treg50
04-04-2006, 10:53 AM
[April 04, 2006]
Movie studios are now selling downloadable films
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr. 4--For the first time, Hollywood movie studios are selling downloadable films that consumers can keep on their computers and watch anytime.
... Starting yesterday, six studios -- MGM, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal and Warner Bros. -- began selling films via Movielink on the same day their DVDs were available at retail hubs. Today, it will offer downloads of "Brokeback Mountain," the same day its DVD is released.
About 300 movies -- including new releases and older films, such as "The Big Lebowski" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" -- are available for roughly $20 to $30. ...
Click here for full article (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/04/04/1536975.htm)
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It doesn't seem like a big deal to me. I don't even find it appealling.
What's the point if the price is still the same than a retail version where you can get a cool looking DVD package?
I've heard this downloadable version isn't even burnable to disc to watch on your home system. You can only keep it and watch it on your computer --- that's crap. My TV, like probably most people's, provides a bigger picture than my computer.
Movie studios are now selling downloadable films
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr. 4--For the first time, Hollywood movie studios are selling downloadable films that consumers can keep on their computers and watch anytime.
... Starting yesterday, six studios -- MGM, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal and Warner Bros. -- began selling films via Movielink on the same day their DVDs were available at retail hubs. Today, it will offer downloads of "Brokeback Mountain," the same day its DVD is released.
About 300 movies -- including new releases and older films, such as "The Big Lebowski" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" -- are available for roughly $20 to $30. ...
Click here for full article (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/04/04/1536975.htm)
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It doesn't seem like a big deal to me. I don't even find it appealling.
What's the point if the price is still the same than a retail version where you can get a cool looking DVD package?
I've heard this downloadable version isn't even burnable to disc to watch on your home system. You can only keep it and watch it on your computer --- that's crap. My TV, like probably most people's, provides a bigger picture than my computer.