Posted by Invid Fan on 11/15/20 11:31

In article <0Ddcf.62840$5u4.700809@wagner.videotron.net>, NRen2k5
<napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote:

> FatKat wrote:
> > FunkyDevil wrote:
> >>I don't believe people hunger for $2 downloads of TV shows they watch
> >>for free on TV.
> >
> > It's not that they're paying to watch - they're paying for the right to
> > keep it so they can watch it whenver they want. It sounds to me no
> > different than people paying for albums containing songs they could
> > listen for free on the radio, or buying movies on VHS that were
> > available on cable.
>
> It's very different. An album will play on any turntable; a VHS on any VCR.
> An I-Tunes video will only play on an I-Pod (and 5 computers that MUST
> have I-Tunes software installed).
>
I think most people will view the videos on their computer and not an
iPod. I haven't bought any videos from their store, but am thinking
about importing what video files I have floating around into iTunes as
it's a good way to organize them.

> And in two or three years when their I-Pod's are dying and their I-Tunes
> videos are useless,

I've yet to have any audio or video files be useless, as some software
can always play them. iTunes is free, and I can't see some version of
it not being avalible for the next few years.

> these people will wish they had bought actual DVD's.
>
They will have gotten 2-3 years use out of the videos. These downloads
are for those who just want to watch a couple episodes, not whole
seasons. If all you want is the 2 hour pilot of LOST, why buy the dvd
set?

> Not only that, but DVD's have 4× the quality of I-Tunes video, and most
> TV shows would be cheaper to get on DVD than I-Tunes!
>
Unless you don't want every episode. Or you want to wait for HD-DVDs :)

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total shit. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

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