A comparison of PS3 and 360 as media players
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Don't see why not.
Didn't I ask how to access the jap PS3 karaoke app? Didn't get any replies though....
Set up a Japanese PSN account?
It should be possible to use a VPN/(good) proxy to fool XBL/PSN but I haven't tried myself.
Use someone else's money to try !
EDIT: Sony updated Music Unlimited yesterday. You can finally browse and listen to an entire genre of music, like a radio station. Previously, the app only allows you to listen to Top 100 music in any genre, SenseMe selected songs, or create your own playlist and library.
Use someone else's money to try !
EDIT: Sony updated Music Unlimited yesterday. You can finally browse and listen to an entire genre of music, like a radio station. Previously, the app only allows you to listen to Top 100 music in any genre, SenseMe selected songs, or create your own playlist and library.
Do you honestly think I do not have a jap PSN account? If you do not know anything it is pointless to try to answer.
Have they added any Korean and Jap music yet?
Nope. I tried to search for "Nobody" by "Wonder Girls".
I think I misunderstood the update. ^_^
The "Browse" feature allows the users to browse the top songs, albums, artists and new songs in each genre. The "radio station" for each genre seems to be there earlier.
I usually play my own selection from their library, or the top 100. Totally forgot about the other options.
I think I misunderstood the update. ^_^
The "Browse" feature allows the users to browse the top songs, albums, artists and new songs in each genre. The "radio station" for each genre seems to be there earlier.
I usually play my own selection from their library, or the top 100. Totally forgot about the other options.
The UltraViolet saga continues...
Wal-Mart to Give Hollywood a Hand
http://online.wsj.com/article_email...49652072048154-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwNzEyNDcyWj.html
Wal-Mart to Give Hollywood a Hand
http://online.wsj.com/article_email...49652072048154-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwNzEyNDcyWj.html
I approve !
Analyst: Disc-to-Digital Has to be Free for UltraViolet to Work
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/di...sc-digital-has-be-free-ultraviolet-work-26581
Analyst: Disc-to-Digital Has to be Free for UltraViolet to Work
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/di...sc-digital-has-be-free-ultraviolet-work-26581
I approve !
Analyst: Disc-to-Digital Has to be Free for UltraViolet to Work
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/di...sc-digital-has-be-free-ultraviolet-work-26581
This has to be one of the most assinine things I've seen from these legacy media companies. This infographic sums it up perfectly:
http://imgur.com/hJjT3
They solve different problems.
(A) The above image shows that you can borrow a DVD from a library or friend and help yourself to a free copy. ^_^
(B) That author is advocating for a buy-disc-get-digital-for-free service for the entire industry. The experience doesn't have to be clunky.
It may be a long process though. Like how the music industry went from free-form piracy, to FairPlay DRM, and then back to structured, DRM-free services again. (A) and (B) are not mutually exclusive. In their latest move, Apple sidesteps the conversion process by matching pirated and legit digital music into a subscription service.
Stopping at (A) will achieve little since the studios will feel threatened by the "free copy"
(A) The above image shows that you can borrow a DVD from a library or friend and help yourself to a free copy. ^_^
(B) That author is advocating for a buy-disc-get-digital-for-free service for the entire industry. The experience doesn't have to be clunky.
It may be a long process though. Like how the music industry went from free-form piracy, to FairPlay DRM, and then back to structured, DRM-free services again. (A) and (B) are not mutually exclusive. In their latest move, Apple sidesteps the conversion process by matching pirated and legit digital music into a subscription service.
Stopping at (A) will achieve little since the studios will feel threatened by the "free copy"
We aren't talking about making copies of anything you rent, that's quite a stretch. What we are talking about is making copies of movies you purchased for personal viewing. Which, is exactly what they are trying to do, yet monetize it. The labels will never make it 'free' because the cost to run that service far outweighs the values of operating it.
We already have everything in place that we need to make this happen. The only thing in the way is labels trying to find a way to continue to make people pay multiple times for something they've already purchased. Again, which is assinine and part of the reason we are in the situation we are in.
We already have everything in place that we need to make this happen. The only thing in the way is labels trying to find a way to continue to make people pay multiple times for something they've already purchased. Again, which is assinine and part of the reason we are in the situation we are in.
I think many people regarding music are sidestepping it all and just moving to an all you can eat Zune/Spotify type service which is far simpler to use. I think movies will have to eventually move to a similar type setup one day, because it's just so easy to copy them now and I don't think people will tolerate any of the drm laden schemes the movie industry puts forward partly because they are a pain to use and also because they are never gauranteed to work on all your devices.
That's what you think, but it's not necessarily what's happening in the real world. The studios simply want/needs a better controlled mechanism without losing usability.
Yap, I subscribe to Music Unlimited. ^_^
Eventually these services have to allow users to download their music more freely instead of slaved to the network, and/or imposing download quota. iTunes Match has its own twist to compensate rights owners, and remain largely transparent to consumers.
For the movie studios, they are still trying to find a way to compensate for the low margin rental business. If the world goes rental completely, they stand to lose a huge chunk of their $$$. For now, Blu-ray works as a stop gap. It solves the margin problem, but is segregated from the rental world. At some point, both need to be together, since we are buying the movie, not the digital format or the disc format. Too bad, NetFlix unbundled their BR and DD offerings.
There's already laws in place preventing you from copying movies whether your rent them or not. The service you outlined is not targeted at getting people to purchase digital version of something they rent. It's targeted at getting people to pay for digital copies of something they've already purchased WHICH they could already make copies of if they were allowed to. I'm not following your train of thought on this?
The studios simply want/needs a better controlled mechanism without losing usability = How can we continue to charge people for something they've already purchased.
For the movie studios, they are still trying to find a way to compensate for the low margin rental business. If the world goes rental completely, they stand to lose a huge chunk of their $$$. For now, Blu-ray works as a stop gap. It solves the margin problem, but is segregated from the rental world. At some point, both need to be together, since we are buying the movie, not the digital format or the disc format. Too bad, NetFlix unbundled their BR and DD offerings.
The studios have been saying the same thing since the inception of VHS and it's a complete strawman argument. What the studios are facing right now is a 'service' issue. If I can go out and rent a redbox for $1, or get an On Demand version of the same movie for $5.99, which is the consumer going to chose. The studios could solve your so called 'rental' issue by properly pricing their services and delivery methods. If I wouldn't know any better, I'd think your a shill.
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