Comments on: Disney calls Net TV effort a success

Experiment shows that millions will happily watch shows like "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" on PC screens.

[jmdecombe]

Even Better Hooked To The HDTV

I have an HDTV and downloading shows from iTunes and
hooking up the MacBook Pro to the TV is way better and more
comfortable than watching them on the computer screen. And
the quality is really good enough. Now imagine a MacMini to
download the shows, always there by the TV... A no brainer. I am
sure that higher quality will soon be available for download as
well, just like Apple Lossless CD tracks encoding are making an
appearance for download.

I killed my cable subscription a long time ago, and I don't need a
tuner either. TV, as we have known it, is slowly dying. The only
thing it still has to offer, maybe, is the shared experience of
watching a show with the rest of the world, and maybe talk
about it face to face afterwards.

[SeizeCTRL]

What are you smoking?

Even watching iTune shows on my iPod or in iTunes / QuickTime, the shows are filled with artifacts. They are heavily compressed and it shows even on the iPod's tiny screen, so watching the Aquaman pilot on a 42" or higher HDTV would be extremely painful to watch.

[disco-legend-zeke]

Neutral Internet Delivery Will Bypass Cable $tranglehold on Content Owners.

Cox Cable wants $920 a year for HDTV. You can download 1080i TV programming today. Well you can START your download today and watch it tommorrow, or the next day.... An hour program is 50 Gigs, but so what? it's not like you have to sit there turning a little crank or something.

It's kinda like waiting for the next NETFLIX disc in the mail.

And a full 720 X 480 DVD .ISO image is only 4 Gigs or so.

Bit Torrent, and AVALANCHE promise to make things even faster.

Disney is one of the smartest companies out there. I think they have a good head start on the other content providers.