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- Downloading Your Favorite Shows
  
  A post about TV 2.0 by Josh on January 10th, '08
  
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- “Right now, iTunes is top of the heap as far as downloadable TV....”
  
  The internet is changing how I watch TV. The days of planning my schedule around a favorite show are long gone. Though I fought it for a long time, I now use iTunes regularly to download an episode or a whole season of a show. It is infinitely easier than waiting for Netflix or searching through the fine print of my cable contract to find out if I have to pay extra for the On Demand version of a show. The picture quality is good on iTunes (I can hook my laptop up to a large monitor or to my TV for a bigger picture).
  
  Another plus of iTunes, shows release individual episodes there soon after they air on TV. There’s no need to wait six to twelve months for the DVD to come out. Of course, unlike Limewire or Bittorrent, downloading a show from iTunes is not free ($1.99 per episode, though buying an entire season brings a bit of a discount).
  
  Amazon’s Unbox seems to be the major competition for iTunes as far as downloadable TV shows go. They don’t have iTunes’ selection, but are still pretty stocked. However, I use a G4 Mac, which, for some reason, Amazon thinks makes me a bad person. They won’t let me utilize Unbox unless I come to the dark side (I mean, buy a P.C.). Netflix has also begun an On Demand service, but, again, only for Microsofters.
  
  So, there you have it. Right now, iTunes is top of the heap as far as downloadable TV shows goes. The DVD seems to be headed out the door, so I’m sure some more reasonable competition is coming sooner rather than later. Hopefully that will mean cheaper prices for consumers.
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