I wish I could get some of this stuff integrated into Windows Media Center. Right now, their "Internet TV" app would be worthwhile if it had content like this.
Sorry to be spammy, but I wanted to share a video I shot of the new Channel Store and interface in action for those that don't have the software update (or even a box) yet: [www.zatznotfunny.com]
@Noobs-R-Us: Except that Google has to pay for the bandwidth for people using YouTube. The companies that are violating the TOS are essentially shafting Google. I don't really see a company trying to stop loss of money with no returns as evil.
@Rogue Justice: Here's where some of you are wrong. Google needed these companies to help make Youtube popular. Now that they've gotten the traction they need, they want to dump those who helped them instead of trying to work something out. Yes, that's very not evil of Google.
@Noobs-R-Us: I understand where you are coming from, but the analogy I'm gonna use is this: What if you own a house and your neighbor starts watering your lawn for you, without asking. You're happy at first and grateful to your neighbor. Then you realize that your neighbor is over-watering your lawn and killing it. Since, technically, your neighbor should never have started watering your lawn, you make them stop. Google basically thought that it was helping them, but have realized that it is now hurting them, so they want it to stop.
I can understand Goog's reasoning. It is a costly operation and I think we take it for granted. Placing ads in videos has helped ease the burden. Youtube is a business and shouldn't have to tip toe around the issue of other companies making money by playing videos on their devices. It would make sense from Google's point of view to work with these manufactures for some method of placing the ads in their devices. Obviously there is the issue of not being able to click through, but I'm sure Google can come up with a solution.
I would hate not having the youtubes. Where else can I see fat kids get kicked in the nuts. Might as well let Google follow it's business model of supplying free, ad supported, internet based services. What ever keeps stupid people hurting themselves on video.
@thechansen: Google knew that it was a costly operation before they bought it. YouTube was about to shut down if it weren't for Google because of how much it cost to run the site. What did they think was going to change afterwards?
@N@tedog: I agree. YouTube on any new HDTV is like cloning a mammoth. It might be techincally feasible, but is shouldn't be done. Why not just hook your VCR up while you're at it?
So, is it safe to assume that the AppleTV (wassat??) and the iPod touch will still be able to freely access Youtube? I can't imagine they'd be shut out, but given their recent friction, I can't rule it out.
@Kaiser-Machead: i don't get why you would think they'd be any different. i doubt it will leave ipod touch cause that's an app developed under google, appletv however should be eff'd.
@Azures: Apple has a great deal more pull than a lot of those other hardware vendors out there, namely the likes of the purveyors of Popcorn Hour. Apple made a big deal about its addition to the ATV, and I doubt very much that they'd let it simply disappear. Not to say that there's no possible way that Google would take it away, but I don't believe it would be as easy to do it to Apple.
It is exciting this is finally out, but what I am curious about is why it took so long? Clearly this was not a rocket-science situation, both platforms should have had Netflix ages before it was released. So, what happened? Was it to get Microsoft to pay for the exclusivity of forcing PS3 owners to put a disc in the drive? (Wow, that was worth the price, Ballmer - putting discs in drives is almost as exhausting as shaking a fruit juice bottle.) Does Netflix just not have coders available? Or maybe Sony is paying for this program somehow?
Sorry, just my usual Friday afternoon round of confusion. #netflixps3
@irfan: Oh, open season is great - I would love a version of Netflix streaming for my Amiga 3000. 4096 colors is cutting edge technology and I so miss the Guru Meditation errors.
Uh oh, I am showing my age again. I'll shut up now. #netflixps3
@ajs237: I don't know if you're referring to the anime selection or the video selection as a whole.
I can't say I've watched any anime on Netflix streaming, but there are plenty of good non-anime titles on there. If all you watch is anime, I'd have to wonder why you are trying to mock people for their taste. #netflixps3
@WickedEast1: Bullshit. The amount of anime that reaches the US is infinitesimal compared to the amount that is actually released. There are gargantuan amounts of crap anime out there. There is some great anime, too. But your comment reeks of Japanophilia. #netflixps3
How many 360 owners whose consoles are connected to the internet don't have Live gold? It doesn't really cost anything if you're actually using your console at all. #netflixps3
@MarcusMaximus: I used this exact same excuse to get my wife to agree to me buying a Ferrari - I promised I would drive it every day so it really wouldn't cost anything. For some reason, she didn't buy it. Weird. #netflixps3
@ASchwarzenegger: Eh, more like saying, "Since I'm driving to work anyway, it doesn't cost me extra to listen to the car radio". As opposed to sitting in the driveway with the engine idling listening to the radio. #netflixps3
@TwoLaneBlackTop: Your analogy makes perfect sense since everyone who owns a car will be purchasing petrol to drive it. However, not everyone who buys a 360 purchases the online services. That is where the dichotomy begins.
@Noobs-R-Us: I mean, yeah, I understand what you mean, I agree with the impending return to torrents for many, but are studios really 'stupid' when they try to maintain a business model? Who's going to finance programs like BSG, Heroes, Lost, or 30 Rock if no one makes any money?
Best of luck getting quality programming (if no one watches advertising or downloads via rapidshare), viewing audiences. #paidhulu
@pixelpushing: You should know by now that they ARE being paid. What do you think happens when they interrupt your Hulu show with commercials? Do you think those ADs are being given away for free? #paidhulu
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I would hate not having the youtubes. Where else can I see fat kids get kicked in the nuts. Might as well let Google follow it's business model of supplying free, ad supported, internet based services. What ever keeps stupid people hurting themselves on video.
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Instead of shutting down the boxes completely, how about re-working the API so it can serve the in-line ads along with the content?
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WE'RE TAKING OVER!
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What's so slick about any of that? #netflixps3
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Five bucks says you don't own an xbox anyway, so getting rid of it is pretty simple huh? #netflixps3
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Sorry, just my usual Friday afternoon round of confusion. #netflixps3
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Uh oh, I am showing my age again. I'll shut up now. #netflixps3
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I can't say I've watched any anime on Netflix streaming, but there are plenty of good non-anime titles on there. If all you watch is anime, I'd have to wonder why you are trying to mock people for their taste. #netflixps3
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That's like saying gas doesn't cost anything because I use it in my car. All the time!!
It still costs money, just because you don't see it come out every month, you still pay for that subscription albeit yearly. #netflixps3
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I am sticking to my analogy damnit!!! :p #netflixps3
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It won't. People will go back to stealing. Best of luck stupid studio executives.
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Best of luck getting quality programming (if no one watches advertising or downloads via rapidshare), viewing audiences. #paidhulu
10/24/09
You can't have everything.
That's why it's going to be ADDED, so if you pay you get HD, live shows, more movies etc...
Which would be fine to me as long as it's <$10 #paidhulu
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Please explain that to me.
If you're such a genius then go out there and make a website rivaling Hulu that shows TV & Movies sans-advertising.
Do you even notice all the advertising on Gizmodo?
Grow up, welcome to the real world.
You can't go against something while expecting more from who you're rivaling. #paidhulu