Did not read report..but all the current services fail.
Who cares what it costs to stream a movie, the fact remains no online movie store currently can offer a product worth it to consumers.
The only way to do it is to offer a full movie in compressed AND full format for cheaper than you can buy it at a store to make it attractive to customers. No DRM, no restrictions. Simple as that!
Why has it not happened? bickering between movie companies and online companies. Heck even major movie studios that want to open there own stores can't do it right.
Is it any wondering why movie piracy is rampant? The pirates do a better job than companies in distributing movies and giving what people want. lol
Zero DRM will not work either. But DRM with reasonable and generous use may work. I'm hoping for more services like Vongo, and Vongo to increase the quality of their downloads. I do not believe they have HD yet.
The other problem I see is that diff studios want to go diff ways... they sould just concentrate efforts in one or two tech and services.
reply to markopoleo This is not meant to be an alternative to purchasing movies for ownership.
This would be a shot at the heart of services like Netflix or blockbuster and the transfer of physical media in and out of a residence for rental purposes.
You pay your fee, watch the movie X times during a set period of time (48 hours, whatever), then you delete the file when you're done watching it.
Buying a copy would be an entirely different set of variables.
reply to chemaupr True true, i can see a time limited feature in every download that makes sense as long as its not restrictive other than time limit. But the ability to purchase full movies for a discount price online should not have any restriction imo.
it may be a 80 cents to stream n HD movie from a single location-but they are going to need some form of global internet caching to achieve speeds fast enough to stream it.
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