Movielink Test Run on JoeBlo
The Movielink announcement last month about releasing VOD movies for purchase left me with a lot of unanswered questions. First, who the hell would pay for this? Why would you spend $20 for KING KONG on your computer when you could go to Wal-Mart and buy the DVD for $14 and watch it on your computer, TV, portable DVD player, etc. What’s the appeal of owning an electronic-only version of a film when you can own an actual transferable copy of a film. All the major studios, minus Disney for the time being, have bought into the service so it must be something someone thinks is a good idea. I couldn’t wrap my head around so I figured what better way to figure out the benefits than to give it a go myself. So on Tuesday night, I set out to legally download my first movie from the web courtesy of Movielink. And as luck would have it, I kept a running diary.
Seriously though after reading this, I wonder at what the execs where thinking. Spending $20 for a movie you can buy on DVD and convert for use how you want (on PC or ipod) and be able to easily watch on the TV verses having very large seemingly uncompressed movies to watch only on YOUR PC and be able to pay more for it? Ooo hard choice there.
I’ve converted a few of my moviies for watching on teh ipod, and the fact he couldn’t with the file right there show why I dislike DRM.
Tags: Audio Visual, Interesting, Internet, Movies, OpEd, Review, Video
