[opendtv] Re: Cable vs. Telco: What Happens When Competition Outpaces Washington Rules
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 20:18:05 -0400
Bob Miller wrote:
the
> Tivo model will morph from choosing what you want to record to
recording
> everything unless you have decided not to record an item or
category.
> You won't miss anything.
I wonder how many 8VSB/ATSC royalties you would have to pay to
have a Tivo that recorded 20 channels simultaneously?
- Tom
> What you describe is obviously NOT "TV". It something better than TV. TV
> as we know it is dead. Wireless broadcast spectrum will be used in the
> mix. It will be best used when it delivers ubiquitously mobile or fixed.
> With the coming of inexpensive massive storage, multi terabytes, the
> Tivo model will morph from choosing what you want to record to recording
> everything unless you have decided not to record an item or category.
> You won't miss anything. We have to find a name for it. Or does it need
> a name? What's in a name anyway? Long live TV!
>
> Of course the present generation above 10 years of age has to die off
> for this to become normal. Personally I find that I still am clicking
> through the channels to find whats on even though I could record
> everything and watch it when I want. Old habits die slowly.
>
> Bob Miller
>
> Silvio Macedo wrote:
>
>
>>TV from the Internet? Not real?=20
>>
>>Just for a moment, lets suppose that the following is true:
>>
>>Imagine content I get through my ADSL is 70% of what I see on TV.
>>The other 30% are news or simply to make me some company while I'm
>>reading or work at my PC.
>>
>>In those 70% ADSL video, I get all major scifi shows I like, movies,
>>sitcoms or independent movies. Instead of waiting months/years until
>>one of the channels in my cable gets me Startrek Voyager/Enterprise or
>>Stargate Atlantis Season 9 (http://www.scifi.com/atlantis/), I get
>>them 10 hours top after they are broadcast for the first time in US -
>>sometimes even before that.
>>and no.. SciFi is not one of the popular channels - so, it won't ever
>>come to my cable...
>>
>>Imagine that I have a client downloading everything that matches
>>"startrek", "seinfeld" , etc,(azureus.sourceforge.net or
>>sourceforge.net/projects/ptc) ,etc from one of the many RSS torrent
>>sites. Add to that, that I get them on XVID, through my home network,
>>into my TV, and don't have to go out and rent dvds, waste time looking
>>for blockbuster movies of the week, wait for the show to start on TV,
>>remember to tape it if I'm not at home,etc.
>>I could even get HD on a projector, with AC3 six track, without having
>>a STB and a new TV.
>>
>>I simply get videos from friends or look in www.imdb.com for the best
>>movies ever, and simply type "magnolia" in eMule- give it a day or so
>>to arrive.
>>
>>Plus, imagine that I pay 20euros/month for all of this - automatic
>>downloading content I like, that I actually want to see, when I want
>>to see. And all of this with a cheap 1Mb connection - not 8 or 16Mb as
>>I could get for only another 20euros.
>>
>>Wouldn't I be willing to pay another 20euros to do all of this
>>legally?
>>www.itunes.com says I would.
>>
>>Just imagine if all of this was true...
>>Technology and BW is there - we just have to make it legal and fair.
>>
>>Silvio
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>You can call that "Internet TV" all you want - I'm sure using the =20
>>>term sells articles for you - but this just isn't Television to me.
>>>=20
>>>Not to mention that it's been around for MANY years now. At what =20
>>>point did it become "TV"?
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>On 13-May-05, at 8:53 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>>>=20
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Basically any company that is
>>>>using the public Internet to deliver video content. This includes
>>>>various news portals, and all kinds of streaming media enabled by
>>>>companies such as Akamai. Also independent film types who have
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>used
>>
>>
>>
>>>>the Internet to promote their creations, like the 405 video.
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>Craig
>>>>
>>>>
>
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