You live in a dream world. I broke my foot in October and spent the month of November watching Hulu on my tv, Qwest turned off my internet connection shortly after. I called and was informed my usage was too high and this was their way of warning me to lower it. They would not say how much I had used, nor give me a definitive usage number, however in talking to two reps I was informed that normal usage was 2 or maybe 3 gigs a month. Let's see...one BR is what? 10 gigs? Oh wait...can you even stream HD? Even SD is 1 gig per hour of watching? I could get one movie and then not check my email that month, not download any podcasts etc etc. Or I could get part one of The Fellowship of the Ring and then watch the second half of Fellowship the following month.
Netflix has offered an alternative to those with good internet connections to renting SD movies. To see netflix as an alternative to BR is not seeing reality. Perhaps in a few years when connections get faster it will be the case, but for now, for those who enjoy movies the answer is a good HD monitor and a BR box. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:30 AM, TJPA <[email protected]> wrote: > BR is yesterday's answer. Look at what NetFlix is doing to see what > replaced it. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:47 AM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well Jobs does make bags of money from selling media as he does...I know > > he's leaving out a lot of people though who know for now, BR is > > a necessary item in any serious entertainment system. Also he was > talking > > about licensing two years ago, BR has taken off, there is no other option > on > > the market anymore. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
