I have to admit to being hooked on Lost. I had seen a 1/2 an episode previous to my start with the first year pilot. I enjoyed it from the beginning. I am at this moment downloading episodes 10, 11 and 12. Too bad I'm running through them so fast. I'm not sure Apple will have something else to my liking once I finish off last season and catch up to the current episode. I like watching the shows in order, so I haven't watched any of this season's shows yet.
Watching on an iPod totally works by the way. The visuals are great. It's not too small. It's light. It's fun. It's not having a big laptop on your lap. It's this elegant little thing in your hand. That you can take with you to the coffee shop and watch an episode if you wouldn't rather read right then. I'm thinking that watching bite-sized TV show episodes of a show with good writing and acting, excellent production values and an on-going plot beats watching most movies. They seem so long.
Of course, the video iPod wows people too. I show it to anyone I know or even don't know that well come to think of it. It's impressive. And kind of a shock to people. They can't believe the quality.
So that's the latest update. I love my new 30 gig black 5G iPod. At $299, this thing is a steal. What about my nano? How is it fairing. Well, when I have a couple good podcasts on it and I'm going out to exercise, it's absolutely perfect. And I still don't have a good case for my 5G, so I feel more comfortable with the nano.
I think both of these machines are going to big hits but I'll bet a lot of what would have been nano sales will go to the 5G. Teenagers are going to want one. I had to have one. I wanted to see for myself what the video would be like. How cool it would be. Right now I'm hoping this is going to change the face of TV, finally. I'm hoping this will generate huge numbers of passionate amateur video podcasters. And options for us to see videos that we would otherwise never have had the convenient opportunity to see. This video play is so cool. I'm hoping Apple can get some more good video content fast.
I'm hoping Apple can do some of the magic they did with music and get the high quality TV shows of all eras and make them available. The popularity of the video iPod will give us an idea of how much people have hated (consciously or unconsciously) the domination of TV broadcasting. Well, maybe it is a love hate relationship, but still.
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