{"id":44,"date":"2008-03-22T00:46:05","date_gmt":"2008-03-21T21:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georges.nu\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2008-03-22T00:51:04","modified_gmt":"2008-03-21T21:51:04","slug":"on-demand-video-is-the-way-of-the-future-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georges.nu\/blog\/2008\/03\/on-demand-video-is-the-way-of-the-future-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"On-demand video is the way of the future revisited."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I guess it was at MacWord 2008 that Steve Jobs announced that Apple would start renting movies through iTunes. Well, a few nights ago, Claudia and I rented our first film through the iTunes store. We rented <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Michael Clayton<\/span>. It was a decent film, but not one we would necessarily want in our personal library. So, it was a perfect occasion for renting. However, our local video stores are a bit slow to acquire new releases. So, iTunes came to our rescue and overall, it was a good renting and viewing experience. We live halfway around the world, but the download was still only about two and a half hours&#8211;1.5 GB. iTunes let&#8217;s you start watching while it&#8217;s still downloading. So, after about two-thirds was downloaded, we started watching and the download finished before the movie did, so our viewing was not interrupted. We&#8217;ve done the same with LOST which we purchase through the iTunes store as well so we&#8217;re used to this routine. We aren&#8217;t used to broadband performance in the States, but I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if some people stateside are able to purchase and start viewing immediately or nearly immediately. But I would expect that just about anyone could purchase a movie rental before dinner and by the time the kid&#8217;s are tucked in, enough or all of the movie would be downloaded and mom and dad could settle in for a little home theater. Anyhow, Apple gets my thumbs up for putting together an on-demand video paradigm that just works.<\/p>\n<p>Another service to keep your eye on is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\" title=\"hulu: Watch your favorites. Anytime. For free.\">hulu.com<\/a>. These guys are offering commercial TV for free on-demand. There are commercials, but you&#8217;ll get fewer commercial-minutes than broadcast television. Unfortunately, these guys aren&#8217;t allowing viewing from overseas, but we&#8217;ll see if I can&#8217;t figure out a way around that!<\/p>\n<p>I said on-demand video was the way of the future and I&#8217;m sure there is more to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I guess it was at MacWord 2008 that Steve Jobs announced that Apple would start renting movies through iTunes. Well, a few nights ago, Claudia and I rented our first film through the iTunes store. We rented Michael Clayton. 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