It has been a few months since I last posted about the changes I was making to our home multimedia experience. I went over the Roku last time and will give everyone an update on my thoughts after a few months of usage. I will also be going over the rest of the gadgets I’ve put in place. Nothing too fancy mind you, I am working on a “limited” budget. First things first though, I am still not completely done with the project as some issues have not been easily fixable with minimal cost.
Dear Mr Content Provider,
If you are going to stuff content with ads do not charge for access. If you are going to charge for access do not stuff content full of ads. If you are going to charge for access and include “sponsored” content do not charge for crap we can otherwise get for free on the web (I’m lookin’ at you Xbox Live)!
That is all.
PLC
Wow, time really does fly. I have spent the past few months (among other things) catching up on some console games, watching movies and getting in on a few shows that I haven’t seen before and some old ones that are worth a second look. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly things change and yet remain very much the same. I have spent hours on games that are far and away superior to stuff that was available even just a few years ago and yet they remain a huge “time suck” that can easily get out of hand. I spent time watching new and old shows and movies that are not only compelling but also completely unoriginal.
Video games have been like a haven to me for the better part of thirty years since the Atari 2600. This Summer, for me, has seen mainly a change from my usual PC gaming to consoles which was partlybrought on by our recent digital conversion and the fact that I have just gotten terribly burned out on PC games, MMORPG’s really. I’m looking at you WoW. I have a Wii and an Xbox 360 and most of my time has been spent on the 360. I have played Oblivion (for the second time and actually finished before I got bored with it this time), Fallout3 – which is an awesome game but I got bored and switched to Oblivion, Fable II – again an awesome game but I’m fat in real life and I’ll be damned if I want to play a game that makes my character fat if it eats anything other than celery. I have wanted to get some of the addons or other games available on XBL but I refuse to pay those ridiculous prices (a rant /post in the making on that one).
I have given up watching network television recently. The over abundance of shows and commercials that pander to the lowest common denominator in society makes my head hurt. I have been watching stuff on Netflix and Youtube and Hulu along with other sites that offer video feeds of one type or another. I have also been using Boxee which is a great app but I was very sad to see that it has been infected with pornography if the most recent builds (for a group looking for main stream acceptance, a bad decision IMHO). Anyway, Dirty Jobs, Deadliest Catch and Mythbusters are still some of my favorite shows along with a new appreciation for the American version of The Office. I tend to dislike blatant rip offs and shows being redone over again but this time the US version is every bit as good as the UK’s. The reason? Chemistry. The show is populated with writers and cast that work well together. There is nothing original about the story but the interaction of the characters is compelling. Penn & Teller: Bullshit! is another show that, although not terribly original, is very compelling none the less (as long as gratuitous nudity doesn’t bother you). I have been enjoying my Netflix subscription a great deal. I don’t tend to get many DVD’s but I watch the streaming content on a daily basis.
I will be finishing my series on my digital conversion soon. I regret that it has drug on so long after the fact. I certainly intend to be more consistent in writing in the future, not because I feel some sense of obligation to the three people that read this but because it is interesting to me and if someone else gets something out of it, all the better.
Yes, I have been gone for awhile. I blame Fallout 3 and Oblivion and Fable 2, hmm, maybe I should just blame the whole thing on the xbox 360 we purchased recently. Couldn’t be my fault, I’m just an innocent victim here. :p
I do have a few things in the works though. Thoughts on Win 7, my new 360, fallout 3, fable 2, the next installment of our digital conversion as well as Android 1.5 (if I ever get it… *shakes fist at T-Mobile*). So, yea, lots of stuff going on in house and as always my own take on the tech industry and anything else I feel like poking fun at.
Some of this will be here and some will be over at Tech Breaker and I can be followed on twitter as well.
