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Netflix Video Streaming Coming to the iPhone?
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they either have dedicated network connections running from MLB's datacenters to ATT's cellular network or they have servers with the content positioned on ATT's network around the US so that if you're in NYC you grab the content closest to you.
with slingbox you're streaming from your home DSL/Cable connection so there is no way to organize or optimize the network traffic
Funny sprint doesn't seem to have problems with slingplayer et all.
I find this discouraging because I know if I even try to let the streaming I'm doing in my forthcomming application work over 3g it will get rejected. So I am just going to limit it to wifi from the start.
This is depressing because I know a lot of people working on video streaming applications and they feel the same way.
Hopefully this will change when att isn't the only game in town for the iphone.
The problem with 3G cell isn't the CDN (the Akamai and other Content Distribution Networks, which is what "positioning the content" is).
The problem is that the standard for a cell tower is a 1.5 Mbps "backhaul" to the network - so that no matter how many users are on the tower, they share 1.5 Mbps.
Carriers are moving to get more bandwidth, but full FTTCT is expensive.
Some interesting comments and facts here:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/101409
For example: "The problem with AT&T isn't entirely in its 3G deployment (HSPA itself is, admittedly, superior in a perfect implementation to EV-DO), however, but the combination of insufficient backhaul, terrible density buildout and frequency reuse on AT&Ts part, and the sheer density of iPhones on the network.
Let's get one thing clear here, and that's that the GSM-based carriers in the US also are party to the most immature 3G networks. CDMA is still king in the land of the free, and Verizon as well as Sprint have a far more mature, robust Ev-Do roll out than any of their GSM counterparts."
For example: "The problem with AT&T isn't entirely in its 3G deployment (HSPA itself is, admittedly, superior in a perfect implementation to EV-DO), however, but the combination of insufficient backhaul, terrible density buildout and frequency reuse on AT&Ts part, and the sheer density of iPhones on the network.
Let's get one thing clear here, and that's that the GSM-based carriers in the US also are party to the most immature 3G networks. CDMA is still king in the land of the free, and Verizon as well as Sprint have a far more mature, robust Ev-Do roll out than any of their GSM counterparts."
Right but either way, my comment was in response to someone else saying streaming over 3G is basically useless. It isn't. However it is done, I would presume Netflix would also be working towards mocking MLB@Bat. If they do, then I am thrilled. Now all I need is hulu.
Dolby support is a lot less important than the fact that Wii can only output progressive standard def content.
I have a 52in Samsung. I'm never going to rent an SD movie. Never ever ever.
Tape
You could always tape the show and fast-forward the ads.
That's what I do, but then again I am using a VCR and they haven't been around for a while now (How long as it been?).
Hugh
You could always tape the show and fast-forward the ads.
That's what I do, but then again I am using a VCR and they haven't been around for a while now (How long as it been?).Hugh
Yeah, maybe you'd be happier without GIF and JPG support either, since many ads are in those formats....
FLASH is a lot more than ads. It's a huge part of the web, and the iPhone is gonna be the only major mobile platform without access to it. A prospect only a true fanboy dimwit can rejoice at.
And if Apple screws the Netflix app, to protect its dead-end ATV, I hope the feds come on them like a ton of bricks.
We use the wonderful +30/-8 button on the TiVo. what a stroke of genius.
I love Netflix very much, however I feel that Apple will reject Netflix apps due conflict interesting with iTunes that provide download rent movie, tv.
Short term maybe... but Netflix will be entering the same "New Release" IP rental market that Apple competes in. Apple wouldn't sell that many more
TV's because of Netflix. Individuals that buy Apple products like them for their ease of use and integration. If Apple turns the TV into an open platform for 3rd party apps they will go back to relying on hardware sales over media distribution sales. The service provider for the iPhone is at&t, the service provider for the TV is Apple. Apple is trying to dominate the movie rental business just like they dominate the music distribution business. Why would Apple want to lose potential marketshare on their own device? I am not saying games or small apps wont make it the TV at some point, but the core use of the TV is watching video, video sold by Apple. Apple can gain marketshare with the TV by keeping hardware profit (prices) low and making up for it through the content sold to play on the device. The same idea the big games console makers have used for years. Microsoft lost millions of dollars by selling the original Xbox below production cost, but made up for it in marketshare gain.TiVo
Or yes you can use TiVo, which I forgot. I can't use a TiVo, my Sat service doesn't support it (or does it and I don't know what I am talking about? ).
Hugh
Or yes you can use TiVo, which I forgot. I can't use a TiVo, my Sat service doesn't support it (or does it and I don't know what I am talking about?
).Hugh
