iPhone;303775 Wrote: > I do not think this is what some people think it is. It will only play > movies and TV shows off of a NetFlix account (and does not include new > releases). One can't store video, rip video, watch from ones hard > drive, or even watch ones own DVDs with it. It is just a $100 box so > one can watch NetFlix movies on you big screen instead of just ones PC > screen.
Yep. Right now it's not all that easy to get the video from the PC to the TV. It operates both via wired ethernet and WIFI, so it's strikingly similar to job done for audio by the Squeezebox, albeit with a much narrower content focus. > And the bad news is that not all NetFlix movies are available, just some > 10,000 titles that most of us have already seen (at least I have, with > several hundred I don't care to see). That's why I say it's nice to see that Netflix expects their business to increasingly move in this direction. From what I've seen in the last six months, they've significantly stepped up the pace at which they're adding new content for online viewing. I expect it may grow even more quickly now. > Do I think this is the future of video? Not really, but a move in the > right direction. I feel DVDs will be a thing of the past in 5 years. It > will be the Movie Theater, streaming download, or stored rental > download. Once higher bandwidth rates are more widespread, I expect streaming to dominate. With sufficient bandwidth there's little reason to download and store a movie rental on a local hard drive. > I personally do not want to see Logitech making a box like this. I want > to see Logitech make a 1080P output Video Network Media Player. Would I > like all my DVDs on my SqueezeCenter NAS to be watched through a HiDef > Video Duet, you can bet the farm I do! I have over 1000 DVDs in > alphabetical order in my media room and would love to rip them to HD > just like my CDs so I never have to touch physical media again. I have > not found a Video Network Media Player that will do Blu-Ray DVDs at a > price I am willing to pay with 1080P output. The other issue is > preserving the 2.35:1 playback of ripped video. > > So Logitech, here is an untapped market to move into that you already > have a customer base for the product. Eh. No thanks. I have very little desire to own video content, so equally little desire (less, actually) to store DVD rips on a huge data server. It's extremely rare that I ever watch a particular movie twice in a 10 year period, so there's no reason to buy and store either a disc or a rip. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47893 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
