What are the Implications of using Video Services?

beet Mr 1st to it again haha

TV sucks. I’m liking Adobe Media Players selection, though.

Vimeo is great, too.

3rd

im so far using adobe media player. its fine for me.

mostly the tv in our house gets used for the news and AcA, the shows we like to watch are all out on dvd now so if theres something on tv theres a high chance we already have it,

i havent watched tv since before the writes strike, and now i refuse too.. none of its any good anyway.

I download my TV-shows for if I can skip commercials I will!

I barely EVER watch “real” TV.

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I’ve left my TV in the dust. I still have to pay for the service though. They don’t offer BB cable with out the cable.. though you can yell 23-34 times.. “Hey I don’t watch TV LADY!”

honestly, i barely watch the tv anymore except for a few shows. i usually watch them off like the network sites, Hulu which i like, and “download” them (this was before hulu and network sites airing them). i’m sure everyone who replies will say something about how they would watch tv shows off YouTube before the Google buyout which everyone did, lol.

I just buy DVD’s and watch the “open source” tv channels on my pc when possible

For the most part, I watch TV on TV. I have DishNetwork HD DVR service and there are times that because I am watching something live and taping something else, that there is another show that I can’t watch. This means that I have to turn to the Internet so I can watch the show. This is getting easier to do nowadays because all of the major networks post their primetime shows on the Internet.

well, I watch tv on our tv set… i think watching tv on the internet is much more expensive… anyways you’re still right, we are the who will decide on which service we would choose, not the companies…

5 mins and 45 secs u broke my speakers lol

my sisters the only one who watches TV any more in my hous, all the shows i used to watch on the TV is ither cancled or worthles now. im right there wanting to offer my mony and the companys just refuse to take it….

I watch most of my ‘TV’ online…. though from the sites of the actual networks (IE I watch bones and house on a fox web site and Jericho and NCIS on CBS.com) There are still some shoes I have to watch on the box because they dont exist on online content providers. Though I hope for that to change soon/

that caused the underground fire there last Friday, a guy on a bike comes up and says, “YouTube. Just look up Harvard Square fire. Some great footage.” He didn’t say, “Tune in Channel 4 at 6pm.” Here are the results. I hope that answersChris Pirillo’s question. Unrelated… A few minutes ago I transfered all the photos I took yesterday while biking, driving and walking around Cambridge. Got a lot of great ones, including shots of the work at Harvard Square, Spring on The Yard, sunset on railroad tracks,

Whatever you put out on the web is there forever, no taking it back. Other hand Sites like Youtube are great fun.

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I mostly download my TV episodes, because they aren’t available for buying or renting or even on my local tv channels. Mostly because of the last reason, there isn’t any way of buying them here.
I know, i know, it is illegal, but it’s the ONLY way (other than waiting 4 YEARS before the tv series’ episode hits the local channels (and US/UK tv channels are NOT available)).
Video - definitely YouTube or Google Video.

There’s just no other way here. I’m not saying there’s no other way in the States, but at least not here in Estonia (and they say that Estonia has great IT…(there isn’t even HD here)). 

I have been sending more of my old TV time on UTUBE. I don’t watch much TV anymore unless it is sports, something on PBS or a special show that I know is coming on.

I have a 26 inch LCD TV that I bought for college, and unfornutely for it, it hardly gets used anymore. Granted I did use it as a second monitor for the longest time, but found one 22 inch monitor to be more to my liking. If and when I do watch video it is either though any number of video sites on the net (my RSS feeds of video sites sits at 12 atm most of them displaying the usual short clips). I will watch TV on occasion. namely when I remember a show is on or a baseball or football game is one. other than that the TV sits on the cabinet off.
Now one thing I will mention is the way I get news, I NEVER watch news on the television anymore, I have become so disenchanted with news services (namely after the Democratic debate on ABC), so instead I fill up with RSS feeds of various news sites, some mainstream, some not so. A site I love for news is breitart.tv, it compiles videos of news stories from tons of different sites, local, national, independent news services.

Many people like to use there computers to watch TV but I personally prefer to have Cable on my TV. Yea there shows that you can download and watch as if you were watching it on TV but prefer to watch it on my tv. Other people might prefer to watch tv by downloading all the episodes they want to see. There will be many opinions on this topic.

