On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]>wrote:
> XBMC was good when XBOX first generation were moddable.. today its like > most OSS ... it eventually ends up in the boredom graveyard filled with > promises and slow releases... > I think you've just described every OSS everything. > Plex Media Server spanks XBMC now.. and it will be my favourite until > eventually another rises to beat its dominance...and then i to will favour > this.. > Yeah you're right about XBMC v1 ... it was revolutionary at the time. I am unsure how much (conceptually) it has moved on. At the end of the day I have a decreasing tolerance for dealing with other people's UX bullshit and cognitive dissonance when I just want to watch some fricking video. My wife doesn't know what a codec is and most certainly doesn't give a shit why there is an error relating to one on her TV. As far as 'the future' goes ChromeCast has the model right - basic rendering and not in the way of your relationship with your content provider and weapon of choice. The largest screen in the house has been reduced to being a rendering surface for a $35 dongle (I'll leave it to you to argue about who is the first, second or third screen). The value will always be with the content provider and curation - which is more of what I pay an outrageous sum to Foxtel each month for, than shitty over-compressed 1080i video. David.
