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| Thread ID: 117933 | 2011-05-11 05:45:00 | Would you pay for content? | davidmmac (4619) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1201438 | 2011-05-11 08:23:00 | I would pay to download content if: - It was totally DRM free, i.e I could watch it as many times as I like and port it to as many different formats and mediums as I liked, on the proviso that I don't provide it to other people - It was at least 720p ( or lossless for Audio) - TV shows are available the same day as they first air WORLDWIDE( i.e. no waiting 6 months for something to actually air on nz tv) - no more than $10 for a new release movie, dropping sharply after release - no more than $3 per episode of TV shows, dropping sharply starting the week following first airing - no more than $1 per track of audio - no more than $40 per game |
lagbort (5041) | ||
| 1201439 | 2011-05-11 08:51:00 | I would pay to download content if: - It was totally DRM free, i.e I could watch it as many times as I like and port it to as many different formats and mediums as I liked, on the proviso that I don't provide it to other people - It was at least 720p ( or lossless for Audio) - TV shows are available the same day as they first air WORLDWIDE( i.e. no waiting 6 months for something to actually air on nz tv) - no more than $10 for a new release movie, dropping sharply after release - no more than $3 per episode of TV shows, dropping sharply starting the week following first airing - no more than $1 per track of audio - no more than $40 per game Agree with all of that, bar the prices for movies and games, think they're a bit low. There is a lot of excellent content we never get to see in New Zealand, and the only way to view that content is to pirate it. I tried to pay for "A league of their own" a little while ago by subscribing to Sky Player (UK) but was frequently denied by various regional filters. I was prepared to subscribe to Sky Player for a month, paying full price (think it was about $50) but they wouldn't let me. |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 1201440 | 2011-05-11 09:31:00 | Interesting to see the comments. I think you'd be hard pressed to get a company to offer DRM free - although music started that way and is now free of it. But anyway. I think the pricing on the US iTunes is fair, about $3 for a tv ep, about $7 for a 1 week movie rental. My only problem with iTunes is that it wont integrate with my PVR, and by extension my popcorn hour. Because of the DRM. Now this is most likely because apple would like to sell me an Apple tv. Now I heard the other day you can do similar with Zune. Same sort of restrictions though. I'd love netflix here....but personally prefer the pay per ep model than supscription, but if it was here and reasonable I'd go for it. Mostly as it has an open(ish) api and is not tied to one device. Our big problem, is not, the lack of download caps - while annoying, you can deal with it (I mean people are torrenting, so their caps are obviously high enough for that), but the lack of a provider to provide the content. Fatso and the like need to get into this game, before a big overseas player gets into the market....although fingers crossed it's netflix!! |
psycik (12851) | ||
| 1201441 | 2011-05-11 09:52:00 | Speaking of restricting content to devices/programs. Does anyone find steam annoying in this way? ie steam games must start through steam (with a few exceptions). | icow (15313) | ||
| 1201442 | 2011-05-11 10:25:00 | Yes, more than happy to pay a monthly fee for streaming access to content, OR a small fee for downloads - say $2 for TV episode and $5 for a movie. | somebody (208) | ||
| 1201443 | 2011-05-11 10:50:00 | - TV shows are available the same day as they first air WORLDWIDE( i.e. no waiting 6 months for something to actually air on nz tv) The biggest hurdle with this is the content needs to be scrutinised / acceptable to NZ standards by the Broadcasting Standards Authority (or whoever it is) It's not too bad with Doctor Who though. I've noticed since it seems to be played on NZ TV 4 weeks after the UK does. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 1201444 | 2011-05-11 11:35:00 | I'd pay if it was for information that I needed ie speciallist information. Same here - Research oriented industry stats reports I have considered paying for. Don't know about music, have transferred 100's of my old tapes/vinyl to USB/CD's to play occasionally. As for streaming video's/music/games/torrents, don't know much about them. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1201445 | 2011-05-11 21:11:00 | I would buy music online if it was DRM free was not crap MP3 quality was not iTunes linked I would buy movies to watch if they were DRM free were about the same cost as going to the video store. Personally I would like to see my local library renting this kind of stuff as well as eBooks |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1201446 | 2011-05-11 21:52:00 | I'd pay for TV shows providing that it's current stuff from the US and UK. Not interested if it's coming from local content providers with their stalling and blocking tactics.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1201447 | 2011-05-11 23:17:00 | Only if it's offered in a format of equal or greater quality than the store-bought physical copies (of course, having the option to download lesser quality AS WELL but NOT as the ONLY option is OK too) It also must have: 1) No DRM 2) No requirement of installing any stupid programs for download management, playback or otherwise anything else. 3) Does not use any proprietary codecs etc that means I would be unable to play it on or with open source software. I give credit to www.juno.co.uk who satisfy all these things as I recently purchased a track from them I had wanted for a long time (the song used in a promo ad for 24 on TV3 some years ago) as well as MP3 they also do high quality WAVE which can be re-encoded to FLAC when you download if you wish. |
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