NBC Direct relaunches: Free video downloads of NBC TV shows
NBC has relaunched its NBC Direct video download service. Honestly, ever since Hulu launched, I haven't thought much about NBC Direct, which I first covered back in 2007. There aren't any videos available from NBC Direct that you can't find on Hulu, and the clunky DRM and download application make NBC Direct much more difficult to use than the web based player.
Still, NBC Direct has two advantages over Hulu or other online video sites:
- You can watch videos while you're not connected to the internet
- Videos are available in high definition
The downloads are pretty speedy. NBC uses peer to peer technology which you can off if you're willing to deal with "standard quality" videos instead of the "high quality" versions that are available to P2P users.
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Phil said 10:25AM on 2-17-2009
Also from the FAQ:
Can I watch episodes outside the United States?
At this time, full episodes on NBC.com can only be viewed within the United States.
Which makes this just as useless to most of the world. They own the content, don't they?
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whiskey said 7:58AM on 2-18-2009
(rant)
What puzzles me is this... They can establish that my connection comes from a Cable Service Provider which happens to be also an ISP. Given this situation, one would assume that since I'm paying to watch NBC on my cable box I would be allowed to watch sites such as Hulu, or any other of the like IF my cable company pays for said signals and IF said channels are in their lineup (all of them are except Comedy Central, I know, how do I live?)...
It's not stealing, it doesn't dwelve into the dark regions of several layers of lawyers... It's just that they care not.
I let others do my recordings and if I miss an episode of any series I'm watching, I know how to get the files, but for once I was kind of expecting a little bit more ... I don't know ... maturity maybe, from this guys.
I also want my brain to become mushy! (/rant)
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