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joejet
04-03-2006, 11:41 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060403/wr_nm/media_onlinemovies_dc_1


Here is a clip:

"This is an endorsement that digital delivery of high value content has finally arrived," Movielink Chief Executive Officer Jim Ramo told Reuters.

CinemaNow CEO Curt Marvis called it "one giant step for digital distribution."

This week Movielink will begin selling copies of award winning gay romance "Brokeback Mountain." Future releases include " Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "King Kong." CinemaNow will have comedy "Fun with Dick and Jane" and horror hit "Saw II" among others. Both services will have hundreds of new and old titles available to own.

Movielink's deal is with Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Paramount Pictures -- the studios that own Movielink -- as well as Twentieth Century Fox. CinemaNow signed Sony, MGM and Lionsgate, which holds a big stake in CinemaNow.

Movielink's prices will range from $20 to $30, but could go as low as $10 for older, "classic" movies. CinemaNow's will range from $9.95 to $19.95.

Both sites will allow consumers to copy digital movies for backup use. Those copies will be software protected so they can not be burned onto DVD discs and replayed on DVD players."


Are these guys morons or what? $20-$30 for new realeases (commonly DVD's are in that price range or LESS - see King Kong 2 for $15) and you cant even burn them to DVD??? How utterly STUPID.
Shane R. Monroe
04-03-2006, 12:16 PM
BAHAHAHAHA ... Thanks for nothing.
Tally
04-03-2006, 12:47 PM
Too Funny! Anyone care to make bets on how long these guys last?
BJWanlund
04-03-2006, 02:47 PM
2 months at most.

BJ
joejet
04-03-2006, 05:37 PM
This announcement could only be better if they allowed for a "UMD download" option that allowed you to Download UMD versions of DVD's to your memstick for the PSP. (same price or more of course as the UMD)

Also, they should charge a monthly fee on top of the $20 per Download. That would be more realistic.
Demolition Man
04-03-2006, 08:02 PM
Talk about leaning over and taking it up the..... you know the rest.

I'll pass.
BJWanlund
04-22-2006, 01:53 AM
that is what BitTorrent is for...until the bitchslapping assheads decide to actually do proper business, of course!

BJ
Chewbacca
10-13-2006, 12:46 PM
I think that Apple's 10 bucks for an oldie and 12/15 for a newie is still a little bit too expensive. You don't get extra features. I guess you are paying for the convenience of not having to drive to Target or Walmart and getting a 15 dollar DVD.
yuckymucky
10-13-2006, 12:55 PM
I think that Apple's 10 bucks for an oldie and 12/15 for a newie is still a little bit too expensive. You don't get extra features. I guess you are paying for the convenience of not having to drive to Target or Walmart and getting a 15 dollar DVD.

It's expensive and dumb. Like I really want to watch a movie with a crappy reolution and sub standard audio on my nice equipment. I don't mind going out and getting a DVD that isn't really that bad. I just picked up Xmen 3 Collectors Edition, with the little comic book inside, for $18.99 at Costco. That is easily worth it for me. I get the full DTS audio and a great picture out of it, unlike if I bought it online.
WorknMan
10-13-2006, 03:53 PM
I might consider it if they were selling them for like $3, and that's only if I could burn them to DVD. If they were of DVD quality compressed to a DVD5, I might go as high as $5-$10, depending on how much the retail copy costs and how many features I'd be missing.

Man, I hope people aren't dumb enough to buy this crap, or we'll be stuck with these prices forever. Of course, BJ and his ilk will be buying 'em off iTunes, which is a little bit better than this deal, but not by much.