Comments on: Blockbuster working on TV set-top box http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/10/blockbuster-working-on-tv-set-top-box/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:24:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Safran http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/10/blockbuster-working-on-tv-set-top-box/#comment-867481 Safran Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:46:07 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/10/blockbuster-working-on-tv-set-top-box/#comment-867481 Do not want. Do not want.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/10/blockbuster-working-on-tv-set-top-box/#comment-866432 Aaron Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:54:47 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/10/blockbuster-working-on-tv-set-top-box/#comment-866432 Take 2: Click my name for Joel Johnson's excellent take on BB Gadgets. "I never want to touch a piece of proprietary hardware to access content again. There's no need! We'll be able to stream HD content soon enough; in the interim, even these browser-based solutions could pre-fetch and cache it. The only reason companies like Blockbuster and Vudu want dedicated hardware is because it locks you into their service. They're recreating the Blu-ray/HD DVD format war for streaming digital media. How silly is that?" Take 2: Click my name for Joel Johnson’s excellent take on BB Gadgets.

“I never want to touch a piece of proprietary hardware to access content again. There’s no need! We’ll be able to stream HD content soon enough; in the interim, even these browser-based solutions could pre-fetch and cache it. The only reason companies like Blockbuster and Vudu want dedicated hardware is because it locks you into their service. They’re recreating the Blu-ray/HD DVD format war for streaming digital media. How silly is that?”

]]> By: Aaron http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/10/blockbuster-working-on-tv-set-top-box/#comment-866415 Aaron Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:45:48 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/10/blockbuster-working-on-tv-set-top-box/#comment-866415 Hahahahaha... too little too late for that strategy, I'm afraid. Unless they're planning to give away the box for free, how in the world will they compete with the value-adds you get with an XBox 360, PS3, or TiVo? Blockbuster's only hope is to price the box as close to $0 as possible... otherwise there's nothing they can do to convince consumers to buy yet another STB. Hahahahaha… too little too late for that strategy, I’m afraid. Unless they’re planning to give away the box for free, how in the world will they compete with the value-adds you get with an XBox 360, PS3, or TiVo?

Blockbuster’s only hope is to price the box as close to $0 as possible… otherwise there’s nothing they can do to convince consumers to buy yet another STB.

]]> By: Rob Bingham http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/10/blockbuster-working-on-tv-set-top-box/#comment-866399 Rob Bingham Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:36:49 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/04/10/blockbuster-working-on-tv-set-top-box/#comment-866399 Sigh... I have to agree with Phil Swann at tv Predictions, who has said on several occasions that people are tired (don't have room for) of set top boxes. Why does Blockbuster think they do can pull off what Apple, Tivo, Xbox and Netflix have failed to do? There is no outcry from the public for another box on the entertainment center. Sigh… I have to agree with Phil Swann at tv Predictions, who has said on several occasions that people are tired (don’t have room for) of set top boxes. Why does Blockbuster think they do can pull off what Apple, Tivo, Xbox and Netflix have failed to do? There is no outcry from the public for another box on the entertainment center.

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