2012-04-22, 18:46
this will be the death of xbmc not love film
vendors have moved towards closed eco-systems with cloud accounts and streaming services as will service providers such as netflix, lovefilm and any future content providers move to those well established 'official' platforms (xbmc is opensource and scary to big business) so you will be ok on a samsung tv, ps3/4/5 , xbox etc.. but not linux or pc
right now on the xbox/ps3 the high quality option is poor and below dvd quality at 3 mbps but it is suprisingly watch able. Soon higher broadband rates will be catered for (my connection is a pitiful 3mbps but is to be upgraded to an expected 59mbps in a month!) it will render local storage for 90% of consumers who have fast broadband unessential as the quality threshold for mr and mrs average will be at compressed 720p / 1080i 7-10mbps.
eventually they might even offer a "super-hd" (just below blueray) 14-18mpbs option? like apples new lossy 1080 codec
without a need for physical media ( movie companies increasingly hate the associated costs and ease of piracy) and as uk broadband upgrades seems to be finally moving on at a fair pace you will see less and less outlets for physical media, without that media the only option is online streaming or tv.
if xbmc or other opensource custom apps cant play whatever nightly flavour or version of player that lovefilm or netflix is using then you wont actually have a movie collection and xbmc becomes what?
imagine one night having the perfect xbmc setup and the next night zero films as you wait a week for a patch it might ultimately be 5-10 years away but its happening
vendors have moved towards closed eco-systems with cloud accounts and streaming services as will service providers such as netflix, lovefilm and any future content providers move to those well established 'official' platforms (xbmc is opensource and scary to big business) so you will be ok on a samsung tv, ps3/4/5 , xbox etc.. but not linux or pc
right now on the xbox/ps3 the high quality option is poor and below dvd quality at 3 mbps but it is suprisingly watch able. Soon higher broadband rates will be catered for (my connection is a pitiful 3mbps but is to be upgraded to an expected 59mbps in a month!) it will render local storage for 90% of consumers who have fast broadband unessential as the quality threshold for mr and mrs average will be at compressed 720p / 1080i 7-10mbps.
eventually they might even offer a "super-hd" (just below blueray) 14-18mpbs option? like apples new lossy 1080 codec
without a need for physical media ( movie companies increasingly hate the associated costs and ease of piracy) and as uk broadband upgrades seems to be finally moving on at a fair pace you will see less and less outlets for physical media, without that media the only option is online streaming or tv.
if xbmc or other opensource custom apps cant play whatever nightly flavour or version of player that lovefilm or netflix is using then you wont actually have a movie collection and xbmc becomes what?
imagine one night having the perfect xbmc setup and the next night zero films as you wait a week for a patch it might ultimately be 5-10 years away but its happening