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Apple, NBC Universal Repairing Relations?

happydude said:
i dunno, i just never "got" the apple tv. it would make way more sense to me to have live tv and tivo-like feature included, then it would for real be a all encompassing media dealy. i know that's not what jobs intentions are, blah blah, but i for one am just not sold on the device yet.
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I agree. The Apple TV doesn't make much sense in conjunction with Cable/Satellite/Tivo, but I do think it starts making a lot more sense if you consider it as a replacement for those components instead of as a companion to them.
 
aross99 said:
I just hope they get back before Battlestar Galactica starts again!
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Hear hear!! I've been dreading the start of the new season of BSG, because without being able to download them from iTunes, I just know I will end up missing most of the season. If they don't get content back on iTS soon, I will have to spring for a DVR just to watch the eps. :(
 
MM2270 said:
Hear hear!! I've been dreading the start of the new season of BSG, because without being able to download them from iTunes, I just know I will end up missing most of the season. If they don't get content back on iTS soon, I will have to spring for a DVR just to watch the eps. :(
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Or buy the DVDs when they ship six months later. The BSG people have been releasing discs really quickly, relative to the original air dates.

Is a DVR really required to record episodes? Don't you have a VCR with a timer? They still work, even if the picture quality isn't as good.
 
No computer required

I'm very optimistic about AppleTVs chance. It's a strong product. Not needing a computer is an extremely important evolution. I'm surprised that so little is being written about that. Backing it up to a Time Capsule and wireless keyboard support should be added.

Having all the major movie studios is also very important. They have a small offering of 1000 HD titles, but that will grow. I would like to see them sell HD content along side renting it. For example, I purchased the movie 300 on DVD, it can only be rented currently. If they sold a 720p version of it I would have bought that instead. If I had a 1080p HDTV and they sold a Blu-ray disc with a digital copy (HD), I would buy that. But that is me, I suspect a lot of folks would be happy with 720p.

The point here is that 720p is better than DVD and should result in a decline of traditional DVD sales, but it could also affect Blu-Ray sales since 720p will be good enough for most folks. Once fiber optic is widely available, AppleTV and iTunes will be dominating the digital download space and Apple will offer 1080p downloads with AppleTV Take 3. Not including an Optical drive in the Macbook Air is a portent of things to come. Physical media is a thing of the past. Apple is well positioned to succeed and their secret weapon is OS X.

I'm not surprised NBC is getting back on board.
 
ccunning said:
I agree. The Apple TV doesn't make much since in conjunction with Cable/Satalite/Tivo, but I do think it starts making a lot more since if you consider it as a replacement for those components instead of as a companion to them.
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It doesn't make sense for anybody who watches enough TV to justify a $50-$100 a month cable charge. It makes a great deal of sense for people who don't want cable but who are willing to spend $25 - $100 a year in shows they specifically want to watch. Add in easy, from the TV movie rentals, plus the fact that all the old SD TVs will be obsolete in a year, and I think ATV will do well.
 
Please Master Jobs, I made a stupid mistake thinking I could live without you. Please, just give me one more chance and take me back. It's cold out there and I have no money to buy kibble.

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Good for them

That's good to hear. Something must have sent NBC crawling back. Not saying that either party was entirely right or wrong... Relations sure were rotten when you see Steve Jobs on stage cracking jokes at NBC's expense. I think the iTunes experience will benefit. Since I'm not a music buyer from iTunes, I'm mainly in it for movies and rentals now, so that's pretty important!

After last week, when Apple announced the HD movie availability on iTunes some mentioned that they think that most of us missed the point. Apple believes content has moved away from physical media, so they put HD in digital format rather than worry about HD DVD or Blu Ray. Do you think Apple will have any effect on the physical media war?
 
emptyCup said:
It doesn't make sense for anybody who watches enough TV to justify a $50-$100 a month cable charge. It makes a great deal of sense for people who don't want cable but who are willing to spend $25 - $100 a year in shows they specifically want to watch. Add in easy, from the TV movie rentals, plus the fact that all the old SD TVs will be obsolete in a year, and I think ATV will do well.
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I still don't think there is a large enough market for Apple TV. Your reasoning definitely makes sense, but I don't there there are enough people that think the way you do and are willing to dish out $299 for it. If Tivo functionality were added, I would consider it. Otherwise, it just seems like a waste of money when there seems to be so many other ways to get a movie on your tv.
 
That's great news about NBC. Currently, there aren't any other networks I watch a single show on... well... Food Network, but that doesn't count. Out of my wife and myself, at least one of us needs to learn how to cook!

Steve Jobs said:
But NBC is a great company, and Apple is a great company, neither of which make a habit of ignoring their customers’ desires.
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Cue the xMac conniptions... :rolleyes:

-Clive
 
this is good news...i'm getting rid of my cable so it'll be nice to have the option of buying BSG again...and project runway (for my wife!...really.)
 
MM2270 said:
Hear hear!! I've been dreading the start of the new season of BSG, because without being able to download them from iTunes, I just know I will end up missing most of the season. If they don't get content back on iTS soon, I will have to spring for a DVR just to watch the eps. :(
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I hope these two lovebirds can work it out... If not, I'll assume they don't want my money and Yarrr, Matey! It is! Cause I can't miss my BSG.

Ang
 
Ha...asses.

"Why aren't we selling any shows? Oh...maybe people DO want to watch video on their iPod...who knew?!"

:rolleyes:
 
Chupa Chupa said:
Please Master Jobs, I made a stupid mistake thinking I could live without you. Please, just give me one more chance and take me back. It's cold out there and I have no money to buy kibble.[/IMG]
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Perfect, just perfect.

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What's most strange to me is how NBC came off of iTunes right about when the Writer's strike showed up. Not only do I no longer have a steady stream of new episodes coming into iTunes but there's also nothing worth watching on cable. If anything the whole fiasco has given me time to slow down and think about how I want to enjoy media. Do I watch episodes as they air, with commercials and adjust my schedule to fix the network's, or do I wait 6-8 months for the DVDs to come out? This is what NBC is offering me, and I'm not too keen on either one. iTunes was just about a perfect deal, I can buy season passes for all the shows I really want to watch all for less than the cost of cable, I get to own the episodes, and I can even push them to a TV if I want. The best thing was that after I got hooked on Battlestar Galactica, I was able to load my iPod with the whole first season and take it with me to my mom's. I just plugged the ipod into the TV and away we went. Now she's hooked on it too. Even if I had the DVDs (which I don't) I'd still prefer to just take my iPod and a set of cables, its just so much more convenient.

I do hope NBC gets back on board, and quickly too. BSG is starting up soon and I don't want to have to wait for the DVDs (This is the final season, after all).
 
HD Content

I just grabbed the free download for last week (I think), which was the pilot episode of Terminator, the series, from Fox. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was in 720P HD format.

Hopefully when they get things ironed out, I'll be able to get the entire season 2 of Heroes in HD, including the episodes that have aired so far. That would be some sweet action. :D
 
No business can afford to hold a grudge. And media companies need all the friends they can get.

More correctly, I should say business partners, not friends, because they should never let disagreements be personal.
 
Read somewhere that networks could potentially insert ads into podcasts. This may be the future of video on demand. The networks (and independent show producers) could deliver content directly to the consumer as opposed to going through Cable/Satellite.

Question: Can podcasts be set to expire after a certain length of time or number of plays? Can podcasts be streamed?
 
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