Comments on: New Apple Announcement

By: DL Thomas

DL Thomas — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:44:47 +0000

so how's the HP mediaSmart experience? do you like it?
and 1080i do you think 1080p would have been a better choice?

is apple's iTV going to enhance picture quality.

I should go meet some of you HDnet folks in Denver, I'd like to be ready when this new Hi-Fi compoent video wave hits and we've got something to talk about.

enjoyed you talk with Eisner although he's not charlie rose, he doesn't seem to hear what you were saying about a seat at the table.

finally, while I'm rollin' get a liquor license and digital projection for your boulder theater and upgrade the place, it could do a lot more business, its a little funky and two theaters in town are closing because Century is opening a multi-Sumner.

let's meet next year.

By: nonattender

nonattender — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:59:20 +0000

Regarding the comment above re apple & venue localized upselling of digital content, the way to do that is wirelessly. How long until we see the wireless ipod (wipod) – then how long before we see wireless distribution methods in venues such as theatres or stadiums? (What, if anything, is Mr. Divinia up to these days?)

By: KPXLTD

KPXLTD — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:51:20 +0000

Any ideas on a marketing between the Soundtrack and the movie at the time of purchase? In sales add-ons are everything, so obviously a two-pack of digital content might market better and boost sales. Do you think Apple would use this to get the package cost up to that of the “premuim pricing” that would be in place at local retailers? I think it would be a smart move, charge $19.99 and throw in the digital downloads of the songs from the soundtracks … it’d entice me even more to shop for my movies digitally before heading to my local Best Buy. Perhaps, the only enticing method for me to endure the long download times?

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By: vacuum

vacuum — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:46:56 +0000

With my current connection it would take about half a day to download a mpeg4 high definition movie. This is hindering my strategy to live in bed.

By: Mark Holly

Mark Holly — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:38:19 +0000

In the unlikely that Mr. Cuban or someone from his organization actually reads this I would like to know where one can send scripts and treatments for both movies and cable to Mr Cubans production companies? He’s such and innovator I would like to think that he’s one of those people that might actually realize that some of us out here have talent and might be coming up with profitable ideas and storylines. The conventional entertainment industry sure doesn’t want to hear from us. How about it Mr. Cuban? Want to be as innovative here as you have been with everything else?

By: Mike Schrengohst

Mike Schrengohst — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:57:03 +0000

And the real battle has only begun! Verizon is pumping fiber through the neighborhoods as fast as possible..I have a 15Mb FIOS and an 8 Mb cable connection…I pump files up and down the net all day and this is where the real battle ground will be. Just like the electric company controls your life in that regard the next verizon oooopppps I mean horizon will be who can deliver that magic signal in the best way with the most goodies……

By: Biz

Biz — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:52:16 +0000

Have anyone seen new answer of Microsoft on iPod? It’s full copy of iPod! Even design. If I was chief manager I killed their designers

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By: 11nong

11nong — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:42:40 +0000

The MediaSmart TV is a classic example of a concept that would SEEM to have widespread appeal but will only excite early adopters. It’ll be gone in a year or two and “convergence” will still rank right up there with the Holy Grail as virtually unattainable symbols of nirvana.

What I find interesting about iTV is that it is basically the hardware platform I had conceptualized. Add peer2peer software for delivering movies and its my concept in a nutsack. Offering high-quality videos with great compression is a formula for wide-spread video piracy and Apple’s DRM has more holes in it than a hooker convention. So how does Apple deal with that issue? Turn iTunes into a closed system P2P video delivery system. All Apple has to do is find a way to prevent the TRANSFER of video files from user to user. I see content being able to be transferred freely amongst a user’s own group of devices but I’m thinking that transferring video BETWEEN users will be next to impossible. Apple can afford the bandwidth to deliver direct to every user but P2P is “sexy” and will provide a massive ROI in the shape of severely reduced bandwidth costs.

So that’s MY prediction… Apple is transitioning from a computer company to a content distribution company via it’s own proprietary closed system (iTunes up until this point has been primarily a vehicle to sell hardware, Apple makes very little profit from its iTunes Store). The coolness factor and ease of use alone will allow Apple to pull off what no other company has the cachet to do. The dream of millions of titles of video-on-demand is only a couple of years away and Apple is laying the groundwork. Pretty good pricing, ease of use, cool devices… the only thing missing now is a fully fleshed out distribution system. Up until now, iTunes has only been the frosting on Apple’s hardware cake… pretty soon, it will be the whole enchilada.