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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Saturday, 25 November 2006 | |
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Page 2 of 2 No doubt the PS3 and improved services from cable TV service operators, other websites and even Internet TV channel sites such as Youtube will do their best to also compete in the new reality of legally downloadable video content that people really want, although the legality of much of Youtube’s is yet to be determined. Featured Whitepaper
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So while problems are there, at least US Xbox 360 owners can now try out the system for themselves, or at least try it again after the problems have been sorted out. Just as we have a large range of music download stores, an avalanche of legal TV and movie download sites will emerge, with more Youtube clones than ever, until some form of equilibrium and market consolidation occurs. Over the next twelve months, Microsoft’s video download store for the Xbox 360 could be one of the major services out there, especially with the way it cleverly mimicks the way the iPod can easily be filled with songs you purchase from iTunes in a ‘closed system’. While the Xbox 360 can play video files from DVDs, soon HD DVDs and streamed from a Windows XP, a XP Media Center PC or an appropriate version of Vista, it’s not fully closed just as the iPod isn’t fully locked down as it can play mp3s and more after all. The difference is that the Xbox 360 now comes with a TV show purchase and movie rental store built-in, no separate program on your PC required, with the checkout point connected right to people’s TVs in their homes, soon to be ready for watching in only a few minutes. If ever the VHS and DVD movie rental companies could really start getting afraid that future technology will make them redundant, the Xbox 360’s new video download service, despite teething problems, is the true ‘half way’ tipping point that will eventually make that long feared prediction for DVD rental stores come true. The battle to be your home computer server and full entertainment system has been on for some time, with only quality technology at affordable prices along with high speed broadband holding up the proceedings. Now with the latest next-gen consoles, that war for home entertainment supremacy is back on with full force, with each player hoping to become the dominant video content download provider. The future of TV may be delivered to millions around the globe... through their games console that’s really a powerful computer in disguise. {moscomment} |
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