iPods and Video
This is just one man's opinion, of course, but given that the man is me, then it's an opinion grounded in genius and knowing more about everything than you ever will. Every time Apple announces something, there ensues a flurry of comments and threads/conversations all about what's wrong/right with the product. I've contributed my own two pence, but I haven't shared my opinion of the iPod and video.
Partly, I don't want to just parrot what Steve Jobs says. He's said, for example, that video and music are consumed in entirely different ways. iPod, as a mobile playback device, can be enjoyed as you walk down the street. It would be dumb to try to watch video as you walked along a city street.
Apart from the risk of walking into a lamppost or treading in dogshit, you'd almost certainly be mugged.
But there's another reason why the idea of video on an iPod doesn't appeal to me, and that's the sheer poverty of the experience. Feature films, for example, are meant to be watched on a large cinema screen, whilst immersed in big cinema sound. It's bad enough trying to replicate this experience in your living room, let alone on a tiny LCD screen with a set of earbuds.
People download stuff, I know they do, but I tend to think of these people as what I like to call idiots. It's the obsession with free stuff, with no attention paid to the quality of the experience. Fuckit, it's just not good enough. As for other popular uses for video, i.e. porn, the very idea of people wandering about with an iPod full of porn is, frankly, icky. What are you going to do, pop into a public toilet for a quick Sherman? Or sit in a public park having a J-Arthur? Ew.
I'm underwhelmed at the very idea of using the iPod Photo for anything. BFD was my initial response. Until you can connect it direct to a camera and download photos to free up memory, you're simply at risk of becoming a slide show bore, aren't you? Or, again, sitting in a public park whipping your skippy over f@ke n u d e s of k y l i e.
Partly, I don't want to just parrot what Steve Jobs says. He's said, for example, that video and music are consumed in entirely different ways. iPod, as a mobile playback device, can be enjoyed as you walk down the street. It would be dumb to try to watch video as you walked along a city street.
Apart from the risk of walking into a lamppost or treading in dogshit, you'd almost certainly be mugged.
But there's another reason why the idea of video on an iPod doesn't appeal to me, and that's the sheer poverty of the experience. Feature films, for example, are meant to be watched on a large cinema screen, whilst immersed in big cinema sound. It's bad enough trying to replicate this experience in your living room, let alone on a tiny LCD screen with a set of earbuds.
People download stuff, I know they do, but I tend to think of these people as what I like to call idiots. It's the obsession with free stuff, with no attention paid to the quality of the experience. Fuckit, it's just not good enough. As for other popular uses for video, i.e. porn, the very idea of people wandering about with an iPod full of porn is, frankly, icky. What are you going to do, pop into a public toilet for a quick Sherman? Or sit in a public park having a J-Arthur? Ew.
I'm underwhelmed at the very idea of using the iPod Photo for anything. BFD was my initial response. Until you can connect it direct to a camera and download photos to free up memory, you're simply at risk of becoming a slide show bore, aren't you? Or, again, sitting in a public park whipping your skippy over f@ke n u d e s of k y l i e.
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Thursday, October 28, 2004
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