There is a 100% chance that China will kill the goose that lays the (financial) golden egg (Hong Kong). Businesses should start migrating to new lands outside of China's influence now, while they still can.
I wonder how much impact satellite internet services will have on cell phones. If you have a data connection everywhere, do you really need cell service? Most people IM these days. If you need voice there is SIP.
Secret? Are you kidding? They are hoovering up EVERY piece of electronic data they can get their hands on. Tax records, ALL e-mails, texts, Facebook accounts, license plate readers, credit card transactions, etc. If it is done electronically they have a copy of it. All information is sorted looking for patterns of terrorist activity. Not only is this highly illegal, it is only a matter of time before they start using the information for other purposes (if it hasn't already started). This is not the government our forefathers fought and died to protect. The founding fathers are spinning in their graves.
Comcast got into trouble because they put data caps on internet service but when they stream their own content to customers it does not count against the cap. Dual standards for bits traveling the same pipe.
I have little hope that DOJ will actually do anything about this problem. The DOJ is filled with the best politicians money can buy.
I can't see what Google is waiting for. They have the distribution channel (YouTube) and the front end, GoogleTV. They make money on advertisement. All they need to do is start purchasing/creating content themselves. Bring back Firefly and make it a Youtube subscription only offering and see how many people sign up.
Google really blew it. They could have had a killer product but because they did not reach out to the content providers FIRST they are now getting the cold shoulder. They would have had to offer some kind of payment for access (like Hulu plus) but now they are stuck in IPTV limbo like the Boxee Box. Apple and Netflix have had more success with bringing network content to the web but they are both pay services and have a track record of working with the content providers instead of doing their own thing.
Ten years of Tivo payments is a lot of money. I bought a $300 computer and use it as a PVR using Windows Media Center with a WMC remote. No monthly fees and I don't have to watch commercials.
I can't wait to see Comcast file for bankruptcy. Their head-in-the-sand attitude will only hasten their demise. I dumped them a year ago when I complained about the quality of the service and too high price. They basically told me tough luck, just deal with it and pay the bill. I told them goodbye and with OTA, Hulu, Clicker, Miro and Netflix/Roku I have more than I could ever watch.
HTPC w/OTA & Roku give me more content than I have time to watch. Cable got the boot a year ago. Don't miss them one bit. Comcast will become a regulated "dumb pipe" for internet access. Once they have real competition in that area they will be out of business.
I solved this problem a long time ago. I record most everything using Windows Media Center on a HTPC to watch at a later time. There is a handy skip forward button on the WMC remote. No more loud commercials. On the rare instance where I watch live TV (Football) there is this handy button called mute. If the commercials weren't so loud or obnoxious I might actually watch some of them.
We haven't seen all the problems with DMCA yet. I understand car manufacturers may encrypt some of the traffic between computers in their cars. If anyone trys to make a "will fit" electronic part they will be sued due to DMCA.
Clicker and Youtube are both creating a passive alternative. They learn what types of videos you like and stream them one after another to you.
The only problem I see with IPTV is it is still fragmented. I want to be able to move from Clicker to Miro to Netflix to OTA with one button press. It will happen in time. IPTV is still in it's infancy.
PS: I dropped cable almost a year ago. Comcast compressed the signal so much even a Hulu video looked better.
Just dump your cable company and be done with it already. The b_ _ tards won't be happy until they put themselves out of business. They will be blaming the (ex)customers all the way to the poor house. It couldn't have been anything THEY did, could it?
Start fleeing now
There is a 100% chance that China will kill the goose that lays the (financial) golden egg (Hong Kong). Businesses should start migrating to new lands outside of China's influence now, while they still can.
Sat service
I wonder how much impact satellite internet services will have on cell phones. If you have a data connection everywhere, do you really need cell service? Most people IM these days. If you need voice there is SIP.
domestic spying
Secret? Are you kidding? They are hoovering up EVERY piece of electronic data they can get their hands on. Tax records, ALL e-mails, texts, Facebook accounts, license plate readers, credit card transactions, etc. If it is done electronically they have a copy of it. All information is sorted looking for patterns of terrorist activity. Not only is this highly illegal, it is only a matter of time before they start using the information for other purposes (if it hasn't already started). This is not the government our forefathers fought and died to protect. The founding fathers are spinning in their graves.
Where they stepped in it
Comcast got into trouble because they put data caps on internet service but when they stream their own content to customers it does not count against the cap. Dual standards for bits traveling the same pipe.
I have little hope that DOJ will actually do anything about this problem. The DOJ is filled with the best politicians money can buy.
I can't see what Google is waiting for. They have the distribution channel (YouTube) and the front end, GoogleTV. They make money on advertisement. All they need to do is start purchasing/creating content themselves. Bring back Firefly and make it a Youtube subscription only offering and see how many people sign up.
GoogleTV
Google really blew it. They could have had a killer product but because they did not reach out to the content providers FIRST they are now getting the cold shoulder. They would have had to offer some kind of payment for access (like Hulu plus) but now they are stuck in IPTV limbo like the Boxee Box. Apple and Netflix have had more success with bringing network content to the web but they are both pay services and have a track record of working with the content providers instead of doing their own thing.
Re: Re: TV PVR
Ten years of Tivo payments is a lot of money. I bought a $300 computer and use it as a PVR using Windows Media Center with a WMC remote. No monthly fees and I don't have to watch commercials.
Comcast deserves what it gets
I can't wait to see Comcast file for bankruptcy. Their head-in-the-sand attitude will only hasten their demise. I dumped them a year ago when I complained about the quality of the service and too high price. They basically told me tough luck, just deal with it and pay the bill. I told them goodbye and with OTA, Hulu, Clicker, Miro and Netflix/Roku I have more than I could ever watch.
no tears
HTPC w/OTA & Roku give me more content than I have time to watch. Cable got the boot a year ago. Don't miss them one bit. Comcast will become a regulated "dumb pipe" for internet access. Once they have real competition in that area they will be out of business.
loud commercials
I solved this problem a long time ago. I record most everything using Windows Media Center on a HTPC to watch at a later time. There is a handy skip forward button on the WMC remote. No more loud commercials. On the rare instance where I watch live TV (Football) there is this handy button called mute. If the commercials weren't so loud or obnoxious I might actually watch some of them.
Re: Eric
Pirates make the most use of this? How about Apple / Linux users? Watching BluRay movies on a Mac or Linux box would be a regular use I expect.
We haven't seen all the problems with DMCA yet. I understand car manufacturers may encrypt some of the traffic between computers in their cars. If anyone trys to make a "will fit" electronic part they will be sued due to DMCA.
Oops
If the client was trying to make himself look better he failed quite completely.
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Clicker and Youtube are both creating a passive alternative. They learn what types of videos you like and stream them one after another to you.
The only problem I see with IPTV is it is still fragmented. I want to be able to move from Clicker to Miro to Netflix to OTA with one button press. It will happen in time. IPTV is still in it's infancy.
PS: I dropped cable almost a year ago. Comcast compressed the signal so much even a Hulu video looked better.
vote!
This is a great reason to vote out all incumbents, regardless of party affiliation.
AP
They sure are earning the first three letters of their name.
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The drug industry spends 10 times as much on advertising compared to R&D. They don't like to talk up that little fact.
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The MPAA does not have a heart, just a big black hole.
Just dump your cable company and be done with it already. The b_ _ tards won't be happy until they put themselves out of business. They will be blaming the (ex)customers all the way to the poor house. It couldn't have been anything THEY did, could it?
"So why do politicians keep extending copyright?"
It is called payoffs, I mean campaign contributions.