Then and Now
I just don’t understand why media pundits think that people are going to want to turn those BRAND SPANKING NEW HDTVs into PC monitors watching internet quality video. It’s a hassle. There is nothing that works out of the box. You have to be your own personal systems integrator and get the right box, figure out how to get content to that box over your in home internet, and then eat up your internet bandwidth in order to watch video that is dumbed down because it takes so much bandwidth. Why ?
Back to the Netflix using 20pct of bandwidth. Now that they have gotten there, it is going to be easier for Netflix than anyone else to grow their bandwidth usage. They can add streaming subscribers at a controlled level and it could work. Growing their usage as a percentage of total bandwidth consumption quickly becomes a trojan horse in the streaming wars. They are consuming so much bandwidth, they literally are blocking out the ability of anyone to compete with them.
Well, he's evolving. Before it was "it can't work, ever". Now it's "it can only work for Netflix". Apparently, 2 months ago when I downloaded a 17gb digital edition of DragonAge: Origins for my Mac (in under an hour) while my wife and daughter watched NetFlix, I was doing something unpossible.
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Re: Then and Now
[Gordon Weakliem] November 2, 2010 12:31:06.149
Classic along the lines of the iPod "lame" review on slashdot. Apparently Mark's never used NFLX. I ordered the free CD, got it 2 days later, stuck it in the wii, clicked on the big Netflix icon and was watching a movie within 60 seconds. That's a hassle? That requires a personal systems integrator? Hardly. It's even easier now, you don't even have to order the CD.
Sure, the UI isn't ideal, but I love it. When I've got the kids at home and I'm trying to work, it's pure gold - I put on a movie and there's a solid hour without interruptions.