{"id":62,"date":"2008-05-24T10:28:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-24T16:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2008-05-24T10:28:04","modified_gmt":"2008-05-24T16:28:04","slug":"streaming-movies-to-your-computer-and-to-your-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/streaming-movies-to-your-computer-and-to-your-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Streaming movies to your computer, and to your TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years the movie industry has been trying to figure out how to distribute their products to consumers. Movies that have a theatrical release have film &#8220;prints&#8221; made, which are then shipped to theaters (BTW, printing and shipping can cost tens of millions of dollars), loaded onto projects, and presented to audiences sitting in the dark listening to cell phones and small talk while their shoes adhere to the floor. Although I&#8217;m exaggerating the down-side of the theater experience (and ignoring the positive aspects such as image and sound quality, the group dynamic that allows us to laugh, scream and cringe at exactly the same moment, etc.), the economic reality is that printing and projecting 35mm film prints is destined for the same fate as the broadsheet newspaper. But until digital distribution and projection technology (and security) improves, it is still the best alternative for the group viewing experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-55\" src=\"http:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/rokubox.jpg\" alt=\"Roku's interface box for Netflix\" width=\"286\" height=\"204\" \/>Viewing motion pictures in the comfort of your own home on your <a href=\"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/18\/toshiba-throws-in-the-towel\/\">Blu-Ray<\/a> high definition,  5.1 surround sound home theater system is another matter. With gas at $4\/gal and climbing, there&#8217;s got to be a better way than driving to your local video rental store to pickup and return a movie on DVD. Cable would like you to subscribe to their VOD (Video On Demand) service to watch something in their library. But that&#8217;s part of the problem&#8230;their library is limited. Netflix, on the other hand, has a huge database of movies available. While currently only a fraction (about 10% of their 100,000 title library) are available for streaming to your computer, the good news is that more and more movies are being added, and you can purchase a  piece of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/gadgets\/2008\/05\/review-roku-net.html\">hardware<\/a> for $100 that makes your Netflix moves available for viewing on your big-screen TV. Think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/appletv\/\">AppleTV<\/a> but cheaper. The Roku costs less (Apple TV is $250), and there is no additional cost per movie if you&#8217;re on one of Netflix&#8217;s unlimited plans that starts at $8.99\/month.<\/p>\n<p>When broadband internet connections and large-screen HD displays reach saturation, all movies will be distributed online rather than on disc. And if you want that group-viewing experience, you&#8217;ll just have to invite your friends over to the house!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years the movie industry has been trying to figure out how to distribute their products to consumers. Movies that have a theatrical release have film &#8220;prints&#8221; made, which are then shipped to theaters (BTW, printing and shipping can cost tens of millions of dollars), loaded onto projects, and presented to audiences sitting in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/streaming-movies-to-your-computer-and-to-your-tv\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Streaming movies to your computer, and to your TV&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,26,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-new-media","category-tv","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}