[mythtv-users] Who's going to be the first?

Greg Oliver oliver.greg at gmail.com
Fri Sep 3 00:41:51 UTC 2010


On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:05 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 09:29:12PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>>> >  On 9/1/2010 21:04, Craig Treleaven wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I know it's shocking, Brian, but Apple was not thinking of you when they
>>> >> created this.  In Job's presentation, he lists a series of factors that they
>>> >> feel are important to potential customers.  (You weren't mentioned, sorry.)
>>> >>  They are:
>>> >>
>>> >> -Everything in HD
>>> >
>>> > It's going to be fairly low bitrate, and no better than 720p.
>>>
>>> So, just like Fox and ABC on Comcast... ;)
>>>
>>> >> -Lower prices for content
>>> >
>>> > The prices I saw looked awfully expensive to me.
>>>
>>> $0.99 per tv episode a la carte doesn't sound that expensive to me.
>>> Consider the following:
>>
>>    That's a rental.
>
> I tend to watch stuff once and then delete it anyway. I'm sure others
> operate that way too. Someone without a DVR certainly doesn't keep a
> show around.
>
>> So that's a buck every time you watch something. If
>> you manage to ever re-watch something (for whatever reason), that's another
>> buck. Everything everyone in the household watches is another buck per show.
>> Some of that stuff might be half hour stuff so you double your cost-per-time
>> right there.
>>
>>    If the misses tends to fall asleep during stuff, then you're talking
>> about a hit every time she dozes off. If you get interrupted for whatever
>> other reason half way through, you may end up having to pay again just to
>> finish whatever it was you were watching.
>
> Haven't looked at how long you get to rent it for, but a lot of the
> online "rentals" I've seen before, you had a few days to watch it.
> Okay, just looked at Apple's web site. It says:
>
> "Once you rent an episode, you have 30 days to press Play. Then it’s
> yours for the next 48 hours. Watch it once, or replay it as many times
> as you want for some instant rerun gratification."

That's generally the rule for non pay-pre-view..  anything *new* or
live sports like, usually has much more restrictive windows for
viewing..   Thats is pretty much industry standard though - nothing
anti-apple about that..


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