kelley Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5915470/site/newsweek/ This could be a huge boom for both Tivo and Netflix in both subscribers and hardware sales. I know for a fact that if the quality is there I'd dump my Blockbuster unlimited pass and buy a regular TiVo just to use this service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishepa Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 That better be one big internet pipe to download a whole movie right when someone orders it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Some have speculated that this won't be totally 'on demand', that you might need to order your movie in advance to give it time to buffer on the hard drive. I've got no beef with putting my order in on Thursday for the weekend's movies, especially if the quality is better than my VoD and the movies are in widescreen. With DVD quality, it would be a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan B. Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Sounds good to me, but I'll assume that it won't work with my DirecTV Tivo box. (they've yet to include HMO support in those) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 I'd be interested to see what kind of bandwidth consumption a movie of dvd quality would use over this service. Some internet providers have been sending out warning letters and even terminating service for what they consider excessive usage. People with these limitations would have to think twice about a service like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishepa Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Originally posted by MrJames@Sep 7 2004, 03:21 PM I'd be interested to see what kind of bandwidth consumption a movie of dvd quality would use over this service. Some internet providers have been sending out warning letters and even terminating service for what they consider excessive usage. People with these limitations would have to think twice about a service like this. Yep, I just don't see how they will set up the infrastructure for this kind of service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Hmmmm I wonder if it will be something like the #1 movie on your list is automatically streamed to your Tivo overnight and it will be there for the watching until it is deleted then that night the next one on your list is downloaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 As they said it will not work with Directivos. Directv is working on their own VOD type service. There are also some issues with normal Tivos not having a digital output and bandwidth caps that most internet providers have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Changes are definitely afoot for Netflix. Big suprise conference call by their management today announcing a drop in subscription price from $22 to $16 because of an upcoming (and so far unannounced) entry into the DVD rental market by Amazon. Stockprice dropped close to 40% on the news! I think the alliance with Tivo may be better for them than we expected as the mail order rental market is getting very, very crowded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted October 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Its almost as crowded as the downloadable music market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Originally posted by gigapower@Oct 15 2004, 12:03 PM Its almost as crowded as the downloadable music market. Which is odd because, AFAIK, no one has made any money one downloadable music. Apple's in the business to sell iPods, they make almost nothing on music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 The labels are making money, the download services aren't. 65 cents of a 99 cent song goes to the label (with a small percent of that going to the artists and publishers). It is pure profit for the label because they bear none of the costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Originally posted by FreakTornado+Oct 15 2004, 02:36 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FreakTornado @ Oct 15 2004, 02:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gigapower@Oct 15 2004, 12:03 PM Its almost as crowded as the downloadable music market. Which is odd because, AFAIK, no one has made any money one downloadable music. Apple's in the business to sell iPods, they make almost nothing on music. [/b] Which is also kind of funny, since most of the tech industry makes it's money on the software, and loses it's ass on the hardware... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted October 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Originally posted by Whooter+Oct 15 2004, 01:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Whooter @ Oct 15 2004, 01:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by FreakTornado@Oct 15 2004, 02:36 PM <!--QuoteBegin-gigapower@Oct 15 2004, 12:03 PM Its almost as crowded as the downloadable music market. Which is odd because, AFAIK, no one has made any money one downloadable music. Apple's in the business to sell iPods, they make almost nothing on music. Which is also kind of funny, since most of the tech industry makes it's money on the software, and loses it's ass on the hardware... [/b] Apple doesn't sell a single piece of hardware at a loss. Their profit margins are the best in the industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Originally posted by gigapower+Oct 15 2004, 03:16 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gigapower @ Oct 15 2004, 03:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Whooter@Oct 15 2004, 01:55 PM Originally posted by FreakTornado@Oct 15 2004, 02:36 PM <!--QuoteBegin-gigapower@Oct 15 2004, 12:03 PM Its almost as crowded as the downloadable music market. Which is odd because, AFAIK, no one has made any money one downloadable music. Apple's in the business to sell iPods, they make almost nothing on music. Which is also kind of funny, since most of the tech industry makes it's money on the software, and loses it's ass on the hardware... Apple doesn't sell a single piece of hardware at a loss. Their profit margins are the best in the industry. [/b] They're also not "most". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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