Sony delivers Hancock via Bravia Internet Video Link, ahead of DVD & Blu-ray
By Richard Lawler 
posted Jun 30th 2008 6:27PM
posted Jun 30th 2008 6:27PM
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posted Jun 30th 2008 6:27PM
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How can a movie be a blockbuster before it even comes out?
Did you read the reviews? Apparently Hancock sucks.
i just saw it. it certainly was meh.
it had it's interesting components, but certainly not great. ...or "good"
Hancock looks better than Wild Wild West. Wild Wild West earned over $250 million at the box office.
Times change. Will Smith doesn't draw like that anymore.
And yeah, that movie sucked.
Yeah, I am Legend doubled what Wild Wild West made with all most 600 million at the box office... He can still draw in quite an audience.
It's like PT Barnum said...
Cool Movie, eventhough is a litle bit short, but it really worth to watch, cause it different than usual superhero movie
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Ah, so I have to buy a TV brand that has failed me 3 times along with a $300 box + a rental fee to see SD (or at best compressed HD) ? Pass...I'll wait..and rent on BD
I know what a stupid concept. They'll do anything to sell this premature concept of downloadable videos. When we get South Korea like 50Mbps connections then maybe we could try. Still we'd need at least 72mbps to consider streaming anything at Blu-Ray compression standards.
Sooo...Hancock is a "blockbuster" when not a dollar has been made on it yet. Not a person has viewed it(well in an established theatre anyway) and yet it's ALREADY considered a "blockbuster" eh? Hm.
I don't see this sitting well with the FTC. It might not flinch if Sony offers the movies for free, but as soon as it starts to charge for the movies, it very likely will be seen as a vertical monopoly. And because you would only be able to get the content and devices from one company, it probably won't last long.
How is this different from what Apple does, or what Amazon does with the TIVO, or what MS does with the XBox 360?
I don't think you need worrry though. At that price the box looks doomed. Maybe if they stuck wifi or an ethernet port straight into the TV they'd have a success on their hands.
More interesting will be to see if Sony consolidate their online presence around PSN. It would make a lot of sense for all their devices to point at the same place.
I am going to run out and buy a Sony LCD HDTV for $1,000 or more just so I can watch a crappy downloadable/streaming version of Hancock a week early. I think not. At best it will be Hancock in HD Lite (720p).
I'll buy a Pioneer second generation Kuro HDTV and buy or rent whatever movies I want to see on Blu-Ray disc, thank you.
This isn't much different than what AOL and Time Warner were going to try to do. Leverage the Roadrunner and other animated characters to sell (dial-up and high-speed cable) internet access.
There's no such thing as a "vertical monopoly". There is, however, leveraging vertical integration in an anti-competitive way. This could be an example of that.
Maybe because Apple doesn't force you to buy their TV. How stupid of Sony to limit it to only certain models of their own TVs.
$299 is a lot of money for something which is an embedded linux device with an ethernet / wifi input and a TV output.
http://products.sel.sony.com/opensource/source_bivl.shtml
It probably has hacking potential, but then so would a regular PC which you could buy for the same price. Something like the new Asus Eee PC for example.
By limiting who can use this device they are shooting themselves in the foot.