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I managed to get a fully working XBMC+Samba setup back when I was probably 13 or 14 in the mid-2000s. Echoing the sentiment that it really was far ahead of its
by Sanzig 11mo ago
I managed to get a fully working XBMC+Samba setup back when I was probably 13 or 14 in the mid-2000s. Echoing the sentiment that it really was far ahead of its time. I'd torrent a movie or show, it'd appear on the network share, and then I could watch it immediately in the living room in glorious 480p on a tube TV.
This was before Netflix instant watch existed, truly felt like something from the future.
- rootsudo 11mo agoCrazy this was about 20 years ago...
- notyourwork 11mo agoAnd now streaming services are becoming “cable networks”. Capitalism at its finest.
- asdff 11mo ago"Cut the cord and stop paying $80/mo" Funny how that was just representative of the money left on the table that was to be snatched up anyhow before long.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoCabled offered far less content, with far less convenience, with far more ad breaks, for far more money. The current situation is far preferable to being restricted to a specific screen in your home, controlled by a specific box, usable only with long term contracts, where you had to wait on hold on the phone and be home during 4 hour windows for a technician just to get something installed or canceled.
- nativeit 11mo agoKey word there is “current”. It’s quickly moving the other way.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoWhich way? The only movement is increasing monthly prices, which should be expected given inflation.
- vanc_cefepime 11mo agoMore ad time. Higher monthly prices. More fracturing of content requiring more subscriptions. One of the pros these days is that it’s all on demand. Back in the day you had to make time to watch a show on a certain time unless you were affluent enough to own a DVR. Writing is on the wall. Streaming services will become (already is IMO) just like the old cable industry.
- echelon_musk 11mo agoI didn't have wired networking everywhere in the house. So I would torrent the latest episode of a TV show (before it released in my own country) at something like 45 kbps. At 350 MiB it was usually possible to watch the episode the same evening I started the download. Once it was finished I'd have to carry the box upstairs to FTP the episode to the Xbox's HDD and then carry it back down again to connect to the TV. Later, I would run Azureus inside of a Linux distro on the Xbox to download content directly. Great times.
- jwiz 11mo ago350MB so 2 would fit on a standard CDROM.