Comments on: Stream The World http://tleaves.com/2010/05/25/stream-the-world/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: grs http://tleaves.com/2010/05/25/stream-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-6817 grs Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:00:55 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2431#comment-6817 When I first tried streaming, it was one of those Eureka! moments. I could see the end of Comcast & FIOS. While the current state of "first run" movies is rather thin, there are tons of eclectic stuff to keep you busy: BBC Coupling, Calfornication, Fawlty Towers, ... I, too, love that NetFlix remembers where I was in a movie so I can resume watching elsewhere. When I first tried streaming, it was one of those Eureka! moments. I could see the end of Comcast & FIOS. While the current state of “first run” movies is rather thin, there are tons of eclectic stuff to keep you busy: BBC Coupling, Calfornication, Fawlty Towers, …

I, too, love that NetFlix remembers where I was in a movie so I can resume watching elsewhere.

]]> By: DMW http://tleaves.com/2010/05/25/stream-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-6806 DMW Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:57:40 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2431#comment-6806 Yes. I've been thinking similar thoughts about another form of entertainment: live sports. The main problem in that case is bundling, rather than complete unavailability. Why must I pay $60 a month, commit to a long contract, and pay for 50 channels I will literally never watch, just so I can see a few games of the hockey playoffs? Or the vast majority of baseball games? I realize I am in the minority because most people already have cable, but if I want to watch 30 Rock or the Wire, I do not actually need to have cable-- I can go to iTunes or netflix or hulu. Why does nobody provide similar à la carte pricing for sporting events? MLB does a nice job with its gameday audio, but the video is blacked out for home-team games. I live in Boston, where the Red Sox are only a little less important than food. Wouldn't people be irritated if the only way they could buy a cheeseburger was to sign a year-long $800 contract with McDonalds for one of everything on the menu to be delivered once a day? Yes. I’ve been thinking similar thoughts about another form of entertainment: live sports. The main problem in that case is bundling, rather than complete unavailability. Why must I pay $60 a month, commit to a long contract, and pay for 50 channels I will literally never watch, just so I can see a few games of the hockey playoffs? Or the vast majority of baseball games? I realize I am in the minority because most people already have cable, but if I want to watch 30 Rock or the Wire, I do not actually need to have cable– I can go to iTunes or netflix or hulu. Why does nobody provide similar à la carte pricing for sporting events? MLB does a nice job with its gameday audio, but the video is blacked out for home-team games.

I live in Boston, where the Red Sox are only a little less important than food. Wouldn’t people be irritated if the only way they could buy a cheeseburger was to sign a year-long $800 contract with McDonalds for one of everything on the menu to be delivered once a day?

]]> By: Ben Cox http://tleaves.com/2010/05/25/stream-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-6795 Ben Cox Wed, 26 May 2010 00:54:46 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2431#comment-6795 This. I, too, resubscribed to unlimited-streaming-except-for-Back-to-the-Future Netflix after canceling all those years ago for exactly the same reason. Somehow all the movies I want to show my kids (such as BTTF) are not streamable from any vendor. So they will never see it, until we someday get around to watching (and returning) "The Hurt Locker". As if I wanted more atoms in my house anyway. This.

I, too, resubscribed to unlimited-streaming-except-for-Back-to-the-Future Netflix after canceling all those years ago for exactly the same reason. Somehow all the movies I want to show my kids (such as BTTF) are not streamable from any vendor. So they will never see it, until we someday get around to watching (and returning) “The Hurt Locker”. As if I wanted more atoms in my house anyway.

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