Comments on: Sony to beam movies to AT&T phones — as they see fit http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/sony-to-beam-movies-to-att-phones-as-they-see-fit/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: MG Siegler http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/sony-to-beam-movies-to-att-phones-as-they-see-fit/comment-page-1/#comment-801506 MG Siegler Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:47:46 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/sony-to-beam-movies-to-att-phones-as-they-see-fit/#comment-801506 @charbarred - totally agree, this is very early stage stuff. they'll figure it out eventually. i never thought i would like watching a movie on my phone - then i got an iphone, and it's actually a pretty good experience i think. @charbarred – totally agree, this is very early stage stuff. they’ll figure it out eventually.

i never thought i would like watching a movie on my phone – then i got an iphone, and it’s actually a pretty good experience i think.

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]]> By: Charbarred http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/sony-to-beam-movies-to-att-phones-as-they-see-fit/comment-page-1/#comment-801238 Charbarred Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:50:48 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/sony-to-beam-movies-to-att-phones-as-they-see-fit/#comment-801238 Granted it's a strange offering, but this is what usually happens at this stage of the game. Hopefully the future will just hold a scenario in which you are in a hotel room, you hook up your cell phone to the tv and watch whatever movie you want (through your phone). The same happened with MP3's, different companies, different ideas on how to provide them...Sony really lost out on that one, so at least they're trying... And as for watching movies on a small screen...I used to watch horribly recorded VHS on a 12" screen without my glasses on when I was a kid, so I guess to each his own... Granted it’s a strange offering, but this is what usually happens at this stage of the game.
Hopefully the future will just hold a scenario in which you are in a hotel room, you hook up your cell phone to the tv and watch whatever movie you want (through your phone).
The same happened with MP3’s, different companies, different ideas on how to provide them…Sony really lost out on that one, so at least they’re trying…
And as for watching movies on a small screen…I used to watch horribly recorded VHS on a 12″ screen without my glasses on when I was a kid, so I guess to each his own…

]]> By: MG Siegler http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/sony-to-beam-movies-to-att-phones-as-they-see-fit/comment-page-1/#comment-801164 MG Siegler Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:21:26 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/sony-to-beam-movies-to-att-phones-as-they-see-fit/#comment-801164 @Albert - all good points. This will eat a lot of bandwidth and will make the phone die quicker. Commuters might like this, but the fact that it's not on-demand will make it a lot less accessible. @Albert – all good points. This will eat a lot of bandwidth and will make the phone die quicker. Commuters might like this, but the fact that it’s not on-demand will make it a lot less accessible.

]]> By: Albert http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/sony-to-beam-movies-to-att-phones-as-they-see-fit/comment-page-1/#comment-801145 Albert Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:50:24 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/sony-to-beam-movies-to-att-phones-as-they-see-fit/#comment-801145 It seems that there is a strong consumer trend towards video right now, especially with the growth of YouTube. This concept is going to be very promising. I'm curious as to how they are going to be streaming videos consistently and how it correlates to the bandwidth/signal. I know that they are also improving cell phones to have longer battery life, but I wonder if you could watch a whole movie streamed to the phone before the battery dies. I bet that they will have a strong market for those who are traveling in NYC, especially on long commutes to and from work. Soon they'll have widespread cell phones-to-TV connectors that allow you to stream the movie to your television from your phone as well. Keep us updated MG. Great post. Regards, -Albert It seems that there is a strong consumer trend towards video right now, especially with the growth of YouTube. This concept is going to be very promising. I’m curious as to how they are going to be streaming videos consistently and how it correlates to the bandwidth/signal. I know that they are also improving cell phones to have longer battery life, but I wonder if you could watch a whole movie streamed to the phone before the battery dies.

I bet that they will have a strong market for those who are traveling in NYC, especially on long commutes to and from work. Soon they’ll have widespread cell phones-to-TV connectors that allow you to stream the movie to your television from your phone as well.

Keep us updated MG. Great post.

Regards,
-Albert

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