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I agree, that is crazy...optical distribution needs to go away.
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I agree, that is crazy...optical distribution needs to go away.
iamfudge
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You can. I can stream on PS3, MacBook, iPad, and my dad's iPad all at the same time, watching different things. It's awesome.
4phun
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Absolutely. You also can watch an item on one device and stop before finishing. When you pick up another device and go for the item that was playing NetFlix will begin when you left off before on the previous device.
We do it all the time.
Thank you for mentioning "24"--I had never watched a single episode either but now I think I am addicted (to my iPad and "24").
Do you have to have the DVD ship or can you get streaming only. It's not available in aus due to copy right. Trying to work around it. Col
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No streaming only plan available but you can just sign up and never add anything to your queue.
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iPad Enabling Households to Abandon Their TVs For The Web
Estimate: 800,000 U.S. Households Abandoned Their TVs For The Web
from TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld3 people liked this
Are you a cord-cutter, or do you want to be? Have you had enough of paying your cable company through the nose for 800 channels, when all you really watch is maybe 20 or 30? With an increasing selection of high-quality TV fare coming online, more people are experimenting with ditching their TVs (or more accurately, their cable and satellite TV subscriptions) for online options such as Hulu, Netflix, broadcaster Websites, or Apple’s iTunes. The numbers are still small, but last year an estimated 800,000 U.S. households cut the cable cord altogether, according to a new report by the Convergence Consulting Group. By the end of next year, that number is forecast to double to 1.6 million.
Cord cutters don’t yet represent a serious threat to the $84 billion cable/satellite/telco TV access industry, which counts an estimated 101 million subscribers. But they are a leading indicator of the shift to TV viewing on the Web. The cord-cutters make up less than 3 percent of all full-episode viewing on the Web. The rest comes from people who are only beginning to watch occasionally online. An estimated 17 percent of the total weekly viewing audience watch at least one or two episodes of a full-length TV show online. Last year, that percentage was 12 percent, and next year it is forecast to grow to 21 percent.
As more and more viewing options become available online, more people will add Web viewing as part of their mix. For instance, in my home we don’t have a TV in the kitchen, but we keep a laptop there. Last night, my wife watched a full episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolutionon Hulu while she was cooking. The online viewership for the Masters on CBSSports doubled this year to 1.3 million people who watched a total of about an hour each of golf online. When any screen can be a TV, people will watch the one that is closest. And the easier it becomes to connect your computer to your flat screen TV, the more the online video sites and services will become just another set of channels.
The free, advertising supported model is still the most popular. Although Apple is making noises about making Apple TV more than just a hobby and doubled the number of TV shows available for download last year, Convergence estimates only 100 million episodes were downloaded in the U.S. last year, up from 90 million in 2008. The associated download revenue was only $200 million.
Meanwhile, Convergence estimates that U.S. online TV advertising by the likes of CBS, Disney/ABC, NBC Universal, News Corp., Time Warner, and Viacom made up 2.5 percent of their estimated $62 billion of traditional TV advertising revenues last year—or an additional $1.56 billion (which is above other estimates putting all online video advertising last year at $1 billion). But you get a sense of the huge revenue gap here, and this is not even counting the extra $34 billion in programming fees the broadcasters and TV networks got from the cable companies last year. No wonder they are in no rush to move their shows to the Web.
What is helping them stave off the cord-cutters is the growth of DVRs, video-on-demand, and HD channels. Convergence estimates that 35 percent of U.S. TV households have a DVR, and 36 percent have HD. By 2012, it forecasts that 50 percent will have DVRs and 58 percent will have HD. And more video-on-demand is bringing a la carte options directly through the set-top box.
But the Web will always be cheaper. It is a question of convenience versus cost.
So what are you, a cord-cutter or a coach potato?
Photo credit: Flickr/Schmilblick
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Estimate: 800,000 U.S. Households Abandoned Their TVs For The Web
from TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld3 people liked this
Are you a cord-cutter, or do you want to be? Have you had enough of paying your cable company through the nose for 800 channels, when all you really watch is maybe 20 or 30? With an increasing selection of high-quality TV fare coming online, more people are experimenting with ditching their TVs (or more accurately, their cable and satellite TV subscriptions) for online options such as Hulu, Netflix, broadcaster Websites, or Apple’s iTunes. The numbers are still small, but last year an estimated 800,000 U.S. households cut the cable cord altogether, according to a new report by the Convergence Consulting Group. By the end of next year, that number is forecast to double to 1.6 million.
