Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Why the Philips thing is actualy a GOOD idea...
Why the Philips thing is actualy a GOOD idea...
by bevnorman - 4/21/06 7:40 AMBelieve it or not, I have a positive spin on this...
Right now through the cable company you pay arount $5 for a pay-per-view title. If the cable company were to offer those titles to me for free on the condition that I couldn't fast-forward inserted commercials or change channels during the movie, I would absolutely accept those conditions.
I.e. from Philips statement, it sounds like they're talking about opening for free something that was previously charged for, rather than restricting currently free viewing.
If I can watch premium pay-per-view content in an ad supported format, why not? If the "ad watch freezing" is the only way advertisers would be willing to pay for me to watch it for free, I say lock me in baby.
YEah
by lmarshfields - 4/21/06 10:40 AM In reply to: Why the Philips thing is actualy a GOOD idea... by bevnormanwell i dont think phillips is bad doing this
the media probably gave them a lot of $$$$$$$ to do this
but i dont think they will ever incorparate it into their products.
I just like commercials
by archaeo1 - 4/21/06 11:01 AM In reply to: Why the Philips thing is actualy a GOOD idea... by bevnormanI enjoy commercials. I don't watch many of them, but it's the perfect time to grab a drink, go to the bathroom, let the dog out, or do anything. I have a DVR, and I can pause live TV, but I always end up forgetting that pause button is there, so I use the commercials, plus.. I'd have to sit through them if my pause wasn't long enough.
Not change channel?
by acedtect
- 4/21/06 11:17 AM
In reply to: Why the Philips thing is actualy a GOOD idea... by bevnorman
Fast forwarding in this situation I understand. But why prevent me from chaging the channel? That I can't relinquish control of. If I decide I don't want to watch the movie anymore I get to change the channel. That's just wrong. The fast forwarding is more understandable if you agree going in.
Frequent channel changers
by archaeo1 - 4/21/06 11:53 AM In reply to: Not change channel? by acedtect
It'd be nice to block someone like my brother who flips through about 20 channels in 10 seconds. "Nothing is on!"
.. we have about 300 channels. PICK ONE!
If this does come to fruition ..
by barret55 - 4/21/06 12:05 PM In reply to: Not change channel? by acedtect
.. I guess you could always turn off the device and turn it back on to restore control to your remote. Granted, that would be a VERY sucky way to do it.
Of course, Philips may have already thought about that, and would include batteries in their devices so that if you unplugged it, it would just run on battery power ..
Yikes.
-Terry
say you do wand to stop watching a movie...
by mobilegeek05 - 4/21/06 1:05 PM In reply to: Not change channel? by acedtect
One would assume that if you can control fastfowarding, there would be a fastfoward button. If theres a fast foward button there would be a stop button. I would assume that if you didnt want to watch the movie anymore, you could press stop, and then you could then change channels.
You could also assume
by acedtect - 4/21/06 7:35 PM
In reply to: say you do wand to stop watching a movie... by mobilegeek05
You could also assume that the stop button might be disabled as well.
hmm... true
by mobilegeek05 - 4/22/06 2:13 AM In reply to: You could also assume by acedtect
also, if i came across as crass in the previous post i apologize. it was unintentional.
Even Better Spin
by moandjoe - 4/21/06 3:19 PM In reply to: Why the Philips thing is actualy a GOOD idea... by bevnormanHow about this. Phillips sell the tech to EVERYONE !!! The TV stations give you 5 minutes at the start of the show to decide if you like it, and then you get locked in. To stop you pulling he plug the sets have a backup batery, so you have to view it baby ...
Anyway, Angry with Broadcasters and TV set manufacturers people flock to the net and discover independent and witty podcasters and video podcasts with intersting Tech news and dump the TV sets into the nearest landfill and invest in TV sets, purchase shows over the net - Ad free. Learn to programme and write a community OS that is just perfect, The whole world is freed from the tyrany of being content consumers and becomes a world of content creators, Ushers in a whole new era of world peace, Colonisatation of the universe and the ultimate advancement of the human race.
I like this version better simply because its far more probable than philips only using such Technology for our benefit. I know philips only exist to make he world a better place, but somehow I dont think that their idea of a better place and mine are the same.
Arggh Typo ...
by moandjoe - 4/21/06 3:24 PM In reply to: Even Better Spin by moandjoeNO !!!! they dont invest in TV sets, The invest in PC SCREENS AND HARDWARE INSTEAD.
Otherwise I stand by my views, which are just my views, unless you share them and then they are our views, but since I cant tell if you share them, I cant call them our views, so I am forced to call them my views. .. ok
right
ROFL
by Redhats Q - 4/21/06 4:26 PM In reply to: Even Better Spin by moandjoeSo funny, I wish you had submitted this in audio.
I would love to hear how this would flow with the expressiveness missing when I read Text
On Phillips
by Confidential Sage - 4/21/06 7:22 PM In reply to: Why the Philips thing is actualy a GOOD idea... by bevnormanPhillips has patented the technology. Think of what a public relations coup they could do with it, like promising never to put it into production! Personally, I pay good money for my TV's and for my computers. I certainly do not want some company putting out a product that would restrict my ability to use that product and limit my options. That is why I build all of my computers myself. I do not want to be put in the position of having to buy 'proprietary parts' to repair or upgrade. With TV the way it is, after having seen the commercial once or twice, I want to be able to fast forward through it or even change the channel so that I can see something that I am interested in. If the Phillips company ever produces such a limiting device, I for one will never buy it even if it means that I never watch TV again.
Perfectly Reasonable
by DROrr - 4/22/06 12:43 AM In reply to: Why the Philips thing is actualy a GOOD idea... by bevnormanIt seems that Phillips has come up with a very reasonable solution.
Look, as much as we all hate commercials, we must agree that it takes money to make the shows we love. I imagine in the future you would be given an option, you can pay a certain amount to watch a show with no commercials or you watch the show for free and watch commercials.
If you chose the later of these options than it is critical that an enforcement mechanism be put in place to assure that you’re not cheating.
It seems that as with so many issues we discuss Molly and the others on the show have a bias towards not allowing the content providers any control over the content they produce. I on the other hand believe that the market will sort these issues out. If you don’t like DRM, don’t purchase music. If you don’t like the commercials, pay to watch the shows commercial free.
Juan
Well, for that, yea
by JoshHendo - 4/22/06 4:27 AM In reply to: Why the Philips thing is actualy a GOOD idea... by bevnormanFor a full on movie that you would normally pay for, though for just normal TV shows, well, that wouldn't be good.
I live in Australia and still have a analog TV (what? it workes fine). I can't fast forward through ads there, so the fast-forwarding thing im not conserned about, though the not changing channel, well, as V said, it is basicall your RIGHT to change the channel.
-Josh
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