I just wanted to take the time to thank NBC for saving me the $40 I would have spent on Heroes Season 2. Sorry Amazon, but Unbox is not a viable solution at all. At this point I don't care if it's NBC's fault or Apple's. All I know is, money that they could have had, won't be.

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FIGHT THE POWER!!!!!

Good show NBC, Apple's Monopoly needs to be challenged. So it won't work on iPods, that leaves the other great, inexpensive and innovative Non-iPod DMPs out there.

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"NBC and Amazon become BFF's. NBC no longer makes eye contact with Apple when they meet in the hallway between classes."

Near spat out my tea, thanks for that!

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Twice da price
At Least Three times Less users
No iPod Support
No Mac Support.

= Disaster! NBC will probs wanna come back to Apple.

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if they get back together, i wonder if NBC will wear Apple's varsity jacket?

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Now, dear Apple, you don't have any further excuse not to implement DVR capabilities on AppleTV (via a USB device like Elgato's).

Now, dear Apple, you should seriously think about selling, for the content providers who still have contracts with you, HighDef content... Unless, of course, NBC stood back because they invested a lot of money in one of the HD disc formats and don't want to cannibalize those.


My personal opinion is that NBC and Apple in reality fought because Apple wanted to sell HighDef content on iTunes (that, in my opinion, is what Jobs hinted about when he talked about expanding functionalities on AppleTV (direct purchase of HighDef content from the ATV)). NBC and the others don't want to, because they invested loads of money in the "format war" (Blu Ray vs HD DVD) and still have the feeling that phisical supports are better to fight against piracy. So they didn't want Apple to release HD format video content. They are going to "rent it" (but Apple doesn't want) and provide crappy formats on other platforms (Hulu, Unbox, you name it) at the prices they want.

Apple, please allow us DVR functionalities on ATV and the like. You will sell a lot of hardware, which is what your declared primary focus is, and, in the meantime, screw NBC big time.

Phisical media is DEAD, regardless of new formats. Video content producers should get over it. Networks are becoming much faster, and people like to have their content on multiple devices. That is the future. But content providers are desperately trying to save phisical formats...

That is my take on the real reasons behind this "high school" dispute.

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LOL... Nice comments so far. Basically, WTF is NBC doing. I have great iTunes Store connection now. So happens that my BitTorrent is doing better with my ISP. Hmmm... let me buy BattlestarG and .... oh wait... NBC doesn't want my money. *hint: I am not in the US but I have legal access to the iTunes US Store*... Amazon Unbox, well, sorry, I'm not going to pull out my PC just for that. For StarCraft2, NeedForSpeed:ProStreet, hell ya. Unbox? Hell no.

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Again your stupidity confounds me, duscrom, I'm going to have to stop responding to your comments.

"2. FIGHT THE POWER!!!!!

Good show NBC, Apple's Monopoly needs to be challenged. So it won't work on iPods, that leaves the other great, inexpensive and innovative Non-iPod DMPs out there.

Posted at 7:28AM on Sep 5th 2007 by duscrom"

Yes, clearly NBC/Universal/Vivendi, a major global media corporation has suddenly decided to *do the right thing* and stand up to that other super evil, global media corporation dominating everything, that Apple, that... the evil Microsoft of the portable music and video player market.

Have you heard of DVDs that you can buy and rip and download to as many computers and iPods and non-iPods? Have you heard of DVDs you can rent much cheaper than iPod DRM videos you only watch once anyway?

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What... doesn't everyone think that using Amazon will be better than iTunes?


Think about it... We can watch these shows on our Zunes now!!!


That's Awesome!!!

:-P

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nv2900:

That works for iPods as well.. so that argument is rather stupid.. On top of that NBC makes actual profit from DVDs instead of Apple getting most of the money.

I'm against Monopolies, I'm against dealing with Uninformed people who think that iPods are different from MP3 players.. and are convinced that they are somehow better then the lower priced Creative Zen or Sandisk's Sansa products. IE. Sansa Connect, which uses the WiFi thing, and makes good use of it. Nothing against Apple personally, but Simply put I won't be a sheep. iPod was a great product that mad DMPs a big deal, but there is much better, more innovative products, available for similar or lower prices.

