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So.. the bartender at my local bar tells me his big-wig corporation owning daughter up in Seattle bought over 1,000,000 shares in this company around $.02. He is excited because at that time it was up to $.20 and his daughter said a good portion is for him.
Skeptical about 'bar tips' for stocks, I start doing some DD. Seems like a great company, with GREAT people behind it (film industry big wigs). The public beta testing starts tomorrow and the service goes LIVE on September 12th.
I got in today.. hoping over 3-5 years we can see $3-$5 but its all speculation and guessing. Depends on how well it 'takes off'. But all in all I think it looks like a solid play.
Thoughts anyone?
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Launch is tomorrow. Look for PR in the AM imo...already lots of buzz from Amazon's Unboxed launch just a few days ago. This one better imo...Let's see what kind of advertising they put with this in the next couple of weeks.
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once they start releasing content deal information this should skyrocket. chart looking to 'leg up'- technical indicators look good.
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Posted by: MWM In reply to: Dream who wrote msg# 30045 Date:9/11/2006 5:31:54 PM Post #of 30051
RLTR Email, Dear GridNetworks Supporter,
With version 1.0 of the GridNetworks PowerGrid Player, we established a new standard for broadband streaming video quality. Now, as we prepare for the launch of ReelTime Rentals on September 12th, we are making the PowerGrid Player v1.1 Release Candidate 1 (1.1.0127) available for final evaluation. If you are still using an earlier version of PowerGrid, you're in for some pleasant surprises. Whether you are an end user, integrator or content publisher, we encourage you to evaluate this version and contact us with any feedback you might have regarding your experience.
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ReelTime Rentals Begins Public Launch of Beta Product
Market Wire "US Press Releases "
SEATTLE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/12/06 -- ReelTime Rentals, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: RLTR) haslaunched the first "Point, Click, and Watch" full screen DVD quality video streaming online site (www.reeltime.com) to the public as an extension of its beta test.
"Opening to the public is a major milestone for our Company. We want tothank all that have contributed, including the closed beta group and ourentire staff," said CEO Barry Henthorn. "During our closed beta test wereceived many enthusiastic comments as well as identifying severaloperational and structural deficiencies in our product. While not all ofthe identified bugs have been completely addressed, we feel that theproduct is at a stage that warrants opening the website to a largeraudience as we proceed with addressing these challenges. This will allowthe public to participate and comment, and will provide the increasedtraffic that will allow us to stress our systems and improve our service.During this period we will be adding more staff and content as well asadding capacity, preparatory to a full scale rollout and coincidingmarketing campaign."
About ReelTime Rentals, Inc.
ReelTime Rentals' mission is to deliver diverse programming over its onlinebroadband network, enabling viewersto watch whatever they choose, anytime and anywhere they want to see it --all they need is a broadband connection. ReelTime offers the only DVD quality "point, click, and watch" userexperience available on the World Wide Web. For more information, go towww.reeltime.com
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Just from looking at these prices, People want Convenience, DUH!, IMO Reeltime has got the Broadband market in this area cornered and it eventually has nowhere to go but up.
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Sorry guys but downloading of movies has been around for years and it never caught on.
You got loads of restrictions with this. Not just with this company but all of them that offer downloads.
1)if you get the movie on the pc you gotta then run a cable to the tv set if you wanna watch it on the 27 inch TV. If you even can do it. What if the tv and computer at are opposite ends of the house????
2)most of them you can watch the movie online one time and not more.
3)without a high speed net you can't do it. but who wants to spend even more time online downloading movies all day?
4)can you imagine a 50 yr old never using a computer doing this? Will never happen.
5)what about the hd dvd and blue ray disc? I doubt that quality can be seen on a laptop and all the extra content can even be downloaded.
I was all for this technology but I can tell you that it won't catch on if ever for at least 10 years until ever home in this country has fiber.
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Guy but thats why im not worried that Gameznflix does not have the downloading yet.
I really don't think it's the way people want the movies.
I see it as more work then just getting it in the mail. We all spend enough time in front of the computer all day long. I rather get away from it.
I don't think Apple understands it either. They are gonna be suprised when their service does not do that well. The same with Amazon who just rolled out something like that also.
