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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
If we had super high speed and reliable internet, and Netflix has their entire collection available in streaming, I'd gladly sell/donate my 300+ movies so I could stream them in time I wanted for a monthly subscription fee. Same with my CDs if the internet was global wireless and I could listen to anything, anytime, anywhere.
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The issue I have with this, is that NOT everything is available for streaming. There just isn't the storage on servers for that. Whenever I go to my parent's house, who have cable where I don't own a TV, I notice that HBO, Showtime, etc. shows only keep about 10 episodes on hand at any given time. What if I want to power through an entire season of Entourage one Saturday because my girlfriend left me and I need cheering up?
Or what if I want to do the entire Sopranos from start to finish in a month? Nuh uh! You only get to watch the few episodes offered this week, and get a few more next week when they're incremented.
The few music streaming services I've tried seem to pick one or two popular songs from an artist, and ignore the rest of their catalog. They also don't seem to have an eclectic mix.
Until this whole storage thing gets solved, having everything streaming just isn't viable, even with all the dark fiber laying around.
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Originally Posted by Bill Gates
I have to say that in 1981, making those decisions, I felt like I was providing enough freedom for 10 years. That is, a move from 64k to 640k felt like something that would last a great deal of time. Well, it didn't - it took about only 6 years before people started to see that as a real problem.
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