Comments on: Breaking the Code… http://www.tedstake.com/2008/05/11/breaking-the-code/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan Koch http://www.tedstake.com/2008/05/11/breaking-the-code/#comment-10553 Susan Koch Tue, 13 May 2008 17:33:25 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=2247#comment-10553 Ted, given your track record in everything you do, I have no doubt that if anybody "can make sense of this mess" -- you can. You'll be making a lot of filmmakers who are quite frustrated about this very happy. Best, Susan Ted, given your track record in everything you do, I have no doubt that if anybody “can make sense of this mess” — you can. You’ll be making a lot of filmmakers who are quite frustrated about this very happy.

Best, Susan

]]> By: Steve in Jersey http://www.tedstake.com/2008/05/11/breaking-the-code/#comment-10552 Steve in Jersey Mon, 12 May 2008 15:40:53 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=2247#comment-10552 I think the technology is just ahead of the adoption curve Ted. Your viewing end users just aren't ready. Remember how long it took for color TV to replace black and white, and for cable to acheive it's penetration into households? I like movies, but I really dislike going to the theater. Netflix is a pain to manage, though it is fairly efficient. I also don't like to pay a lot for TV's so after digital TV becomes the coin of the realm in February 2009, and prices drop, then I'll buy a nice HDTV. And on that new set, with my broadband connection, and no doubt some doo-hickey similar to Apple TV, I'll be ready to download and view high caliber indie films and shows, and I'll gladly pay for them too, because the stuff offered up by the major studios and networks is mostly aimed at a broad distribution and as a result the great majority of it doesn't appeal to me at all. Hopefully I'll be able to buy the shows/sports/films I want similar to the way I buy songs on i-Tunes, and get rid of my cable TV subscription to boot. I think the technology is just ahead of the adoption curve Ted. Your viewing end users just aren’t ready. Remember how long it took for color TV to replace black and white, and for cable to acheive it’s penetration into households? I like movies, but I really dislike going to the theater. Netflix is a pain to manage, though it is fairly efficient. I also don’t like to pay a lot for TV’s so after digital TV becomes the coin of the realm in February 2009, and prices drop, then I’ll buy a nice HDTV. And on that new set, with my broadband connection, and no doubt some doo-hickey similar to Apple TV, I’ll be ready to download and view high caliber indie films and shows, and I’ll gladly pay for them too, because the stuff offered up by the major studios and networks is mostly aimed at a broad distribution and as a result the great majority of it doesn’t appeal to me at all. Hopefully I’ll be able to buy the shows/sports/films I want similar to the way I buy songs on i-Tunes, and get rid of my cable TV subscription to boot.

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