tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624260.post112542076168551101..comments2023-09-16T08:57:22.030-07:00Comments on oogu: ON DEMANDing something betterBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05112909837995062972noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624260.post-1125812037251560352005-09-03T22:33:00.000-07:002005-09-03T22:33:00.000-07:00I don't my password... so I'm publishing a random ...I don't my password... so I'm publishing a random comment just so I can log in and edit my profile. Aren't you happy that I chose this post to create such ultra-engaging content?EmoRiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832669840890970845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624260.post-1125495867396099742005-08-31T06:44:00.000-07:002005-08-31T06:44:00.000-07:00I've also found, with other PVRs like those from t...I've also found, with other PVRs like those from the cable company, that they must be using 50Mhz processors because the lag time between hitting a button and getting a response is on the brink of unbearable. It's just long enough to drive you nuts everytime time you do anything. In fact, I find myself choosing not to dig too deep into menus and such because I don't feel like taking the time.EmoRiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832669840890970845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624260.post-1125433563332510092005-08-30T13:26:00.000-07:002005-08-30T13:26:00.000-07:00Coming from a games background, it's so painfully ...Coming from a games background, it's so painfully obvious that there are some really small, low-impact changes that could really help ON DEMAND's user interface.<BR/><BR/>Even just implementing UI sounds - TiVo does this very well - would go a long way towards helping to eliminate some of the stupid nature of ON DEMAND.Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05112909837995062972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624260.post-1125431829401774702005-08-30T12:57:00.000-07:002005-08-30T12:57:00.000-07:00About the fast-forwarding, I was hyperbolizing. S...About the fast-forwarding, I was hyperbolizing. Sorry that wasn't clear. I don't know how much faster it was; the point is that it was slow.<BR/><BR/>About everything else, I totally agree.Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05112909837995062972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624260.post-1125425528446192022005-08-30T11:12:00.000-07:002005-08-30T11:12:00.000-07:00Firstly, a nit-pick: Fast-Forwarding at 1X speed i...Firstly, a nit-pick: Fast-Forwarding at 1X speed is equal to playing in realtime... which is 1X speed. Or were you watching the movie at .5X speed... in which case the movie, I agree, is too long and has odd direction.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, ONDemand has been very unappealing to me. TiVo is good times but most of the PVR solutions are weird. It's ashame for the cable companies because people aren't waiting around for them to figure these hurdles out.<BR/><BR/>Computer savy people have started downloaded shows via bittorent feeds. You can get a show on the west coast BEFORE it airs on this coast since someone has already recorded on the east-coast, edited out the commercials, and published on a bittorrent site for all to get.<BR/><BR/>I listen to a Tech radio show and one of the guys there said, for the first time, he moved into a new apartment and didn't order Cable TV because all the shows he watches are faster to get, commercial free, at higher quality than TiVo's compression with bittorrent.<BR/><BR/>Looks like the march of technology is no match for the cable company's attempts to balance ONDemand features with content provider's uneasiness about DMCA issues. You're missin the boat guys! And if the p2p mp3 revolution is any indication... you don't want to be surfing the B-Wave when your customers are riding the C-Wave.EmoRiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832669840890970845noreply@blogger.com