GT-TV: why Youtube and the likes are not an alternative

[jfedor]

I think it's an idea to get used to. Let's just to see where it goes after the prices will go up, and what kind of footage they'll offer in the future. In one way or another, this will surely sort itself out.

Yeah, I can see myself spending a few dollars a month even on rentals, if the shows are interesting. I will pass on old Top Gear episodes that I have already seen, but I think Kazunori Yamauchi on Ferrari's test track deserves my money.

 

[Jedi2016]

I have downloaded an episode of Top Gear in GTTV, and it puts Youtube completely to shame. Framerate, color, sound, and everything else is infinitely better than that little video box on Youtube. For $0.99, it's completely worth it in my opinion.

*Ahem*

I know you can download shows like Top Gear in high quality Divx format, then just transfer the file to the PS3. A little bit of work but not to bad and the video quality is definitely acceptable.

In fact, I would wager the video quality is about the same, maybe even a little better, on the "alternative" than it is on GT-TV. And, I don't have to pay for it. And, I get to keep it forever.

There's a thread right now in the Movies & TV forum, asking about "favorite moments from Top Gear". What's the point in having favorite moments if you have to shell out money every time you want to see them?

If not for the alternative, I'd never be able to watch Top Gear at all. And I know damn well I'm not the only one here that does it.

 

[Motominded]

*Ahem*



In fact, I would wager the video quality is about the same, maybe even a little better, on the "alternative" than it is on GT-TV. And, I don't have to pay for it. And, I get to keep it forever.

There's a thread right now in the Movies & TV forum, asking about "favorite moments from Top Gear". What's the point in having favorite moments if you have to shell out money every time you want to see them?

If not for the alternative, I'd never be able to watch Top Gear at all. And I know damn well I'm not the only one here that does it.

Top Gear is a bad example but im glad they are working together. Consider the other vids that you have to put up big money for and cant just download for free.

 

[FoolKiller]

At the current discount rate I purchased every video available. I'm currently on an SDTV and the ones I have watched so far (Top Gear, Video Option, and Super GT) all looked great on my screen. That may change when I get an HDTV (hopefully this week).

Now, based on what I have seen so far I only plan to purchase Top Gear and race footage in the future. I have no legal way to get full episodes of Top Gear and I avoid piracy.

My only disappointment is that the full cost of $1.99 or $2.99 (whichever it will be) for Top Gear as a rental seems a bit much as many other TV shows go for $1.99 to own on the PSN Store and iTunes. So, once full price comes along I may rethink my willingness to pay for these things. If I can find Top Gear on DVD I will probably go that route instead.

I definitely won't be paying $1.99 for videos like the Ferrari and GT-R inside looks because I'm not interested in paying that much for 15 minutes of video.

I am sure race footage will cost even more so when that comes out I will determine my willingness to pay for it, taking into account desire to watch and cost. That is assuming that the race footage we get will be full races. I can get seasonal reviews of some things on Netflix. In fact, I have a D1GP race on my Netflix list. And looking at it I see that some Best Motoring is also available.

So, yeah, depending on what and how much will determine what I do and do not pay for on GTTV.

If the race footage is excellent then this will be something I use frequently. If not then it might just be a legal Top Gear service, I just wish it weren't done in a rental format.

 

[Touring Mars]

My only disappointment is that the full cost of $1.99 or $2.99 (whichever it will be) for Top Gear as a rental seems a bit much as many other TV shows go for $1.99 to own on the PSN Store and iTunes.

I was just about to say this exact thing - I'm totally not against paying for Premium content, such as episodes of Top Gear etc., but it seems steep to me for a 'rental' price, especially when iTunes is selling similar content at a comparable price - it doesn't seem to me to represent good value for money when applied to a full series, for example... you could probably buy a full series on DVD for the same price as renting through this system... (and of course, us lucky Brits get Top Gear ad nauseum on freeview channel "Dave" nowadays anyway...)

Still, for those people who are not looking to buy whole DVD boxsets, or are unlucky enough not to have access to "Dave", it does offer a way of legally accessing content they otherwise wouldn't be able to get - so it's going to benefit alot of people either way...

 

[Sturdy]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet, seeing as it's how / why people of the internet expect things for free...

Advertising?

Surely PD could approach the odd company and say, here, look we've sold this many copies of GT5P, we have this many people online with it, this many people have downloaded videos.

How about you guys pay us a reasonable sum and we stick a 20 second advert in there whilst the video is loading?

Think of the targeted audience members they're likely to get advertising say car products. Advertise the DFGT anyone? Sounds like a winner.

I for one wouldn't mind seeing adverts during the inevitable loading / buffering, or even have them downloaded to appear on billboards in game (like EA...) if it meant that we'd get GTTV content for free.

How hard can it be to implement TG being free for us UK dwellers? By virtue of the fact we're downloading it using a PS3, it's highly likely we'll have a TV and thus should really have a TV Licence... (obviously some people use PC monitors, but I'd guess that's mainly younger people due to space limitations etc, could well be wrong there...)

Any thoughts?