Comments on: The Underestimated Over-The-Top Device: The PC http://paidcontent.org/2011/03/02/419-the-underestimated-over-the-top-device-the-pc/ The economics of digital content Fri, 24 May 2013 02:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tom Rich http://paidcontent.org/2011/03/02/419-the-underestimated-over-the-top-device-the-pc/#comment-82742 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:37:38 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/03/02/419-the-underestimated-over-the-top-device-the-pc/#comment-82742 A smart company will bridge the gap for consumers. TV on the Internet is the next progressive step in the evolution of home entertainment.

]]> By: Ian D. Nock http://paidcontent.org/2011/03/02/419-the-underestimated-over-the-top-device-the-pc/#comment-82741 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:28:34 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/03/02/419-the-underestimated-over-the-top-device-the-pc/#comment-82741 This is a hangover from the degree of variance in technologies for online video and the rank silliness of blocking devices such as we have seen with Boxee and Google. No one (apart from Rupert Murdoch with The Daily!) blocks PCs. Also if someone did, they offer the greatest flexibility to work around the issue for the consumer, just as the PC offers flexibility for dealing with the content container/codec stew that is the Internet today. Give it H.264 with Fairplay – PC can play it, Andoid Tablet cannot. Give it WMV – PC can play it, iPhone/iPad cannot.

There is also the simple truth that ALMOST EVERYONE has a PC, and it only seems like everyone has an iPad :-)

]]> By: Oliver http://paidcontent.org/2011/03/02/419-the-underestimated-over-the-top-device-the-pc/#comment-82740 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:26:55 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/03/02/419-the-underestimated-over-the-top-device-the-pc/#comment-82740 The other factor is that pc-to-tv is still the most comprehensive way to get all the services. Certainly services such as 4OD here in the UK only show a fraction of the content on available via the web on their various apps such as PS3.

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