I haven’t watched a movie on an actual tv in a looong time. I have all my movies in a software library that my friend and I wrote in BASIC.

Comcast is like hell around me it crashes on everyone every week
im on ATT DSL i mean it is 1 meg but id like it faster
i can get 6meg dsl which is less then 6meg comcast
and those online t hings i dont have and i dont have cable
i just go to blockbuster :)

What are the Implications of using Video Services?(Chris Pirillo )

We recently moved my TV out of my room after I got a tv tuner for my pc. So other than watching video on that, I either use YouTube or just whatever a site uses to put up their videos on the web. (For example, if I want to watch an episode of Avatar I missed, I’ll go to the website and watch it there.)

But yeah, thats how I watch my TV/video. :)

Good video Chris Pirillo. I watch stuff online on youtube, and other video sites, but I still prefer the good ole get your dvd and sit on your nice cozy couch and kick back and watch tv. Thats just my preference, I prefer that even if I had a big screen on my computer. Its just something about watching it in the living room in the middle of the house that reminds me of the good old days. Thanks for the video Chris Pirillo.

I prefer to watch TV from my DVR or On Demand. I still like watching TV from the internet. I think the best thing one could do is have an HTPC witch would do both. I really like the fact that I can watch TV anywhere at any time I want.

i personally use comcast which i hate because they are very expensive and they limit my downloading. but i find myself not watching the tv as much and keeping up with shows online because when the shows are on i am to wrapped up with other work to watch it, so i just watch it when i have the time. this works out well for me and i have almost completely moved away from television and gone to the internet

Whatever avenues I get my TV shows, the bottom line is price. I may get it from the internet or from my TV cable company or NetFlix or Pay per view. I dont care. Whichever is the cheapest, I will go that route. I believe it may be the consideration most of us will have. I’m not rich guy. Second and third for me are convenience and accessibility. If cost is not a concern, then I’ll go for this 2 first and perhaps I wont mind the cost at all.

I watch TV on occasion, but it is very rare that I am not drawing my main source of media through the computer. 90% of the video I watch on a weekly basis, is online.

Hi Mister,

Mind if I tell you why I prefer to watch content online?

Great, thanks.

I’m a big fan of watching video online because I feel like I have more control over the content that I am watching. As I’ve watched TV in the past, and as I’ve watched others watch TV, it seems that they typically just put on one station and then their brain just absorbs whatever it is that the TV producers want to throw at them. Sure, they’ll flip the station once every ten minutes, but they still seem to be at the mercy of the television companies.

When I view video online, however, I feel like I’m in control. (Actually, I kinda feel like a researcher). If I want to see sports highlights, for example, I’ll head over to the ESPN website and filter through the available videos to view the ones that I personally want to see. If I am watching ESPN on TV, however, then I am at their mercy. On the television, THEY basically play the highlights that THEY want me to see and there’s nothing that I can really do about. Sure, I could change the channel, but that’s not likely to bring me to the particular sports highlight that I was hoping to see.

Oh, and don’t even get me started on commercials. How on earth people are able to sit through 22 minutes of commercials every hour is far beyond me!

So, in conclusion…. go to hell, television.

-James Gia

Chris PirilloWhat are the Implications of Using Video Services?How do you guys out there watch tv these days? Do you still watch it on an actual television set? Do you watch it through the Internet? More to the point… how do you watch video? I have a question here that was sent to me in an email. That’s why

Chris, I watch Video using Adobe Media Player (For CSI), Hulu.com (For any tv shows), iTunes for watching Movies (Rentals), and youtube/revvr/vimeo for user created content.

My dad lives on Utah, he is on Comcast, the connection goes down every week for some hours, and he is really pissed off with them, so he might consider moving ISP but as Chris said Comcast there is the ONLY provider, i wish there was a more competitive market so that we all could win from that situation

Chris,

Ever since my family ditched the “boobtube” I have been watching most of my favorite T.V. shows on the internet through websites such as NBC where they let you watch the latest episode(s) of your favorite show. I have also found websites such as http://www.television.aol.com where I can watch some of the older shows that I would get on the T.V. Land Channel. This has been great, because I can pause, play, stop, fastforward, and rewind on my convenience.

