jeff’s Comments

• May 15th, 2013 @ 10:19am

  (untitled comment)

  on TV Networks Finally Discover Live Streaming; Still Get It Really, Really Wrong
  I would love to be able to cut cable TV at our house. But the wife won't let me. All I would need is an OTA antenna and my Apple TV. Would love to save the $75 a month. Not sure I would save it though. I'd probably spend the money I saved by not having cable TV to increase my Internet speed to the max on FiOS.
• Mar 14th, 2013 @ 5:22am

  (untitled comment)

  on Virginia ISP Locks Customers Into 25-75 Year Contracts; Sues Everybody When Monopoly Threatened
  The county officials who sign these contracts should be fired. This would set a precedent. If these government officials are held accountable, maybe they'll think twice before signing a deal like this in the future.
• Mar 25th, 2011 @ 8:16am

  (untitled comment)

  on Hollywood Continues Its Plan To Kill Netflix
  HBO and Showtime are middlemen with old technology (cable). Netflix and Amazon are middlemen with new technology (streaming). As long as companies like HBO and Showtime continue to hold on to the cable only world, they will fail. Netflix is to HBO what HBO was to NBC. The future is Internet only. No cable. Plus Netflix has completely disrupted the price structure set by HBO and Showtime. They want over $20 a month for service thats only available on cable. Netflix wants $9 a month for streaming service. Netflix gives you access to way more movies. HBO and Showtime gives you access to more original shows. But now that Netflix is entering that game, HBO and Showtime are scared. HBO and Showtime need to decide whether they want to be a "channel" or a producer.
• Jun 30th, 2010 @ 6:19pm

  When ESPN becomes available ...

  on Hulu CEO So Careful Not To Upset Cable Companies, He Might Just Destroy His Own Business
  As soon as I can get ESPN on the Internet, that is college football games, I'm done with cable.
• Apr 9th, 2010 @ 9:17am

  @Designerfx

  on Is The iPad The Disneyland Of Computers?
  All Macs are for media consumption?
  
  I guess you don't attend many developer conferences. Go to PyCon. About 65-70% MacBooks. Attend RailsConf. About the same. Attend most web developer conferences. MacBooks are the standard, not the exception.
• Jan 27th, 2010 @ 4:51pm

  You're thinking about it the wrong way

  on Wait, Who Wants A Proprietary, Locked Down Device That Limits What You Can Do?
  If the user experience is far better on a locked down, proprietary device, people will choose that one. If someone can build a tablet running Linux or Chrome OS that comes close to what the iPad can offer, then the "open" product may win. But it isn't about whether its open or not, its about how good of a user experience it is.
• Jan 6th, 2010 @ 1:23pm

  Chris hates his kids

  on Apple Blocks Google App From iPhone While Trying To Patent The Same Invention?
  You got your kid a Zune over an iPod? You are truly evil. I can understand the Droid except the fact that you are a hypocrite. Won't buy Apple because of their "controls" over their devices, yet you get a Droid which runs on Verizon, probably the most controlling corporation in existence.
• Nov 4th, 2009 @ 1:38pm

  Re: Strange

  on Time For Palm To Drop WebOS And Embrace Android
  Android before 2.0 was slow. But the hardware it ran on was even slower. Even now, the only hardware that runs it well is the new Motorola Droid. Even the HTC's are still using outdated CPU's.
• Nov 4th, 2009 @ 1:35pm

  Re:

  on Time For Palm To Drop WebOS And Embrace Android
  If its slow, its not the OS, its the hardware. Outdated processors in the Pre's. You can't compete with Apple using outdated hardware. Subsidized phones means you need to have the latest and greatest hardware.
• Jun 4th, 2009 @ 6:59am

  I don't have a problem paying to watch shows

  on News Corps.' Jon Miller Continues His War Against Free; Wants Hulu To Charge
  But I do have a problem paying Hulu. I'd love to pay to watch shows from HBO like Entourage and Big Love. I wish HBO would make them available online.
  
  Hulu is trying to be the Cox, Verizon, Comcast, or Time-Warner of the web. Hulu will probably want you to sign up with them just like you do with cable tv now. No alacarte. Probably a tiered system.
  
  My problem with Hulu is the fact that it is owned by a media giant. I would rather have a good open source client that hooked into networks like HBO. We don't need the middleman. Lets get the show straight from the source.