[mythtv-users] Their Baaaacccckkk!

[Raphael Pooser]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 04:11:17PM -0500, Raphael Pooser wrote:
>   
>> Good, I'm glad people are reacting like this.  I hope this happens en 
>> masse and millions of people stick up their noses to HBO and whatever 
>> other network wants to try and control their consumers.  We need to show 
>> them, we are the ones giving them the money.  We don't have to give it 
>> to them, we are in control.  Damn good thing that things like netflix 
>> have popped up for that matter.
>>     
>
> Not entirely. See the CNN piece on Netflix 'throttling' I just posted
> to the wiki's News section.
>
> 	http://wiki.mythtv.org
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>   
Ah yes you are right about that, and I have heard some stories about 
this.  My brother said his free trial was great, but once his pay 
service began, the faster he watched movies, the slower they came in 
from netflix.  Nonetheless, hopfully services like this will get their 
act together and compete with the big movie channels.  We need a third 
one to come in and light a fire under Blockbuster and Netflix's asses.  
The thing I find odd is... I'm fine if people want to protect their 
content, but if I pay for it and it comes on at 2:30 AM and I want to 
watch it at 12:30 PM while I eat lunch, I should be able to do that - 
I'm paying them for it.  In essence there shouldn't be any extra fee for 
"on demand" features added to my content.  I think if I add that 
capability myself with mythtv, that doesn't make me a pirate - it makes 
me getting my money's worth from what I paid.
Raphael