http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/ Engadget Comments for OnLive offering one year free membership to pre-registrants http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
Thanks Michael M.? I sent in this tip 2 days ago...]]>May 31st 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/You should put your money where your mouth is :) I dare you.

I'm betting google will buy up this service.]]>May 31st 2010 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/Weird, after the beta, I came off with the opposite opinion: It's just bad. The pricing scheme they seemed to be grooming is awful, the lag is just enough to make any fast-paced game annoying, and the picture quality, while bearable, was fuzzy when things got moving and full of compression artifacts when looking at smooth gradients. I was not impressed.]]>May 31st 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
but for me, alienware beat them to it :)

unfortunately, your ISP's could either be the saviours or the death of this service. a great idea, but trusting your entire business to internet service providers isn't always a great idea, especially considering there isn't an off line mode for onlive.]]>May 31st 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
I sure do hope they don't fail, because the concept of Onlive is genius.]]>May 31st 2010 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
Sorry! The OnLive Pre-Registration Offer is now closed.

Please come back on June 17th, when OnLive will be taking sign-ups for our service in the continental US! We hope to see you then.

Keep up to date with OnLive via our blog. Or get the real time play-by-play on Facebook, Twitter or our YouTube channel.

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any credit card or should be USA one?]]>May 31st 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/Controls will still be an issue (roll on better Android Bluetooth support)
]]>May 31st 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
I pre-registered within the first weak of the pre-registration being opened. I hope this offer applies to me. If it doesn't, it's a terrible way to treat their fanboys.]]>May 31st 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
Gamers would be able to meet up, with their tablets, to play against each other. Would kinda make "personal" computing "social" computing.]]>May 31st 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/I got my code yesterday and noticed it did say a duo core is recommended or required I forget exactly which of the two. Did anybody else notice that? My internet connection is more then sufficient for this.

I don't know why everyone is bashing this, its not like the tech is impossible. Google is talking about gigabit connections soon, networks are getting stronger and stronger, I agree this is something that a Google might buy in the future
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Transcoding a HD compressed video stream takes a fair bit of processing that is probably the reason for the dual core requirement.]]>May 31st 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
Is it because you're paying an ongoing fee for access? Paying for games but never actually own them? Or because you've read something about lag or performance issues?

This technology is a huge breakthrough in streaming content. Otoy (http://otoy.com) is another I'm watching for. I've paid for streaming services like Netflix, Mog, and Rhapsody and I would gladly pay for a streaming service like OnLive if it means I don't have to install anything on my computer and I can access it anywhere. I'm not even a gamer.]]>May 31st 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
Which then will only lead to greater success in video teleconferencing, video streaming and who knows what else out there.

I'm one for owning, but you know what I pre-registered for the simple fact I want to see this succeed.]]>May 31st 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
B) the business model, I don't pay for Netflix and then rent movies at some other cost.

C) ISPs/GameStop/Possibly even developers will kill it fast if it gets even remotely popular. ]]>May 31st 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/A) That's a good reason they should open it up and get going. It may fail in terms of technology, but they'll continue to improve it, especially if they have paying customers. This happens all the time with Beta releases.
B) I wouldn't pay a rental fee per movie either, but I'd pay for a game. It's hard to say a business model is going to fail when the product is a first of its kind. People pay for things they want, period. This service looks great and if they deliver a good experience, it's worth it in my opinion. I'm sure I'm not alone.
C) I agree, I'm sure some companies are scared of what OnLive could do to their business but it's just like any other industry, you have to give consumers what they want. If consumers love OnLive and these companies manage to "kill" them, the concept will still win in the end. Look at what Otoy is doing (http://otoy.com). Same type of technology but they're going even farther and trying to build it into a platform, and not just a service.

The concept will win for sure. I just got my invite an hour ago and joined OnLive so I guess we'll see what happens.]]>May 31st 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
Xanadeath]]>May 31st 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
The service worked fine for me though. I thought the resolution was a little lower I would have preferred and the cursor felt a bit "floaty" every now and then, but I had no major complaints.]]>May 31st 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/May 31st 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/Jun 1st 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/Jun 1st 2010 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/onlive-offering-one-year-free-membership-to-pre-registrants/
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