http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/ Engadget HD Comments for Downloads haven't arrived at a theater near you yet http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/Mar 5th 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/24 Hr rental - $2.50

7 day rental $5

1 year - $10

Unlimited $12.99

Come on, there is NO physical media to produce and it is basically pure profit minus the service fee.

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Pros
- It is very convenient to have it available quickly (relative to my download speed) and conveniently (from my couch).
- There is some content that is not available at my local Blockbuster (ex..Afro Samurai).
- The quality (when available in HD) is much better than standard DVD.

Cons
- Download times for full length HD movies is still to long (i have on average 2mps speeds).
- The 24 hr viewing period has already become an issue (I have two little girls and sometimes everything has to stop not always getting back to it until the next evening).
- The quality still does not compare to the current state of the art (Blu-ray or HD DVD).

Bottom line, IMO, is that as of now I like having both (although I look forward to the download service improving). I like to have choices.
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No movie downloads for me. I'm sticking with physical media (Blu-ray), probably for life (or as long as they're available). ]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/Mar 5th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/
1-3 movies out at a time on dvd/blu ray and unlimited downloads (currently standard def only for pc, but soon set top bluray players from lg/samsung and ps3 and xbox30(maybe 360 if ms plays nice)

starts at $8.99-16.99 a month]]>Mar 5th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/Mar 5th 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/
You are dead wrong. As noted from various reviews, HD downloads from AppleTV are very good. Not Bluray, but sure as hell better than an "upconverted" DVD. ]]>Mar 6th 2008 4:53AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/Or say a certain scene offends some loudmouth parent group/racial special interest/what have you, and your download is deleted and replaced with a censored version.
How about Disney, with their shitty Vault? You could only own it until they decide to lock it away for a few years, at which point you can pay to own it for their limited time again.

I know we'll always have ways to strip such stupid DRM from the files but I'd rather not have to.]]>Mar 5th 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/
To anyone else that uses Xbox Marketplace: Has any of you downloaded a movie and watched it as soon it was available? Was the movie Dolby Digital or Stereo? From what I have gathered, when I start a movie as soon as its ready, the sound is stereo. But when I let the entire movie download, the sound is Dolby Digital. I know this isn't a support forum or anything, but does anyone have any insight.]]>Mar 5th 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/Mar 6th 2008 5:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/15/amazon-unbox-to-cust.html

The agreement you sign to use the Amazon unbox service is truly unbelievable! Talk about getting completely screwed! You DO NOT EVEN OWN "purchased" media. You are only purchasing an "unlimited rental". Therefore, they can REVOKE YOUR ABILITY TO WATCH SAID "PURCHASED" MEDIA AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON. Also, if you lose the file due to harddrive crash, you CANNOT re-download the "owned" content, unlike ITunes and other download services. That is just the start of the nightmare.. read on for more...]]>Mar 6th 2008 4:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/05/downloads-havent-arrived-at-a-theater-near-you-yet/
I actually almost bought a few old Dr. Who Episodes from them last night but decided to use Bit Torrent instead after reading some of what using Unbox entailed. Now I have 5 episodes that I can play on ANY device I own or will own. I sure dodged a bullet there. I just hope enough people feel the same way.]]>Mar 6th 2008 10:08AM