TV on teh intertubes

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:34 pm

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8985

Short version:
NBC to have free time limited TV downloads with ads

Your choices:
free TV downloads with ads that expire in a week (NBC)
free streaming with ads (ABC, Comedy Central, SciFi?)
iTunes ($2/ep, more per season?)
Amazon Unbox (as much as $5/ep)
Netflix streaming (requires monthly subscription)

It's sad how little Mac support there is in all of this. Did I miss any?

Anyway, which have you used, and which do you intend to use again? I use the iTunes and streaming, and wish I could use Netflix. I will go back to iTunes for classic eps I want to see repeatedly (Invader Zim!), and I will stream stuff I missed the original air date on.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:10 pm

i use newgroups that encode in divx, so any shows I actually care to watch are available in semi-decent hdtv ~300-700 mb/30min.

Im lazy/poor like that

George · Post by **George** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:38 pm

NNTP FTW

Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:06 pm

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=9002

ABC to offer downloads in addition to streaming. I think. It sounds like the downloads aren't DRMed but do have ads? That's probably wishful thinking.

Vyrosama · Post by **Vyrosama** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:12 pm

In the past I've watched Heroes (new season starts next week!

) streamed from NBC since I was too lazy to torrent it and I don't get any tv reception where I live. They were pretty good with adding new eps each week (usually one day after it aired on TV).

The quality is bearable but the only nuisance was that the gamma is way too dark and they used some sorta of flash movie player gui that had no gamma controls. Also at that time I guess they didn't have enough sponsorship (or poor coding) so they'd loop the SAME freaking Ad everytime.

(I can almost recite the fantastic four:rise of the surfer trailer in verbatim

)

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:20 pm

lets hear it!

George · Post by **George** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:42 am

Unfortunately, I got used to watching stuff like Heroes in HD. And this year, my graphics card can actually play HD without stuttering so it should be even better.