Love the reference to Nigel Tufnel....."What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?.....Eleven. Exactly. One louder."
While I do not trust the gov't spending $10B of bonds any more than a coke fiend with my stash, I do think the concept is a very good idea for CA. Yes, it would be nice to take a train from SF to LA, but this will be a much bigger benefit for residents of the central valley or those who want to travel there. People who live in Stockton, Merced, Bakersfield, etc. have little option but to drive...it is ridiculously expensive to fly out of these cities. As the population of the central valley grows, this will be a great alternative to driving. Also, while borrowing the cash is not great as it will employ local citizens, there are good side benefits.
For 2 bills, I think it is not bad...must see the UI first before even considering ditching XBMC. And even then, probably not w/o improved vid quality and hdmi.
What a joke? So you want them to hand their content to you on platter? Quit whining. Everything (esp. in capitalism) comes with strings and you have other options as many has posted.
Hopefully, all content providers decentralize the distribution to other outlets (incl. amazon, xbox, appl, etc.)...which hopefully would turn digital content into more of a commodity. Apple has done a good job corralling users into iTunes....decisions by Universal and NBC definitely erode Apple's hegemony (as well as NBC and Universal's reach, unclear of the fiscal impact), but I have yet to see a good alternative. In fact, I find iTunes' content format terribly limiting (esp. for videos) unless you are all Apple....hopefully, there will be more options for content playback/management by consumer. Or at least have more devices use FairPlay (Apple's handcuff between content and hardware).
It is humourus that people seem to believe Apple is some sort of white knight here...they are looking out for their shareholders just like NBC (the quality of those decisions is alwasy suspect). They are both good and evil in their own wonderful ways. I don't blame a corp for trying to make more money (although $4+/episode is extreme, but I feel $1.99 is as well for TV). Apple is in an interesting position due to the fact that making profit from iTunes is second to selling more hardware and increasing their reach into households (i.e., their ecosystem)....this fact (as well as lack of insight into the fees paid to the networks) makes any sort of cost analysis pretty hard.
This topic is lame...both pc and mac will do what the user is asking for. They are both hammers and pound nails just fine...esp. when most of people's work involves a browser and office apps.
This debate is tired and as you can see from many of the comments quickly degrades into drivel.
I don't understand why one would want osx? If you want it, why not just buy a mac mini? I don't want a pc attached to my tv....that is what my laptop is for.
If it had basically the same features as xmbc and did not force itunes, I would be all over it. The "big boys" (msft and appl) both like to cripple these devices...open it up.
"I have a MacBook Pro and an Xbox 360 and I would like to get a 20- to 24-inch display that will support both devices. The speakers should be inbuilt, or there should be an aux out on the display to hook up external speakers. Help! Please!"
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