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I come back to you now. At the turn of the tide.

Which means that when I was texting you on Saturday you had no idea who it was?

Mike Ferreira's article mirrors what I have heard a lot of people say in the last few years. However, while people clearly fansub but I have never run into the attitude he is describing. At least not in the community that I take part in.

In terms of greed there was a little bit of greed before the bubble burst. The fault is on the Japanese companies for being tied to the model they have been used to in Japan. The Japanese consumer is willing to spend $70 for two episodes. The American consumer is not. Then American licensors were spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on series that barely made back the cost to print the discs. The industry didn't die because of piracy. The industry died because the people involved didn't know how to run a business. Funimation, for all the faults you can attribute to them, know what they are doing. They licence based on the fan response to shows. They have smart people involved that actually love the content and want to treat it with respect. The most interesting part about Funimation's Anime Boston panel is that they acknowledged fansubs. For shows not yet released they said, something to the effect of, "If you've seen the show we hope you'll check it out again."

At the very worst the model would need to shift to delivering the content for free and making money based on merch. If I didn't have to spend hundreds of dollars just to own a series I love than I'm going to buy merch not to support the show but just because I love it. I own merch for series not yet released in the States and I'm sure a lot of fans do.

This article also points out legitimate complaints, which makes the whole thing sound like whining instead of an actual market analysis:

"I'm sure most people roll their eyes whenever somebody pipes up and says "No dub, no buy" or "I refuse to buy anything that's not on blu-ray!" The show is going to be the exact same damn thing, whether it's in 1080p or not!"

If a fan doesn't like watching a show in subtitles.. he won't buy a show without a dub. Also, now that most shows are broadcast (and fansubed) in HD resolutions if you bring the show to the States I want it in an HD resolution. Why would I want a downscaled version of something I probably already have? I waited an extra six months for Evangelion 1.11 on Blu-ray. That's the product I want to buy. Put it to market and you will have my money.

TeleportSandwich, on 11 February 2010 - 10:24 AM, said:

1. It was just a call in show.
2. I am the most important person in the WORLD

Björn Türoque, on 28 January 2010 - 12:43 AM, said:

Probably because there has never been a mainstream market for a tablet PC and since none of the Windows 7 based tablets have been released yet there may still not be a market for a tablet PC. I don't ever see an operating system designed for a mouse and keyboard to be transitioned to touch controls well. The user interfaces don't transition well. Apple took the safe bet by giving consumers a product they already know has sold well. Perhaps this is just a transition device for when they release the Macbook touch.

I actually didn't think Apple would release a Tablet. I would have loved Jobs to go up, show us iPhone 4.0, then walk away with no tablet as a big FU to the rumor mill. What I claimed I wanted wasn't a tablet macbook but a ten inch enclosure I can slide my iPhone into when home for a larger browsing experience. No, I didn't think it would have ever happened.

But, this is close. I can see this replacing what I do with my iPhone around the house. Which is browsing the web and checking twitter. The browsing experience looks awesome. It maybe the best way to view web pages. But I haven't decided if I will get or not.

It really fills a small niche and if you need anything more than you probably should just carry your laptop. But for those times when you don't want to get your laptop out but you want a better experience than a smartphone this kicks the crap out of any netbook out there.

I wonder what the HP Slate is going to be like. I hope it offers something much closer to a tablet... but I know I don't want to interact with Windows 7 with a touch panel. That sounds like a nightmare.

Artie, on 28 January 2010 - 07:49 AM, said:

I really don't get people who have this reaction. You know what the device is... and if it doesn't have what you want you don't have to buy it. I really don't know what I'd want to have running in the background on the iPad except for music which is possible. I know I've heard people say they want pandora running in the background but I really dislike streaming services. I guess I'd like an instant messenger running in the background but they solved that with the push notification services. It works. What would you like to have running in the background?

As for Flash... well other than Video I think it's better off without flash. Hulu would be nice on the device. But in the next few years we are going to see the death of flash in favor of HTML 5 which is already supported by Mobile Safari.