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Some ideas I've had recently

Here's just a short list of some things I've been thinking of lately:The music industry needs to get its head on straight.What needs to happen is that CDs need to go bye bye. Ok that was harsh. They don't need to go anywhere but there needs to be an effective solution to purchasing digital music in stores.Here's my suggestion:Stores like Musica and CD Warehouse need to offer customers the option to purchase a removable disk (flashtick) that they can use as a "CD". Instead of going in to a store to buy a CD you can use the flashstick to plug in to a computer, pick music song by song, album by album, genre by genre or any other which way that they like, save the music, pay per song, check out, swipe credit card and legally have purchased digital music.I love shopping for music, not online all the time and this provides me with a perfect and effective solution.Then taking this a step further, I think that the flashsticks need to be identifiable as a specific customers flashstick. Why? So that you can go home, plug in the flashstick and connect to the store online. Then pick your music again, enter your credit card details and bam, you have music on your flashstick.Obviously there are issues that need to be worked out, but I'm not that guy. I am an ideas man, let someone else make it happen!The next idea has to do with PVR.This is what PVR is:

The PVR will revolutionise the television experience and the way you watch television.The DStv PVR Decoder is a Personal Video Recorder and decoder in one. With your DStv PVR decoder you will be able to take control of your television.Some of the exciting features of the DStv PVR decoder that you can look forward to include:* Record 80 hours of TV Programming* Pause live TV* Watch two channels and record a third channel at the same time* Rewind programming* Fast forward and slo-mo programming you have recorded

So the idea stems from a night at the pub. Someone I was drinking with was missing a programme, so he tried to call home to get someone to record it. Nothing. Another person at the table was however, recording the self-same programme.Here's the kicker. In the era of Internet and gaming platforms that are able to hook up to wireless and networked internet connection, why can't I send a recorded programme from one user of PVR to another? This should definitely be a function. P2P2P sharing (programme to person to programme).On top of that, if we have Internet capabilities then we should be able to set the PVR to record a programme from a mobile website that is linked to our account via the TV guide. I visit the mobile site, login with my PVR number or code, pick a timeslot, programme and option and BAM you are recording. Too easy.What do you think? Am I losing my mind?

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