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Scott I've been really enjoying your recent posts, good to see them coming along more often. This one was informative and made me chuckle at the same time. Hopefully more bloggers on this site will start to follow your lead...

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So rather than offer up TV Shows to the largest digital media retailer, you go with a service that not only doesn't work on the growing Mac platform but also doesn't work with the largest personal media player on the planet? Sounds like a good business decision to me! NBC needs to get detention and 6 months of study hall for that one.

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NBC is nuts to do this ... they're trading the largest media market (iTunes) for fatter margins and a virtually unknown distributor. Yeah NBC, you're tough! But you're also stupid.

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duscrom = bitter troll (or shill). Please disregard accordingly.

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I can only imagine that some people might have started some mass downloading at the news of the split. What happens if people had downloads in transit?

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@10 umm hello, they are better, that's why everyone owns one.

I already tried the Microsoft DRM and Napster to Go and Rhapsody to Go and Windows Media Player... and I can tell you straight up... The iPod IS better, easier, more reliable... and 100 more adjectives for the "better."

Obviously you don't own one.

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NBC is stubborn though. I don't think they'd want to admit they made a mistake until the last possible minute, which means they will probably shop it EVERYWHERE before going back to Apple.

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duscrom:
Ignorance must be bliss for you. You make no sense with your comment in #10. Let's take a closer look. "I'm against monopolies". Dude, do you even know the definition of a monopoly? If this were one, then you are actually blowing the horn FOR it since Amazon Unbox would be the SOLE provider of that service.

"I'm against dealing with Uninformed people who think that iPods are different from MP3 players.." Hello??? They are different from other MP3 player, just as those are different than iPods. -DUH-

"Simply put I won't be a sheep." Owning a Windows computer qualifies you as being a sheep, merrily bleating along, happily kowtowing to daaaaady Bill Gates' every whim..

NBC was just trying to get greedy, plain and simple. They went with Apple to begin with knowing that would reach the greatest amount of potential customers. They were fine with the original pricing, life was good, the customer base had grown, then greed settled in. Trying to be the bully, they attempted to push Apple into changing it's pricing structure to US, THE CONSUMERS. Apple pushed back and here we are. The bully left the playground and spoke of all the sales they had and how Amazon could make more $$$ if they agreed to NBC's flexible pricing structure. More $$$ for NBC, more $$$ for Amazon, more $$$ the consumer has to spend. Not going to happen, period, OR, in your perfect world, sales will rocket to new heights, Sandisk, Creative, and Microsoft can't keep up with demand for their players, and Apple's iTunes closes it's door because of the competion....

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The TV shows on Amazon unbox will NOT play on the Zune - it is not a plays for sure device. Funny, huh?

Let's also not forget that NBC was looking for tighter DRM and found it w/ Amazon.

NBC is a bunch of losers!!

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Bitter, Maybe, Troll, no. Again, I'm against Monopolies. iTunes is the biggest online retailer, yes.. and is compatible with ONE DMP. Hardware sells Content which sells Hardware.. all coming from the same stable. I have iTunes content, and i have to lose quality, or in the case of video compatibility with much of my other non-Apple appliances. like Xbox 360, PS3, PSP.. and my Sansa MP3 player.

Sure I'm bitter, because I don't see the need of spending $250 on something I can pay as much or if not less for, and get a bigger screen, more features, more codecs, and more choices. (I like subscription services) Now that may all change in 3 hours... But as of this moment, the iPod isn't the best machine on the market. It's merely the most popular.. and if you think "popular" and "quality" go together, remember, Windows is the most popular OS, Internet Explorer 6 is the most popular web browser, and the High School Musical 2 soundtrack is the best selling album on iTunes... and I'm sorry but that iPod Nano was a PoS, espically after owning a Zune (Not that great either) for a few weeks.

I'm bitter for the fact that I love My MacBook, but I'm feeling that I'm confined to apple's confined and pricey playground. But it's like Sodomy, If you like it, it's not considered rape... but either way, your still getting fucked in the ass.

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