Comments on: NBC Shows Free for Download

By: chris

chris — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:35:02 +0000

we don’t have windows so until NBC lets us download shows in a platform-agnostic format it’s ad-free bittorrent for this household.

By: asso

asso — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:42:36 +0000

I usually use bear share

By: Mark Barrera

Mark Barrera — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:50:33 +0000

Wait impatiently for this feature.

By: Omad

Omad — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:14:20 +0000

techniquelly ??? what is free………
nothing online is free becuase it always has a tie in. Think of google, every free service provides google with revenue or opportunity to make revenue. Youtube, free video – isn’t that why thier trying to monetize the videos…..
Free, yea, but they will get something. After all, they are here to make money not give it away.

By: Bushido

Bushido — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:32:30 +0000

“Free” is internet’s language nowadays. Google was the first to make several sites wake up and smell the corndogs.
What I don’t enjoy is the fact that NBC’s supporting Microsoft by helping them continue their current monopoly. Although it’s kinda obvious, since they have a bit of a merger (www.msnbc.com).

By: Word Hugger

Word Hugger — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:48:05 +0000

It was only a matter of time. I assume everything will be 100% free on the internet in about 15-20 years, and internet copyright rules will be rewritten after that. You cannot charge for something if someone else gives it away for free. First music, then movies, streaming video, and now tv show downloads. Just my 2 cents.

By: Mike Mothner

Mike Mothner — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:17:02 +0000

I think that NBC Direct will be great for the consumer, while admittedly, NBC would not consider implementing this type of program if it did not predict it would have even greater benefits for the network itself. In fact, I think that its potential popularity will promote even more networks to take advantage of the ad-supported free content model that NBC has implemented.