Cord cutters don’t yet represent a serious threat to the $84 billion cable/satellite/telco TV access industry, which counts an estimated 101 million subscribers. But they are a leading indicator of the shift to TV viewing on the Web. The cord-cutters make up less than 3 percent of all full-episode viewing on the Web. The rest comes from people who are only beginning to watch occasionally online. An estimated 17 percent of the total weekly viewing audience watch at least one or two episodes of a full-length TV show online. Last year, that percentage was 12 percent, and next year it is forecast to grow to 21 percent.
As more and more viewing options become available online, more people will add Web viewing as part of their mix. For instance, in my home we don’t have a TV in the kitchen, but we keep a laptop there. Last night, my wife watched a full episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolutionon Hulu while she was cooking. The online viewership for the Masters on CBSSports doubled this year to 1.3 million people who watched a total of about an hour each of golf online. When any screen can be a TV, people will watch the one that is closest. And the easier it becomes to connect your computer to your flat screen TV, the more the online video sites and services will become just another set of channels.
The free, advertising supported model is still the most popular. Although Apple is making noises about making Apple TV more than just a hobby and doubled the number of TV shows available for download last year, Convergence estimates only 100 million episodes were downloaded in the U.S. last year, up from 90 million in 2008. The associated download revenue was only $200 million.
Meanwhile, Convergence estimates that U.S. online TV advertising by the likes of CBS, Disney/ABC, NBC Universal, News Corp., Time Warner, and Viacom made up 2.5 percent of their estimated $62 billion of traditional TV advertising revenues last year—or an additional $1.56 billion (which is above other estimates putting all online video advertising last year at $1 billion). But you get a sense of the huge revenue gap here, and this is not even counting the extra $34 billion in programming fees the broadcasters and TV networks got from the cable companies last year. No wonder they are in no rush to move their shows to the Web.
What is helping them stave off the cord-cutters is the growth of DVRs, video-on-demand, and HD channels. Convergence estimates that 35 percent of U.S. TV households have a DVR, and 36 percent have HD. By 2012, it forecasts that 50 percent will have DVRs and 58 percent will have HD. And more video-on-demand is bringing a la carte options directly through the set-top box.
But the Web will always be cheaper. It is a question of convenience versus cost.
So what are you, a cord-cutter or a coach potato?
Photo credit: Flickr/Schmilblick
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Netflix
Apple TV
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lowlife
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I am currently at 75% internet based TV and 25% cable TV. One of the biggest things keeping me on cable (in addition to the shows) is the additional cost of internet access if you do not have a cable subscription.
Does it offer captions for deaf people like me. And how does one use it on playstation 3 ????
wot_fan
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Not sure about captions but to use netflix on a ps3 you have to get a disc from netflix (free). Then you use the disc when you want to watch something from netflix. IMHO, the xbox 360 does a much better job with netflix.
4phun
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WARNING
Netflix allows your account to have six browsers or devices setup for playback. If you already have six you will not be able to add an iPad without dropping a device or browser in your account.
Netflix allows your account to have six browsers or devices setup for playback. If you already have six you will not be able to add an iPad without dropping a device or browser in your account.
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I've never used the xbox version but I can't imagine the video looks any different from the ps3. HD is HD, and it looks incredible on the ps3.
wot_fan
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You are right, the video is the same. I just think the user interface is much nicer on the xbox version. On top of that you don't have to swap discs when you want to watch netflix.
I bought a ps3 a couple of months ago. I was hoping to use it for netflix so I could cancel my xbox live gold membership. (required to use netflix). After trying netflix on the ps3, I decided to keep my membership and use the xbox for netflix. The experience on the xbox was that much better. I guess I should try it again to see if the ps3 version has improved.
Wow -- sounds great. I thought Simon Cowell's Pay Per View only Internet show ("X-Factor") was a dumb idea, but maybe he really does know what he's doing.
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