Comments on: More On Amazon Unbox + TiVo

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By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:34:43 +0000

TiVo tells me the rental viewing parameters are the same as online: 30 days to watch, once video is started 24 hours until expiry.

By: Schumann

Schumann — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:04:28 +0000

Another mini correction (by my interpretation) …

the video can simultaneously co-exist on two home devices (PCs, TiVos) AND two handhelds.

-ashu

By: Chris Mas

Chris Mas — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:08:24 +0000

To Charles & Dave:
I was reading through the Unbox terms.

And I recall that for a rental you have 24 hours to watch it.

And I believe the 24 hours starts when you actually start watching the movie. Not when you download it.

I could be wrong, but for some reason I clearly remember this from the the other day I read through the terms..

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:04:27 +0000

SD isn’t ideal, but I’ll willing to accept it (for NOW) in exchange for near instant gratification. I also have the Xbox 360 which� offers movie downloads too… many in HD.

Charles: That’s a good question which I’m going to look into.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:41:56 +0000

“Purchased video is stored indefinitely and can be retrieved multiple times”. What about rented movies/shows are those subject to a time limit or a viewing limit (or both)

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:13:51 +0000

Heh, oops, that was me. I was testing commenting from work last night and changed the name I was using. It looks like when I try to comment from work it gets caught in the spam filters – I suppose somehow the IP block we have at work get into the blog spam filters (maybe someone else at work was being a dink).

By: Mr. Testy

Mr. Testy — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:12:12 +0000

Bierboy – And MORE people DO NOT have high-end systems, just basic setups. Which is fine. Even many people with high end systems don’t mind the trade-offs for some convenience – I have a high end system, including a 61″ 1080p DLP and a Series3, and I expect to use this service now and then. Most of the content I watch is still broadcast in SD & stereo anyway.

I haven’t rented a DVD in many years, because I can’t be bothered. But, just as I buy more music now via iTunes than I did on CD, I’ll probably check out more movies just because it is easy. And if they ever offer HD content downloads for the S3, I’ll probably use those. (I expect they will in time.)

Keep in mind that (except for the DVD units) the S2/2DT family can only output stereo audio anyway, perhaps Dolby Pro-Logic at best – no real 5.1/digital sound. Only the DVD units and S3 have digital audio out and real 5.1, and they’re a very small segment of the TiVo user base.

And I think ‘too little, too late’ is laughable considering that the total number of people using download services today is negligible. Right now the market basically does not exist for all intents and purposes, it is a brand new arena. There is a great deal of potential and plenty of time to experiment with the services and find something that gets traction.