So for example a DRM'ed "24" will end up costing close to 50 bucks. Crazy. Why not just get the DVD box with better quality and extras for $40, watch it and sell it on eBay?
Unless they are selling these in almost real time (right after they have been shown on TV), I fail to see *any* point in this. Not even then, actually.
Not that this really matters, as I live in Europe.
Our choices are the following:
* Wait a year or more for the series to start on TV (if they are shown at all)
* Wait even more for the R2 DVD box (or buy R1 DVD if you have a modded player)
* P2P (sadly)
I'd be happy to pay $20-25 for something like a season of 24 in downloadable format IF I could get it immediately after it's shown in the US, IF the quality was decent and IF it wasn't riddled with some ridiculous DRM ("watch once, rewinding not possible and we install some spyware on your computer").
As it is, media companies don't want my money. They want to spend *their* money and resources chasing teenagers who download stuff illegally from the internet, instead of coming up with a decent digital content distribution system.
The technology is already there, but the will isn't.
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huh @ Feb 6th 2007 7:41AM
"TV shows will go for $1.96 an episode."
So for example a DRM'ed "24" will end up costing close to 50 bucks. Crazy. Why not just get the DVD box with better quality and extras for $40, watch it and sell it on eBay?
Unless they are selling these in almost real time (right after they have been shown on TV), I fail to see *any* point in this. Not even then, actually.
Not that this really matters, as I live in Europe.
Our choices are the following:
* Wait a year or more for the series to start on TV (if they are shown at all)
* Wait even more for the R2 DVD box (or buy R1 DVD if you have a modded player)
* P2P (sadly)
I'd be happy to pay $20-25 for something like a season of 24 in downloadable format IF I could get it immediately after it's shown in the US, IF the quality was decent and IF it wasn't riddled with some ridiculous DRM ("watch once, rewinding not possible and we install some spyware on your computer").
As it is, media companies don't want my money. They want to spend *their* money and resources chasing teenagers who download stuff illegally from the internet, instead of coming up with a decent digital content distribution system.
The technology is already there, but the will isn't.