Posted on May 23, 2006 at 11:15 AM in round-ups
Note: The below is an archived entry from Earthling, formerly EarthLink's official blog. The blog itself has been decommissioned and is no longer updated, and comments are trackbacks are no longer accepted.
I don't have a Slingbox yet, and (that's maybe because) the Slingbox doesn't have a Mac player yet. So when I'm on the road and need to miss an episode of Lost, it's a huge relief to know that I can buy, download, and own a commercial-free version of each episode shortly after it airs, from iTunes. Neil Kjeldsen published a handy history and round-up of the network TV shows you can download or stream, and how they work. These are all of the options that are officially blessed by the networks, and his list excludes sharing networks and technologies, unofficial sites, and video upload hosts like YouTube.
Download Your TV (at TechCrunch)
Personally, I very much prefer downloadable web content to streaming, and am happy to pay a couple of bucks for the right to *own* a commercial-free version of a show and the ability to do what I want with it. This isn't totally the case with iTunes today, since they have their own Digital Rights Management system built-in, but at least I can move my episodes of Lost from my computer to my iPod, and watch them without an internet connection whenever i feel like it.
Comments
1 wish earthlink had a calendar i like to post my bills i pay on the internet
aol has a nice one i have suggested this before but i didn't hear about or see a calendar even my cell phone has a calendar this is a suggestion
dodie
Posted by dorothy e snyder | May 28, 2006 11:18 AM
Thanks for the suggestion, Dorothy. I've passed your comment on to some of our product development folks. So I can keep things organized around here, please send ideas and suggestions like this through e-mail, and keep the comments for discussion of the blog entry they're attached to.
Posted by earthling (Dave C) | June 1, 2006 1:28 PM