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Blockbuster plans to bust a move and get a streaming set-top out in time for holiday shopping.
Netflix. Schmetflix. ‘Tis the season to have some good old fashioned CE competition!
Blockbuster just announced plans to put the pedal to the metal on its own set-top box, which would allow on-demand movies. Welcome to 2008, fellas. Home Media Magazine says that the retailer is using the Movielink service to deliver the goods. This comes on the heels of multiple announcements from Netflix, who is working with manufacturers such as Samsung, Roku and Microsoft, to deliver on-demand entertainment in a branded set-top. We’re not even counting things like VUDU or Apple TV, either.
Could Blockbuster break the mold? Who knows? It’s hard to get excited or even interested; Blockbuster didn’t give any other info, such as a price, manufacturer, or an actual delivery date.
Maybe they are busy. After all, this isn’t the only Blockbuster project in the works. The company is working on pricing models, as well as “a Blockbuster-branded widget on Intel-manufactured chips imbedded in IPTV monitors.”
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I love waiting several hours to watch a downloaded movies from Blockbuster as much as I need a hole in my head. Download video sucks ###. I’d never buy a download set top box.
I want an instant streaming set top box from a service provider where I can get high definition 1080p blu-ray quality video on demand and live tv from one place over a low bandwidth connection (3Mbps or less) on both PC Player for PC and set top box for TV.
Oh wait, it already exists, it’s called MyTVPAL! and Netflix! ( http://WWW.MYTVPAL.COM ) / ( http://WWW.NETFLIX.COM )
Blockbuster is just trying to keep it’s stock up until it dies! It has no flare innovation. Those who do not innovate do not survive.
On demand means instant playing. So we should call it “wait several hours then never use the darn box again because your fed up of download boxes, just like AKIMBO”. That’s right! Just like Akimbo.
Congratulations Blockbuster on once again missing the mark and sailing below our expectations.
Long live 1080p blu-ray instant streaming on MTP and NF!
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