Shawn Miller
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[tony west] “Also the only TV you can buy is 1080
This TV would have a higher res than that.”
Why is that, barely anyone is broadcasting @ 1080… and of those, who is streaming at anything above 1 or 2Mbps?
Shawn
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[Walter Soyka] “There are 10 episodes of Game of Thrones in a season. At $3 per episode, that’s $30 for the season. HBO costs what, $17/mo? The 2.5 months to cover GoT would then be $42, but that fee also covers everything else that airs on HBO (and neither fee accounts for revenue sharing).”
I agree, if an individual only wants to see GoT, this makes sense… but if they want GoT, Nurse Jackie, Spartacus and Walking Dead, it will start to add up.
[Walter Soyka] ”
…but there’s a lot of customer resistance to the status quo.”Very true, and I think with good reason. It’s an interesting question though… how much value does all of this programming have to the average user, and can all (or most of it) be delivered in a way that benefits all parties? 🙂
Shawn
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[Walter Soyka] “There’s apparently a huge audience that wants the content, but HBO is doggedly pursuing their old distribution model:”
Fair enough… but I wonder if these audiences are big enough to pay for big shows like Game of Thrones and Trueblood. Would a subscription or PPV model for individual shows or premium content channels be any cheaper than what we currently have?
Shawn
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[Gary Huff] “Less money.”
LOL – exactly. I don’t think it’s a coinidence that you can’t access HBO GO content without subscribing to a cable, satellite or ADSL provider.
Shawn
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And who will own the transmission methods for this new era of on demand only programming? I just don’t see the cable, satellite or ADSL providers, helping Apple to detroy the current paradigm of broadcast television. And what about the content providers themselves? USA, HBO, Showtime, Cinemax… what’s in it for them?
Shawn
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[Phil Hoppes] ” Xbox has been a disaster financially. For the money invested and the return they have received, I’d have to run the numbers if I could even get them but they probably would have done better buying CD’s. (Cert. Deposit not the things one plays).”
So, what was the return in raw numbers… can you show me how much they’ve lost? I can’t pretend to be an expert here. But it seems like having a solid ‘lifestyle product’ with a good reputation can’t be much of a detriment to the company. Not to mention the fact that they now have strong partners in entertainment like Netflix and HBO.
[Phil Hoppes] ” I just checked and in 2004 they were trading around 28. Today they are up to 31. Wow.”
I suppose that’s one way to measure the value of a company. What the stock price isn’t telling you though, is that Microsoft has expanded in the last decade. In the early 2000’s they had around 50,000 employees and were still considered a small player in enterprise computing. Now, they’re somwhere around 100,000 employees worldwide and are considered serious players in some segments, and leaders in others.
[Phil Hoppes] “Do they have the guts to risk something that just might compete or dare I say obsolete windows. Nope”
I’m not sure I understand your reasoning here. On one hand, you seem to acknowledge that MS does innovate and that they do have a few good products… on the other hand, you seem to think that they don’t have the guts to risk destryoing Windows… how does one relate to the other?
Shawn
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[Steve Connor] “Agreed, but let’s see what the hobbyist AppleTV evolves into.”
Speaking of hobbyists, I’ve been curious about Apple TV since about 2010. Is it hardware only, or can you run just the software with an approved tuner/capture card? I’ve been toying with the idea of building a small media center PC for years… but have never gotten around to it.
Shawn
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[Jeremy Garchow] “And by the way, if people think that Microsoft isn’t in the entertainment/consumer game, I highly suggest looking at what they are doing with the XBox 360. It is “Windows 8″ incarnate, and it works, and works very well.”
Very true, people are also doing a ton of cool things using the Kinect SDK. Personally, I wish my cable box had the same voice command functionality. 🙂
Shawn
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[Phil Hoppes] “Microsoft looks at the very same thing and ALWAYS goes to, “How can we make windows solve this problem?” Not what do consumers need, not what is the best solution to the problem but how can we shoehorn in windows as a solution to another market.”
Respectfully, Phil. I coudln’t disagree with you more on this. Do a quick search for “Microsoft Solutions for”… or try doing a search on “Microsoft Kinect and healthcare”. You might find that there’s a bit more to them (MS) than you might have imagined.
[Phil Hoppes] ” IMHO this is not innovation and a large reason why Microsoft has just languished for the last 10 or so years.”
Something you may (or may not)find of interest:
https://www.fogglaw.com/news/our-clients-top-ieee-scorecard-best-patent-portfolios
You’ll have to click through to download and see the PDF, but you might note that Microsft holds the most valuable patent portfolio in the computer software space (followed by Oracle and SAP), whereas Apple holds the most valuable portfolio in the electronics space followed by Hitachi and Panasonic. Microsoft can be accused of a lot of things, but languishing or standing still just don’t seem to fit… at least not to me, you may see something completely different though.
Thanks,
Shawn
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[Robert Bracken] ”
I wonder if everyone here is so worried about the Mac Pro why don’t you ask the companies that really depend on them.Such as Pixar, Adobe and AVID. I>
As Andrew and Frank have pointed out, none of the companies you listed actually ‘run on Apple’ exclusively. What you might find surprising though, is that, if you peeked into the various edit bays, audio suites and VFX/composite/animation stations at Microsoft Studios, you would mostly find Mac Pros. Now there’s a question for you… if Apple abandoned the Mac Pro, what would MS Studios do? Nevermind, I think I already know. 🙂
Shawn