It’s nice, and I can always find something, but it’s not always what I want. Sometimes, instead of watching Seduction Cinema’s Playmate of the Apes, starring Misty Mundae and featuring Darian Caine, I have to settle for Gladiator Eroticus, starring Darian Caine and featuring Misty Mundae. Really, it flies in the face of what democracy is all about and should be an affront to any person who loves freedom, but technology is a harsh mistress. There are always pesky technological limitations to what can be done with broadband access.
I recently joined Netflix after a year of people constantly telling me, “Dude, you have to join Netflix! It’s awesome!” I finally got tired of there never being anything good available at my local video stores, paying $15 for three DVDs, and the constant late fees because I’d rent the movie, get busy doing something else, and forget to return said DVD. Not one day after I join up do I see the announcement that Netflix and LG have partnered up to figure out a way to take Netflix’s streaming video service off of the computer and beam it directly into a box on top of my TV. You still need a computer for now, but I have the utmost confidence that they’ll work around that sooner, rather than later.
But what about those people with big, expensive high definition digital televisions? Do I expect them to settle for DVD quality when they paid through the nose for a 1080p screen so fine you can count the seams on Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham’s breast implants?
I imagine it’s only a matter of time before more mainstream content providers jump on the same bandwagon, or buy up the technology outright, so you may want to hold off on purchasing that 1080p copy of Knocked Up for the moment.
Sources: 1080p HorrorLG and Netflix = Crazy Delicious
