February 21, 2008

Download Movies on TV: The Netflix-LG Way

Things do seem to come full circle: Movie distribution has gone from TV to mail to online download back to TV on demand. Capitalizing on this trend, Netflix (see my previous post) and LG are betting, you will want to buy yet another device for your home theater.



As a Wall Street Journal article notes:

"The partnership between Netflix, Los Gatos, Calif., and South Korea's LG represents another gamble by technology companies that video from the Internet, which is commonly downloaded to personal computers, will go mainstream when users can easily access it from TV sets. So far, Internet television products such as Apple Inc.'s Apple TV have largely been unsuccessful, stymied by a poor selection of videos, complexity of use and other shortcomings.”

Here is my question: Will YOU want to buy yet another device for your home theater? I know I don't....

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