OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

[Thomas Charron]

On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/22/07, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   But by me not purchasing DirecTV, I'm ALSO affecting the Discovery
> > Channel.  And our explosively minded friends.
> http://shopping.discovery.com/stores/servlet/Jumpzone?di=40588004&ci=26&ti=9028513
>   Cut out the middle-man.  They get more of the money, and have a more
> direct indicator as to what shows people are paying for.  My hope is,
> with luck, TV will eventually end up in that style of market anyway.
> I'm just getting ahead of the curve.  ;-)

  It is a good point.  If it was available on demand, I might consider it.

> > Would I LIKE to be able to have a party at my house and invite 30
> > of my friends to watch the movie I just recorded in HDTV off of
> > ShowTime?
>   The problem is, I cannot even watch it by myself.  Regardless of the
> legality of me not being able to watch it, I'm not going to pay to not
> be able to watch it.

  But how can they allow you do watch it whenever you want, and
disallow someone to distribute it for free without paying ANYTHING for
it?  You can't say a TV show can charge for support..

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-- Thomas