Services like iTunes movie rental are great. I personally love iTunes movie rental, but I haven’t tried many others. I know that new movies come out on DVD relatively soon, but still you have to wait some time before they come out. I also think that since going to the movie theater is so expensive today many families just wait for the movie to come out on DVD. Think about it. Just buying the DVD is way cheaper than taking a family of four to the theater. Besides, who has the time to go to the theater for 2 hrs? Why not just buy the movie and watch it on your convenience? You can watch it in the car, on your computer, or on your ipod. Now you can take that piece of media where ever you go. It truly is amazing.

I honestly do not know why we still get the majority of our media from the T.V. Is it because the idea of the T.V. has been implanted in our DNA and we cannot live without it? I don’t think so. I think it is because the big companies (Dish, Cable, etc) don’t want us to know about the other forms of media out there on the net. So it is up to us geeks to inform the world.

well, I’ve been using Adobe Media Player as well as going to a network’s website to watch television shows and I haven’t looked back since :)

WoW, i had my headphones on then bam, he started to shouting /screaming, i really wasn’t prepared for it, never mind now.
how am i watching video?, well, it has changed over the years, when i was little i watched it through TV and VHS rent outs, do you guys remember the time when you went to the video store and rented a movie? now i watch it almost at every kind of media, i watch TV on x-box (DVD), i watch it though satellite, i watch it on dvd-players, i watch it through internet (streaming) i download it and watch it, technology is evolving every day , god know how people in the future will watch it, maybe a direct video feed and news will be sent to the brain or maybe will people outgrow such things, like those people in Star Trek TNG , it has been replaced by a sense of duty and holodecks.

AppleTV was a flop. That is at first. I don’t know how well it has taken off this time around, but I think that it will not take off. It is what….like $229 or something like that? Why would I pay that much money for this box? What do I get? It is basically a highly customized Mac Mini! So what? I can rent movies directly, big deal. I can do that with Netflix or just by using iTunes. So what does AppleTV do for me? For me, it would do nothing that I couldn’t do with another device/similar service or even iTunes.

Just one last comment. Is Windows Media Center comparable to AppleTV? I think so. I don’t use Media Center on a regular basis, but on occasion I have, and I don’t mind it. It is not great, but it comes free with Windows. I just wish that I could buy/rent movies from it. Just another example of a Microsoft afterthought. Think about it. If Microsoft played their cards right they could have a sweet movie rental system. Anyone who purchased Windows Vista or a computer with Vista on it could easily rent movies from Microsoft. Why did they not do this?

Any thoughts?

I don’t know when I watched TV the last time. I watch video on the computer and I also have a laptop hooked up to my TV and stereo (because my Haupauge Media MVP does not do the trick for me (long story, just keyword: poor library management and navigation, lack of supported video format, speed issues (encoder or connection, don’t know)).

When somebody asked me when I watched the last time time a few months back I almost lied, because I wanted to say “a few weeks ago”, but that was not try. I watched a show on the Internet, not streaming, canned. :)

I won’t start talking about copyright, because there I have too much to rant about. hehe. P.s. If you like to watch some nice videos, check out my Cirque du Soleil primer (it has a bunch of links to videos)

http://www.roysac.com/cirque

The content is from a copyright point of view anywhere in between from somebody should pay me over okay to not okay and put me in prison for infringement. The copyright holder tends to seem to prefer the “should me pay” side in my case, lucky me. Well, I use copyrighted material to make something out of it what you could clearly consider a promotional video.. A FAN VIDEO who wants to get others hooked as well.. see it live, buy tickets, merchandise, CDs and DVDs hehe.

I find watching content online is alot better than watching it on tv mostly because I am looking at my computer screen more than I look at my TV. This is why I am using a tv tuner card on my pc. There are other options out there for people tho like TVUPlayer *I think its called* Has some of the major networks on it so you can watch tv online. Its not the best but it works.

Unfortunately I still use a regular TV for all my entertainment needs, I am however planning to get the eyetv 3 for my macbook pro and use that to watch television and the works. You are very right Chris, we do have choices to watch entertainment whereas before we didn’t!

