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Quote: Originally posted by CosmoNut A feature film download service might actually do quite well. If they format the size to a low enough resolution that it won't scale well for a TV screen, BUT it will look okay on the video iPod's screen or i…
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Quote: Originally posted by Messiah Apple/Microsoft merger So that's Bill Gates' giant head behind the screen? Oh, wait, it'd be Ballmer's giant head now, right?
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Quote: Originally posted by onlooker Sure you could, but with 800,000+ women getting their daily soaps, Kid's getting their Anime, and a god knows, who, and what else. Where are you going to get this bandwidth? Your connection is only as as good …
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Quote: Originally posted by PB Either strange times ahead, or there is much truth in these rumors and we don't know it yet here. You know, Steve has been out to undermine the rumor sites for a while now. You haven't noticed that the big calls…
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Quote: Originally posted by the cool gut Well I can tell you one thing, If they are NOT going to be releasing a video iPod, then they are going to have to say something to squash the rumours, because it's getting so hyped now, that if they don't …
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Quote: Originally posted by Carniphage It's time to polish up those crystal balls folks... Here's my what my tea-leaves are saying. Legal movie download service. Somebody at some point will offer a movie-for-download service which is endorse…
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Quote: Originally posted by Reid File size notwithstanding, I think a TV download service would work best on a podcast-like subscription model. When a new episode of one of your programs becomes available, iTunes downloads it in the background an…
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Quote: Originally posted by kupan787 The TV shows I download off BT are usually HDTV rips, compressed down to a resolution of 624x352 using Xvid (so about 350MBs for a 1 hour show). The quality is great, usually better than SD tv (cause SD tv is …
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Quote: Originally posted by the cool gut That's pretty interesting. Then I suppose the problem is getting the movie studios to approve it. I remember reading some sticking point about the issue. Here it is: http://www.drmwatch.com/standar…
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Quote: Originally posted by onlooker How long does a person want to wait to get their movie via download? A half hour show is along day with DSL. People want it in the drop of a hat like now. And what about quality. Federal Regulators have made…
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Quote: Originally posted by admactanium the bandwidth costs for distributing long-form video are much greater than a 3Mb aac music file. the profit potential is much harder to find for video than music since i don't think people are going to pay …
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Quote: Originally posted by the cool gut Well, unless I'm not following the discussion properly, there is currently no fairplay DRM for movies. Fairplay is a DRM wrapper. It'll work on any file format.
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Quote: Originally posted by KidRed Some people mention the iPod would store movies that you take around to mom's house and play back. Apple would have to deal with the MPAA about copying, dubbing, transferring etc. How is this ANY DIFFERE…
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Quote: Originally posted by onlooker There was a market for sony of course because these things were niche products when they came out. The 1.8" Watchman TV was a sony niche, and sales of those devices are very small now, but sony can afford to g…
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Quote: Originally posted by Kesh Oh dear god, that's ugly. It's almost uglier than the Matrix phone. And the scroll wheel? I suppose rotary dialing is back in style, along with bell bottoms and disco. \ I just hope this isn't the real thin…
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Quote: Originally posted by AppleRISC [soapbox]Just because it will work doesn't mean x86 is a good architecture. As much money as Intel is pouring into this, mark my words, they are going to run into a dead end. And I'll bet they'll reach that d…
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Quote: Originally posted by anand Ugh, the stock went up last month on reports that Apple was dropping IBM for more mainstream Intel chips. The market will love this. What the market really wants is for Apple to drop its OS and use a modified ve…
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Quote: Originally posted by Algol What is your advice for tomorrow. I have a lot of shares in AAPL. I'm sitting tight. I have a lot of shares as well - but far more options. I'm not worried about the shares - been sitting on those for a lo…
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Quote: Originally posted by Algol I'm not a broker though and cannot give legal stock advice. The above are just my opinions. FWIW, the brokers are lost right now on this as well. Just curious what the reaction of others is. I disagree wit…
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Quote: Originally posted by Algol Yes feel free to quote me all you like. If I am wrong I will have killed myself so it wont matter anyway. So what are your thoughts on AAPL? I've checked in with a number of others (both short and long) a…