Movies are really for the TV set not the computer.
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quote:Originally posted by golfman: Sorry guys but downloading of movies has been around for years and it never caught on.
-it's not downloading. you don't wait for it to finish downloading, then watch. You click and start watching right away. STREAMING VIDEO. Talk about 'putting on a movie' huh?
You got loads of restrictions with this. Not just with this company but all of them that offer downloads.
--tell me what the restriction are, please? obviously you don't get to keep the movie (nor do you with blockbuster...netflix..etc). If I want to watch it again I just click and watch it again - no worries!
1)if you get the movie on the pc you gotta then run a cable to the tv set if you wanna watch it on the 27 inch TV. If you even can do it. What if the tv and computer at are opposite ends of the house????
-cable, what are you, 50 years old? <grin> it will be wireless, of course.
2)most of them you can watch the movie online one time and not more.
-with a monthly 'base' fee for unlimited access, you can watch all you want
3)without a high speed net you can't do it. but who wants to spend even more time online downloading movies all day?
-of course not. Dial-up is the minority by far, and service is only getting faster and faster (reference Verizon FIOS). You don't "download movies all day". It's click-and-watch... aka streaming video. Obviously you made several assumptions and didn't actually look into the service or company.
4)can you imagine a 50 yr old never using a computer doing this? Will never happen.
-Netflix requires just as much computer 'savvy' (major sarcasm on the savvy). I think your example is in the minority for sure. That is someone who still uses VHS instead of DVD and isn't in the target market, of course.
5)what about the hd dvd and blue ray disc? I doubt that quality can be seen on a laptop and all the extra content can even be downloaded. -wanna bet? HD's highest resolution right now is 1920x1080p. There are many, many computer monitors and graphics cards that support higher resolution than that. That quality can and will be streamed through the internet. Ever heard of an "HD tuner card" for PC? Why would they make a high-def tuner for a PC if the monitors couldn't display the resolution?
I was all for this technology but I can tell you that it won't catch on if ever for at least 10 years until ever home in this country has fiber. -are you kidding? why do you need fiber to stream a 700megabyte file (approx. size of each movie under compression)? If you have the 'standard' $15/month service DSL it's 1500 down / 256 up usually. At 1500 down you're looking at under 1 hour to download 700 megabytes. Obviously, then, you could stream a 1 hour 45 minute movie at DVD quality.
It will catch on if they host the right content.
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Wireless from the computer to the tv set? I like to see how that will work.
Don't you though think for a minute that Netflix would have done all of this if what you say is possible?
I mean they have loads of money to burn. A little small company can't have more technology then Netflix has.
Time will tell but I dont think this will ever catch one big. I think some will always want the DVD disc for rent over online.
But one thing I did read is that movies are first released on DVD before they are online for downloading.
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Amazon (Unbox) and Apple are both doing it golfie......
the US just crossed the 50% cable internet line... that's why the trend is toward movie downloads..cable is fast... when we fist got it? my kids just walked around the house in shock screaming "it's so fast" "it's so fast" "it's so fast"
Apple unveils film download service
APPLE today unveiled a new film download service - plus a device which will make it compatible with TV sets.
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the difference between Reeltime and Amazon/Apple is that it's STREAMING video. You don't have to wait for the whole movie to download. You're not purchasing the movie to own the file on your hard drive, you pay a monthly subscription to view movies.
Reeltime's 'Powergrid' player technology is above and beyond all other streaming content providers. The quality is amazing.
At a minimum, they are a prime candidate for buyout. At the maximum, they will sign huge content deals with Sony/WB/Universal/etc. etc. and become the next Netflix.
Golfman - regarding wireless.. Google is your friend. Simply type "wireless pc to tv converter" This technology has been around for years.
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Well the market though is gonna get a lot crowded it seems with the downloading or streaming movies over the years now that fiber is here.
They can't all stay in bussiness though. Be carefull.
We only are down to 2 major online rental companys. Blockbuster and Netflix. The rest will never make it or already went under.
The only reason why Gameznflix can make it is because they rent games AND movies which nobody else does. They will also have downloading in future they said.
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