Becoming a Lost fan and some thoughts about IPTV
Friday morning I had a minor accident (twisted my ankle) so this weekend I was stuck at home (not that the weather was any inviting in Seattle, yesterday it was miserable, what a place this is, I will never get used to this weather) and decided to see Lost. So I got myself the complete first season on DVD and saw few episodes and the verdict is that I am now a Lost fan. I like the cast very much, the story is pretty interesting and intriguing (in spit of few holes in the script, or perhaps those are things that will be clarified later) and I love how the present time in the island is evolving as we learn more from their pasts lives (it is pretty amazing how there was no one with a normal life in that plane, what a coincidence). So if you have not seen it, give it a try.
And get the DVDs, why pay Apple the same money to see it in a tiny iPod Video when for the same price you can get the DVDs or if you really do not want to spend any money, just wait till ABC has them for free on their Web site as it was announced recently. Which brings me to some recent debate about whether we need IPTV or not. Well, for once, I do not want to see TV on my computer, I want to do it on my TV. In this particular case, imagine if I had a set top box with IPTV that support video on demand and high quality streaming, in that case, I would had purchased the episodes directly there rather than taking a trip to a store to get the DVDs (remember my injured ankle…). Also, the debate about whether we need IPTV or not is really American centric since in many European countries or in Japan cable is not well developed and therefore IPTV is a cheaper way to serve TV channels to the masses that obviously, has a lot of advantages over cable since it is mainly served by telcos over already existing ADSL lines and it helps them to justify providing broadband and developing ADSL. And the consumer does not need to care about whether is getting the TV over Internet or not, he will just care about getting more services and channels at a cheaper price. In fact, my father in Spain has IPTV and he did not even know that he was getting the TV signal over the Internet but he got that since he get a cheaper bundle with high speed ADSL than getting his Internet connection from one provider and his cable or satellite from another.
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