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June 04, 2005
TV's Future Is Here, but It Needs Work
(NY Times) Unfortunately, Akimbo can offer only what the networks and cable channels are willing to contribute. And these days, just hearing the phrase "Internet downloads" generally sends television executives into paranoid fits. As a result, the Akimbo library is so puny and overpriced that the enterprise is interesting only as a "what not to do" case study.
And despite Akimbo's claim to be "the first digital quality video-on-demand service over the Internet," the video quality is erratic. None of it is high-definition, none of it looks as good as a DVD, and some of it has the blockiness and pixellation of a Web cam. One children's series is so obviously a transfer from a VHS cassette, you can actually see the white streaks of the VCR's dirty heads.
Posted by Don at June 4, 2005 10:45 PM
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