Which would you prefer to do?: |
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Download the videos to your hard drive
to view when you want |
87% |
View the videos on line in a streaming
format |
12% |
Other Option (I dont even know what that
could be?) |
1% |
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Which formats would you prefer ? |
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AVI: This would be a very large file (720x480
A feature would be 20+Gb) |
25% (actually a full feature would be about
60Gbs!!!!) |
DIVX: High quality - may require a DIVX
player or DVD player software |
21% (although DIVX is meant to be great
quality with high compression - tests have not shown good results
so far.) |
WMV: Windows Media Player file - smaller
but usually lower quality |
17% (this is a format that is very common
with download sites) |
MPEG2: Good Quality - quite a large file |
16% (this is the video file that is used
for DVDs/ MPEG1 for VCDs) |
WINZIP: Would you like files to be compressed
with Winzip? |
7% (the best known zip file but not the
best) |
RAR: Would you like files to be compressed
with RAR? |
5% (slightly less well known and you may
need to buy the software) |
QUICKTIME: (*.mov file) Apple quicktime
(Macs and PCs) |
4% (quite a large file that requires a Quicktime Player) |
FLASH: As used by sites like Youtube. Smaller
file - for viewing on line |
3% (aka FLV file. Good for streaming but quality is not
great) |
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What size would you prefer the file
to be ? |
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720 x 480 (16/9) full DVD size picture
(very large file) |
56% (of course the bigger the file, the more the cost) |
720 x 480 (16/9) full DVD size picture
- broken into 15-20m sections |
23% |
480 x 368 Medium Size file |
17% |
320 x 240 Small file for viewing on PC
or small screen player |
3% (this would be more for small portable players.....why?) |
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Does your television have an active
internet connection? |
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No |
67% (lovefilm advertising makes it look this is the norm) |
Yes |
21% (but can you store it?) |
I don't know |
5% ( well get off your ass and take a look round the back) |
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Which do you prefer? |
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To download the movie |
71% (well that is a surprise!) |
To do both |
21% (our favourite kind of customer) |
To buy the DVD |
8% (Get the DVD coffin ready) |
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How do you watch films from the internet? |
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On your PC/laptop |
61% (now is that really the best way to watch a masturpiece?) |
By using a media player that can play AVI,
mpeg files, etc on your TV |
16% (techno-wizards) |
By burning the film onto disc and playing
it on the DVD player |
13% (what software I wonder?) |
Through an internet connection on your
TV |
10% (would love to hear from people who have used this
site) |
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Have you ever downloaded films
from any of these sites? |
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Netflix |
26% |
Amazon |
20% (Amazon come in 2nd place!!?) |
Itunes |
19% (is it just me, or is Itunes just too complicated?) |
Blockbuster |
7.45% (atleast you don't have to rewind the tape) |
Lovefilm |
7,45% (after all their advertising) |
Nicemovies |
1.06% (I guess the name would put most punters off) |
Other download sites that were mentioned: Rue Morgue,
Kink, In the crack, maxdoom ; videoload ; Aebn ; zfxvod.com |
Nicheclips. Science Fiction Fetish. GIGA (Japan). Red Feline,
cduniverse.com |
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