Monday, December 19, 2005

Downloading Movies Re-Visit

Okay, I've been downloading movies now for a week after cancelling the online blockbuster subscription service and now I've discovered the reason that these services (CinemaNow, MovieLink, RealPlayer MoviePass) are not ready for prime time. They don't have the most recent DVD's available at your local blockbuster or through Netflix/Blockbuster. I'm not sure why they would not have the same type of access to recently released videos, and I can't imagine it will be too long before we see the same type of offerings, but for now it's a a big shortcoming. Netflix is supposed to be offering downloads any time now and when they do I might return as a customer. Hopefully we'll see someone offer $.99 for any download, which would be a real winner for consumers and should be possible by eliminating the shipping and processing costs that the current subscription business eat.

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