http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15557 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:27:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15557/comment-page-1#comment-406064 Mostly Harmless Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:06:08 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15557#comment-406064 This "stand alone" set top box thing is so f-ed up. That is what most of the "media outlets" are pushing for. Just another way to lock consumers into one service. They know that once you have a "box" you will be much less likely to shop around. It's also a more effective way to control and track how and what you view, not to mention a little tougher to hack. DON"T BUY INTO ANY OF THESE SET-TOP BOX SERVICES. Connect your computer's s-video out to your TV. Web based video services are/will be much more competitive and far less restrictive. This “stand alone” set top box thing is so f-ed up. That is what most of the “media outlets” are pushing for. Just another way to lock consumers into one service. They know that once you have a “box” you will be much less likely to shop around. It’s also a more effective way to control and track how and what you view, not to mention a little tougher to hack. DON”T BUY INTO ANY OF THESE SET-TOP BOX SERVICES. Connect your computer’s s-video out to your TV. Web based video services are/will be much more competitive and far less restrictive.

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