Sunday, March 18, 2007

Why are we living in the past?

With the advent of the Xbox 360 and its wonderful media streaming capabilities why are we so limited. One would think that they would want us to consume as much media as possible for advertisement purposes. Yet we are still confined to there Xbox live market place. Not to totally bash the M$ because I've heard good things about the up coming IP-TV but maybe its not all there fault. These big media giants should open up the way they let media be consumed. Internet television should be free and subsidized by advertisement as it is on traditional TV. I don't want to pay for an episode of something I can watch on my TV for free and record via DVR. Of course I realize that if you want a season of something you should pay because you are getting extra's and the satisfaction of watching your shows uninterrupted. It's a shame that the more money they make of media we as the consumer are provided with more restrictions an less options.

Company Mashups

Why can't M$ team up with a company like Netflix to get content to our 360's. Netflix recently introduced a streaming movie service which I believe is still in beta. So with that being said why can't we pay a fixed price of say $19.99 and stream as much media as we like. I know this is a pipe dream but Netflix sends you and unlimited number of dvd's for the same thing. So lets cut out the middle man and use the internet for what its worth. Just a thought.

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