I don’t watch much television anymore… I usually watch episodes of my favorite shows online if I do. I am into movies and games more than anything. I do, however, agree that competition is a great thing in all aspects of technology… think Intel/AMD… nVidia/ATI… Sony/Microsoft… men/women… it keeps things interesting and always evolving. Without competition there would not be choice, and I love choice. I love content on demand and I especially enjoy interactive content such as this site and some others… gives you a really sense of life and that you’re not just sitting in front of a lifeless screen.

The web is the way to watch TV mostly on Hulu.com but also on some network sites. I also like watching YouTube that probably makes up about a third of the videos I watch. For me free is the way to go.

Chris is right about having a choice it not a matter of what is better because every form of distribution has its own strengths and weaknesses. Paying for cable can be costly but the selection is large and easy to access. Paying for an episode saves on the commercial and sites like hulu have commercial but are free. If the choices are there why not use them all.

i seen some youtube downloader videos befor but never tried them cuz didnt know if they worked well but i’ll try this site

I haven’t watched tv in a long long time. I know allot of tv networks have some of there shows online so sooner or later ill check them out. whats awesome about the computer is you get to choose what you wanna watch unlike tv were there is a schedule.

I can’t recall when is the last time I actually sat down in front of a TV set. Now it’s either plucking the latest TV episodes off the web or movies on the big screen occasionally with buddies.

My family subscribes to satellite TV here in Malaysia but even with that, most TV series are usually behind the US as much as season or two sometimes even non-existent. Don’t have much of a choice, really.

loser.

He does that a lot lol

Unluckily I basically just use the internet for everything but video, I do watch video on youtube but for shows I usually use my just Verizon FiOS TV that i’m paying for, but I hope that they interact cable more into tv like have basically an emulator of a tv box that you get on a cd from your cable company then you can use it anywhere your on an internet connection, i feel that would be good

Within the year there has been a HUGE shift toward online streaming. Every major TV network has a large portion of its content available online– for some shows its live streaming and for others it’s downloadable. Being from, well, Montreal, I have noticed that most of the content on NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX are not available outside the US. This is a major annoyance which promotes illegal downloading for the six billion some people who don’t live in the US.

I personally like to just record my videos to one of my hard drives. But I know you like to use ustream.tv to record al your videos. Well I do one thing that I know you don’t like to do. I edit my videos ad special effects that kind of thing. I payed a lot of money for my Adobe Suite. So I like to record my videos local then edit them then upload them onto YouTube. Completely a reverse of what you like to do I know. But I think that some of the implications of using online services is the website can go down, and you can’t get on the site to record your videos. Also if you say are on the go, and you don’t have a internet connection. I just take my webcam, and again record to my HD. So I like to record to my computer’s drive. But it is nice that all your videos can be stored on the web, instead of filling up space on your hard drive.

I’m waiting for the day when cable providers let us Pay-per-channel, instead of paying for a whole bunch of channels that I NEVER WATCH, like the “How to Polish Your Golfballs Network”. Nowadays since the transmission is digital there is NO REASON they can’t let us pay for only the channels we want! There’s only a handful of channels I ever tune into, the rest go to waste. But the internet changes everything. We know the ethical implications of downloading media, and it’s a slippery slope, but I think it’s only fair that we the people have a little bit of leverage against the cable companies and networks. Far too long have we been subjected to watching shows littered with obnoxious, long, concentration breaking commercials, with an in flexible schedule on their terms. And with the extra 70+ channels that I’ll never watch that I have to pay for, just to get the few that I do want, that’s makes me feel like I’m entitled to watch a few shows with no commercials, on my schedule.

Aside from all that, the internet is a great replacement for TV in my opinion. My TV watching is down probably 80% from what it used to be. Now when I try to watch TV, I feel impatient and restless, like it doesn’t move fast enough. I want to CLICK SOMETHING!!! I’m watching a one way transmission at someone else’s pace and my time is to precious for that. Little by little, the TV is becoming irrelevant to me.

I have an ordinary TV in the room that its open in the background mainly for the news while I work on my computer.
But I also watch videos over the Internet and some shows on a weekly basis.

