Monday, May 14, 2007

ITunes Video has no Future

It looks like the ITunes like pay $1.00 for a show service is going to be a short lived deal according to this study.

Confusion over different video file formats, difficulties watching
downloaded videos on television screens and other technical problems have kept
average users from paying for shows online.

I agree with this because it is just too much trouble to have to connect your computer to your TV and run cable between them both. Sure you can use something like AppleTV but most households would rather just buy or rent the DVD and pop it into their player. Also Video-on -Demand is 100x easier and quicker then anything downloaded from a computer and then passed through to your TV.

I would much rather put my money on the Kazaa guys' Joost. Now that sounds like a game changer if they can get the content for it.

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