Comments on: Amazon To Launch Video Streaming Service Soon http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/05/28/amazon-to-launch-video-streaming-service-soo/ TiVo, Slingbox, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever tech I feel like blogging about... Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:48:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ivan Y http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/05/28/amazon-to-launch-video-streaming-service-soo/comment-page-1/#comment-24730 Ivan Y Thu, 29 May 2008 02:41:53 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=2554#comment-24730 (1) Netflix streaming quality is spotty and most people I know complain that you can't just opt out for a higher quality level and have the player buffer the video. So Amazon better not do something like that. (2) Why are we even talking about streaming vs downloading? With a fast connection, other boxes offer an instant or almost-instant start anyway -- Vudu (instant), Apple (30 sec to a few minutes) and 360 (never tried to time it). So Amazon should just update the TiVo player to do what ATV and 360 do (Vudu uses P2P so it'd be a bit different). (1) Netflix streaming quality is spotty and most people I know complain that you can’t just opt out for a higher quality level and have the player buffer the video. So Amazon better not do something like that.

(2) Why are we even talking about streaming vs downloading? With a fast connection, other boxes offer an instant or almost-instant start anyway — Vudu (instant), Apple (30 sec to a few minutes) and 360 (never tried to time it). So Amazon should just update the TiVo player to do what ATV and 360 do (Vudu uses P2P so it’d be a bit different).

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