I think this depends on people. Some people refuse to put their credit card on the internet, not bright =/. And like Chris said, I think internet is better than TV… I choose what I want to watch! Aka Youtube =D. I wanna be able to choose what I want to watch, not the cable company tell me “This is what is on” Internet will beat up TV pretty soon, because we are now able to stream faster than before, just take a look at FiOS.
-Ruben

I still watch TV a lot, just because the way my office is set up, the LCD is on the way, while my desk is turned the way where I can just look around my 4 30″ Cinema Displays and see what ever it is that is on. I also have the entire house wired so I can run video from one room to any TV in the house. While I may not rent movies via the OnDemand service that our provider provides, I am a huge fan of the on demand concept. I use iTunes movie rentals a LOT… and I can, with my current home automation setup, stream it with my Apple TV over the house system to any tv in the house and even control it from that TV. Its cool stuff, and I think it shows where our current entertainment direction is heading.

gone are the days of consulting TV giudes for movie schedules. that’s the good thing about on-demand services. you can watch it when you want it. no more missing an episode because of tight schedules, or other reasons.

I still use the TV for the bulk of my video entertainment. Cable TV, although very restrictive is great once you have DVR. (in my opinion) If you anticipate on missing a show then just program the thing to record. Cable has a high quality picture once you have the right TV and box which makes shows so much more enjoyable.

You don’t have much control over what you watch on Cable and On Demand though. The cable company chooses what is in the On Demand library and what goes on air.

For when I miss shows I usually try to find them on YouTube, but thanks to the DMCA those get taken down pretty quickly. I can’t find most of my favorite shows online without using torrents or something else illegal. There is a TV show that I watch that allows you to watch episodes online for free and that is South Park. (www.southparkstudios.com which is official and legal)

When I’m watching videos online I feel like I’m in control. I choose when I watch and what I watch.

I don’t own an Apple TV so I don’t know how well that works, but iTunes I can tell you is awesome for getting video online. The only problem there is that if you don’t have an iPod you can’t really use iTunes.

So, do I think it matters how we get our video? Yes. Free services like YouTube and torrents cut into big TV companies’ profits. Do I care about big companies’ profits? No, not really. Until they stop making shows because they’ve lost so much money I don’t care. I just like the availability of video entertainment… I use the service that is most convenient for me. When I’m online I have total control over what I watch. So ideally the Internet is my favorite way to get video, but Cable TV is my primary for now.

Honestly, I get a lot of my news content with Yahoo news and it’s video services and even on YouTube because several news stations have begun placing their broadcasts online soon after they are aired to the general public over radio waves. I also watch very little real tv anymore, but rather YouTube shows such as LonelyGirl15 among others.

I watch it any free way I possibly can, but legally too. Youtube, Ustream, TV, anything that’s entertaining, I don’t really go out and spend money on something I don’t have the money to spend on. I wait patiently.

I haven’t used cable for over 2 months… now hulu.com is my TV. It’s on demand, i can watch what i want, anytime i want. TV is a thing of the past. Internet, is the future.

Most of the TV I watch is on my computer connected to my TV. I use Hulu (hulu.com) and Adobe Media Player to watch most of my favorite TV shows and I use iTunes to rent and download movies to watch. Using a mouse and keyboard seems always a lot easier than using a remote.

I don’t watch TV. As I mentioned in an earlier post my time is very limited. I get my entertainment fix on YouTube short clips. I’m not sure how you make videos that are sometimes way over the 10 minute limit what’s most the time I do not have time to watch them. about the only time that I get to watch television is while visiting with friends and family.

I guess this topic is keying into the DRM discussion on the “Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother: DRM-Free Audio Book” Blog by Chris on the 4th of May. How strict can control over media become. Thinking about it now I could even see at some point in time Television becoming so controlled that TV is individually directed at people so much so that they can only watch what the broadcasters want them to watch. I guess it’s like Google picking through my Gmail and posting appropriate ads across the top of my web mail. Will people still want to watch TV, Shows, Films? There was a time when we didn’t. Maybe these organised events will fade out of fashion because people feel they are loosing choice. I think thats where live streaming is likely to explode. Well, I’m aware it has already but the potential views for live streams (in my opinion) are huge! i also believe it is fair to say that a lot of media we are getting sent to us is being effected by this strive for money over quality. Often seeing annoyingly placed advertising in TV and films cans ruin the experience for me.

