Comments on: $2 each for Zune TV show downloads

By: Richuk

Richuk — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:28:29 +0000

I am not inherently against paid downloads. Heck, I’ve bought quite a lot of music from PlayDigital, but the main problems for me are quality and the price in relation to what it costs them. You can download, for little more than the cost of your net connection, full 720p high def TV shows, sans adverts, if you know where to look. What is the industry doing to match this that doesn’t treat them like potential thieves? And at a cost which reflects what it costs to distribute, with appropriate royalties?

But I think DRM is the number one problem - and to see executives from, I think it was Universal, saying that DRM free media is ‘without merit’ (I read this back when Steve Jobs made that unbelievably phony open letter) makes me wonder whether anyone above the boy who makes the morning coffee is in touch with the real world.

By: Bill Bates

Bill Bates — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:06:28 +0000

I’d have NOTHING to do with DRM even if “free”. Why give more money to MS anyway when they are free to air and electronic copies cost nothing to produce? $2 sounds cheap but say a show runs to 140 episodes? It adds up. This is all EXTRA on top of all other associated costs, including ISP account, electricity, storage costs, plus the time and effort needed in downloading.

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:54:16 +0000

“$2 is not that bad for a tv episode.”

“$2 isn’t that bad, but can I port it over to my laptop, and watch it while I fly to NY?, or burn it to a CD and archive it to watch in another year when I feel like seeing it again?”

Read the following story and then tell me why you would ever trust buying DRM crippled crap from Microshaft (or anyone for that matter);

http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15722

By: Stray Mongrel

Stray Mongrel — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:34:35 +0000

$2 isn’t that bad, but can I port it over to my laptop, and watch it while I fly to NY?, or burn it to a CD and archive it to watch in another year when I feel like seeing it again?

Do I get Dolby 5.1 sound, and crystal clear picture quality on a high resolution LCD?

I’d pay $2 for a 45 min commercial free show, under these circumstances, and if the show is, by my personal opinion, exceptional.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:21:46 +0000

$2 is not that bad for a tv episode.

u must be joking

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:18:22 +0000

$2 is not that bad for a tv episode.
the price should be based off of length though.
I think $0.50 for every 30 minutes would be very fair.