[star882]

http://www.mariposahd.tv
I hope other shows follow their great ideas by providing links to high quality video right on their web site! It's simply the way HDTV should be.

 

[JazzJackRabbit]

So what's it about? Website is kind of skethy on the details.

 

[star882]

Download it and watch! The mobile version (which is also viewable on a desktop) is about 200MB. (You can download part of it for preview with the right software.) The first episode includes beauty, nature, a little history, and fashion.

 

[JazzJackRabbit]

Well my fingers are itching, but 1.6Gb for 1920 version makes you think twice before downloading it, even with dsl.

 

[Firam]

From the front page it looks like some kind of pornography channel.

 

[star882]

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Originally Posted by Firam From the front page it looks like some kind of pornography channel.

It's not. But it's TV-14 (from the notice), so beware if you're sensitive.
You can skip to the nature part, which I think is more interesting.

 

[redshifter]

i don't get it. why do i have to dig around to see any videos, and why do i want to watch in the first place?

 

[star882]

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Originally Posted by redshifter i don't get it. why do i have to dig around to see any videos, and why do i want to watch in the first place?

Download page: http://www.mariposahd.tv/episodes
And I think it's much, much better than others. Why waste time finding links (of unknown speed, quality, and reliability) using Google, when they're right on the official site?
Content-wise, it's just average. But it's much easier (and faster!) to download.
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Well my fingers are itching, but 1.6Gb for 1920 version makes you think twice before downloading it, even with dsl.

What kind of DSL do you have? I download many gigabytes (Linux distributions) pretty frequently with 1.5Mb ADSL.

 

[rickcr42]

"HDTV the way it should be"

freedom to choose and not enforced on everyone by FCC law

 

[JazzJackRabbit]

Well, I'll admit, watching bikini-clad girls in HD was fun, but other than that there no point in downloading these IMO. No offense OP, but simply watching whatever amateur video someone filmed just because it's in HD is stupid.

 

[star882]

It's more about the distribution concept than the show itself. AFAIK, it's the only show in HD that has links on the official site.
It'll be better if others start following the idea. An excellent distribution method combined with excellent content makes an excellent show. They got the excellent distribution method, but now we need someone to distribute excellent content using the same idea. We need to make them understand how we want our HDTV.