Comments on: Ask John: Is the Industry Satisfied with American Online Viewership? http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/08/27/ask-john-is-the-industry-satisfied-with-american-online-viewership/ Anime News & More! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:26 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: PockyBox.com http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/08/27/ask-john-is-the-industry-satisfied-with-american-online-viewership/comment-page-1/#comment-797 PockyBox.com Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:50:52 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=13355#comment-797 I think a lot of people like myself are stuck in a vintage collectors' mode where we consider our DVDs trophies and testiments to our dedication to our passion. My friends and I have a rules that states the numbers in our collection only count if the DVD is a legitimate US release. No bootlegs or downloads apply. Frankly, I doubt I'll change. If I'm going to pay for something, I'd like a physical object in return. It's an age-old trade system, and I think it works, but times are changing, and media seems to be moving in this direction. I agree with Bob (the Viking?) in that the development of home theater-style digital file viewing is lacking. There's something a lot more comfortable about sitting back in a home theater over being hunch over a computer monitor. You can hook up a computer to a TV with fair ease nowadays, but that process is usually clunky and exspensive if you want a system for just that. An affordable digital video/audio/picture player for your TV that can receive files via USB or Internet is a good idea. XBox 360 and Playstation 3 are already on the forefront of this, so mainstream stand-alone units shouldn't be too far behind. I think a lot of people like myself are stuck in a vintage collectors’ mode where we consider our DVDs trophies and testiments to our dedication to our passion. My friends and I have a rules that states the numbers in our collection only count if the DVD is a legitimate US release. No bootlegs or downloads apply.

Frankly, I doubt I’ll change. If I’m going to pay for something, I’d like a physical object in return. It’s an age-old trade system, and I think it works, but times are changing, and media seems to be moving in this direction.

I agree with Bob (the Viking?) in that the development of home theater-style digital file viewing is lacking. There’s something a lot more comfortable about sitting back in a home theater over being hunch over a computer monitor. You can hook up a computer to a TV with fair ease nowadays, but that process is usually clunky and exspensive if you want a system for just that. An affordable digital video/audio/picture player for your TV that can receive files via USB or Internet is a good idea. XBox 360 and Playstation 3 are already on the forefront of this, so mainstream stand-alone units shouldn’t be too far behind.

]]> By: Bob http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/08/27/ask-john-is-the-industry-satisfied-with-american-online-viewership/comment-page-1/#comment-771 Bob Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:49:31 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=13355#comment-771 "technology to transfer online video to the television set hasn’t become affordable and widespread" ^^^ I think breaking this barrier would be the key to making online distribution of video mainstream, but I don't think I've ever heard of anyone making strides in this direction... Like an iPod that could hook directly to your TV or something like that. Does anything like that even exist or in development? “technology to transfer online video to the television set hasn’t become affordable and widespread”

^^^ I think breaking this barrier would be the key to making online distribution of video mainstream, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone making strides in this direction… Like an iPod that could hook directly to your TV or something like that. Does anything like that even exist or in development?

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