AM
