Started 1 month, 2 weeks ago (2009-10-10 09:18:00)
by Mark.J
Yes there are a lot of alternatives these days and RM doesn't seem to have kept pace. They still offer good compression but the quality/compression balance is not so favourable. I tried putting some audio and video content through RM's latest codec recently, just to test, it compressed well but I've seen better quality at the level it was shrunk to.
Started 6 days, 12 hours ago (2009-11-22 19:49:00)
by rruwalton
Started 6 days, 19 hours ago (2009-11-22 13:03:00)
by Robert Naylor
It all depends on the ISP DHCP settings. Anything from minutes to years.
If its a
static IP then it will remain until the customer doesn't want it, or the ISP has a change around.
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-11-19 11:01:00)
by Mark.J
Speaking of browsers, Microsoft is finally going to focus on performance and standards for IE9! That's a first, usually they just try to quick-fix for standards and bulk more features onto the browser instead of improving its rendering performance.
http://blogs.
msdn.com/ie/archive/200...evelopers.a spx
Started 5 days, 9 hours ago (2009-11-23 22:45:00)
by oldgoat
microsoft and
murdoch deserve each other
Started 1 month, 2 weeks ago (2009-10-14 10:50:00)
by Mark.J
Hmm it seems like you don't have a lot of choices there and what you desire is a bit difficult to match at that price point. The main problem will be finding a fast service for multiplayer that also gives you a massive usage allowance, which without an unbundled ISP is going to be difficult.. nay risky.
However
Virgin Media does claim to have SOME cable coverage (avoid their Virgin National ...
Started 5 days, 9 hours ago (2009-11-23 23:18:00)
by Robert Naylor
See http://www.youtube.com/t/contact_us
Started 3 days, 20 hours ago (2009-11-25 12:02:00)
by chrislane
Started 1 day, 17 hours ago (2009-11-27 14:57:00)
by Mark.J
Indeed I expected the big
BitTorrent trackers like this to vanish much sooner, leaving behind a minefield of smaller sites. They really were just mass collections of illegal bt links that like it or not are now no longer tolerated by most countries.
Started 1 week, 6 days ago (2009-11-15 10:57:00)
by Mark.J
Yes but they're a bit of a
mish-mash. Obviouslly you have iTunes and other services like Sky Player if you're a Sky TV subscriber, though Sky Player is also becoming available on separate subscriptions now too (i.e. XBox 360).
But I think what you're really looking for are sites like these:
http://www.lovefilm.com (beta)
http://www.blinkbox.com
Blinkbox is a bit better and you ...
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