Last week in the Saturday class we talked about video on the Internet and what is a tolerable TRT. Most of us agreed that an acceptable length is between two and three minutes. This allows for enough time to get the main idea of the video without getting lost or bored. The beauty of short video clips on the Internet is that you can hop around youtube.com and in a short amount of time watch a number of videos. But are we ready to use the Internet to sit down and watch longer forms of video such as lengthly features or concerts? As part of AT&T's promotion for the "Loudest Pep Rally," they offered a webcast of the West Point shows this week. I was unable to watch either of these (because I was doing homework of course!), but if I had the time I would have checked it out. But it got me thinking about the questions of web usability and are we ready to use the Internet as a source for longer forms of video entertainment, or are we stuck in youtube mode with short clips?
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Interesting. I am going to go and watch that now. I need something to watch to relax me from all of these final projects I have to accomplish.
Time is an issue with me as well, so I obviously can't spend a lot of it sitting in front of the computer watching videos on YouTube. The solution for me has been RealPlayer. The latest (free) version of RealPlayer allows me to download videos from YouTube into a library on my computer. I can watch these anytime I get a chance, and I get to keep them instead of just keeping them in a playlist or list of favorites. I used to hate RealPlayer, but they've made so many improvements to it (including adding this feature) that I actually really like it.
I think it all comes down to content. Netflix allows full movies to be viewed on a computer. While I have no idea how successful that program has been, they seem like a company that stays abreast of current trends.
Even downloading movies to your computer is still staring at the same screen, just with the internet component removed. So is the issue watching a computer screen or watching an internet video?
I think ultimately content will be there and we'll watch it, however long that takes.
I actually caught some of the Dave Show from West Point and it was interesting...Being there would have been better but I think something like that is great to use more as background than anything else...I couldnt see myself as much as I may love Dave sitting there and watching a concert on my computer...my attention span is just too short.
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