Now days i am stuck to the computer, rather than the Tv. Infact it is not only the internet, its “The Chris Pirillo Show” That keeps me stuck on it.
Thanks Chris

hahaha
Bradley Bradwell

I watch my tv less an less everyday. I usually am on the computer and have the tv be on pretty much just listening to it. I also prety much have been using hulu.com to watch tv episodes. I will soon be getting a tv tuenr and now will be watching tv on my computer

I still watch TV on a TV but i did for a while watch it on TV-Links.co.uk but that got shut down last year so i now have to watch programs on TV.
There is a website BBC i-player for the UK to watch programs on the BBC

I don’t watch much TV anymore. I tend to get my news from the internet and I mostly watch movies rather than tv shows. I get my movies from Netflix. I think they have a great system setup and it is quite cheap if you are a movie buff like me and utilize this great deal. Sometimes I will watch full episodes on ABC if I have gotten into a series. Really great to catch up on Lost, when I miss it on Thursdays.

One more thing to add - the new way of distributing video creations over the web (like the recent case of HBO’s distribution on iTunes) brings more money to the content providers and at the same time it gives us, the users, more to choose from when selecting ways to have fun

I definitely see streaming media as the future of content distribution, but bandwidth still seems to be an issue to me. It takes an incredible infrastructure to be able to stream HD content, “on demand”, at any time. Given, this is already taking place in the case of Comcast, but I think in years to come, we can still expect huge improvements.

damn.. i’m using headphone and u scream like hell ’till my brains come out -.-’…

I barely watch any actual tv anymore. When i do, its usually a movie I want to see that I will get from on demand. Otherwise, youtube and my ps3 are my main forms of entertainment. Its apealing to be able to watch what you want to watch, when you want to watch it. Youtube allows me to do just that, removing tv most of the way from the equation. I still enjoy tv, but with the constant evolution of technology, it has become less and less apart of my life.

I only watch the news on the tv. I don’t like the TV. It isn’t interactive enough. Most videos I watch on youtube! I could care less about programs becoming HD.

Youtube FTW.

I hardly download an TV shows or movies from the internet. i figure that i am paying for my cable internet and cable televisions service, so I just watch all of my content on my television. i could definitely see the downloading of TV shows and movies going mainstream, especially though a service similar to YouTube that allows you to start watch content instantly and cheaply.

Netflix and AppleTV are the closest to fulfilling the philosophy. Unfortunately, even though it is the most convenient method of watching movies, it is not popular at all. Especially with HDTV around the corner, I think TV is going to be around for a while longer.

I personally do not watch much tV anymore. There is so much content available on the internet that is much better than TV. For the occasional movies, I’ll rent them or watch them in a theater. The internet opens wide door for the distribution of content, which is great!

I don’t really watch much TV these days. You can almost find everything you want to watch on YouTube. People actually upload all that content on there. There are a lot of videos to be found on Google Videos, Blip, and other video websites for free.

The newest cool thing is the digital TV which you can hold and show stuff more often back and back.
Bad thing is just that there are a lots of sites showing full movies, TV series (ex. Hulu) but those are only available in the US and Canada, why… why does no one think on us little sad European?

Well i watch most of the shows off from Internet, but like sometimes if there is a Soccer match live i usually watch it through “Idiot Box” because it makes it easier as from internet it comes with stream and it’s over flooded(i’m not only one watching) well of course you can pay several different fees to improve to performance but what’s the point when i can see it right off from the tv, right?.

I use Ustream, and YouTube, and DivX and others, every day. And quite often I use different tools to watch these offline, such as downloading YouTube Videos onto my computer as MP4, Very good quality, very nice in general.

I have a TV, but it is not even plug into the electrical outlet. My computer has become my TV. I’ve totally replaced any need for a cable provider or the pain of finding out which programming package best suits my needs.

O course it matters how we get to our content and information.Personally I always choose the easiest way.Internet offers me this possibility to obtain everything very easy including video material of any kind

There are a few shows that I like that aren’t available on my dish unless I upgrade to a plan that costs an extra $20/month. Those shows are available on the net for free, all other TV watching is done either real-time or via my DVR.

I get the majority of my content through Comcast On Demand, or through YouTube. I’m yet to purchase a Blu-Ray player, although that’s definitely coming in the future.