http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/ Holding on to the things Mike Oliver will forget since 2003. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-877 luke Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:50:27 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-877 I'll be interested to see what standard screen size and compression rate the folks at Apple use. If it's anything like what they've done with their television episodes, the loss when transferring to a DVD is substantial. Of course, if the quality is significantly lower, there is something to be said for a lower wholesale price. I’ll be interested to see what standard screen size and compression rate the folks at Apple use. If it’s anything like what they’ve done with their television episodes, the loss when transferring to a DVD is substantial. Of course, if the quality is significantly lower, there is something to be said for a lower wholesale price.

]]> http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-878 Bret Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:31:50 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-878 Go Timberwolves circa 89' - nice color scheme Go Timberwolves circa 89′ - nice color scheme

]]> http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-879 Bret Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:33:41 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-879 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Richardson1_200_8990.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Richardson1_200_8990.jpg

]]> http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-881 Mike Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:05:27 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-881 Point taken, thanks for the illustrative graphic... per <a href="http://mikeoliver.org/2006/08/16/a-change-is-gonna-come/" rel="nofollow">Luke's earlier comment</a> I also got some <a href="http://www.carflag.com/images/sport%20teams%20product's%20pics/NFL/seattle%20Seahawks/seattle%20seahawks%20nfl%20car%20flag.gif" rel="nofollow">Seattle Seahawk's going on</a>. Point taken, thanks for the illustrative graphic… per Luke’s earlier comment I also got some Seattle Seahawk’s going on.

]]> http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-918 The J. Botter Weblog » Apple Readies Movie Downloads | Welcome To The Nerdery Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:54:34 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-918 [...] Once Apple reveals the new widescreen iPod in the coming months, we’re going to hear a lot more about the iTunes Movie Store. After all, that iPod is going to be the hottest product on shelves come this Christmas season, and a digital store for movies that is as easy to use as iTunes is going to make for one hell of a struggling DVD sales season for Walmart. Serves them right, I say; maybe they could stop worrying about making jillions of dollars and offer employees better pay and benefits. BusinessWeek dropped the (long-expected) bomb this morning, and the usual gang is weighing in with thoughts around the blogosphere. « I Get (almost) No Spam [...] […] Once Apple reveals the new widescreen iPod in the coming months, we’re going to hear a lot more about the iTunes Movie Store. After all, that iPod is going to be the hottest product on shelves come this Christmas season, and a digital store for movies that is as easy to use as iTunes is going to make for one hell of a struggling DVD sales season for Walmart. Serves them right, I say; maybe they could stop worrying about making jillions of dollars and offer employees better pay and benefits. BusinessWeek dropped the (long-expected) bomb this morning, and the usual gang is weighing in with thoughts around the blogosphere. « I Get (almost) No Spam […]

]]> http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-4357 {mikeoliver.org} » Blog Archive » Netflix Launches Digital Delivery, Will They Get It Right? Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:12:44 +0000 http://mikeoliver.org/2006/09/01/is-the-time-right-for-digital-delivery-of-movies/#comment-4357 [...] I have written several posts about the interesting space that Netflix filled by building a company to deliver movies through the mails at a time when physical stores were becoming obsolete and digital delivery hadn’t become feasible on a massive scale. In my last Netflix post I noted that: “… Netflix never saw delivery by the mails as a permanent solution to the “watching movies at home and on the go” industry. As I mentioned before, their relatively luddite service was possible because Blockbuster sucked and digital delivery hadn’t (and even with Apple’s entrance, still has not) been perfected. Like Apple, Amazon, Walmart, and a host of other companies, Netflix always planned to offer a digital service when it becomes feasible. [...] […] I have written several posts about the interesting space that Netflix filled by building a company to deliver movies through the mails at a time when physical stores were becoming obsolete and digital delivery hadn’t become feasible on a massive scale. In my last Netflix post I noted that: “… Netflix never saw delivery by the mails as a permanent solution to the “watching movies at home and on the go” industry. As I mentioned before, their relatively luddite service was possible because Blockbuster sucked and digital delivery hadn’t (and even with Apple’s entrance, still has not) been perfected. Like Apple, Amazon, Walmart, and a host of other companies, Netflix always planned to offer a digital service when it becomes feasible. […]

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