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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 157.01-2.1%Jul 18 9:30 AM EDT
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To: NicoV who wrote (218480)12/1/2006 3:43:56 PM
From: g_w_north of 275872
 
<The concept of 'owning' music or video because you paid for the media (or the right to put it on your iPod in the case of Apple) is rapidly becoming obsolete. Music services like Rhapsody are the future>

It will take more time to change the mentality of the consumer with regards to music over video IMHO. I think it is easier for people to relate to 'borrowing' a video (how many times do you really need to see it?) as opposed to music which has always been free on the radio or physically owned if paid for. Music is a different beast and aside from one download service they all sound like garbage.

I'm interested in trying to figure out where AMD/ATI thinks this convergence is going. I can't see any of the major studios/media giants wanting anything to do with convergence products such as MCE. There is one company that legally licensed DVD/CD ripping onto a hard drive-based system and then they were sued(and that is one sweet product!). Go figure?

btw... my local cable company was one of the first in North America to lay fiber optics (over 13 years ago) but they are an independent operator and don't offer things I enjoy such as timeshifting and the amount of high-definition programming I get from my satellite provider. I want quality not quantity.

Ironically, with my PVRs the output signal is active on all of puts simultaneously and therefore (if so inclined) one could easily capture from component output while watching from the HDMI output on your monitor/television.
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