said by toddbs98 :

IT seems this business model is doomed to fail. Who wants to pay twice what retail is on most DVDs and not be able to play them on a stand alone DVD player? This is one of the dumbest things I have heard of yet!

said by TKJunkMail :

Umm, DVD is going to be around for quite sometime. Especially standalones for TVs.

Umm, Not for $20-30. And they say it's dvd quality. So, will this mean the movie will be the exact same size if you were to rip it from a TRUE DVD?

This is not smarter than the RIAA. The RIAA does let vendors sell most songs for .99. And most of these songs can be played on a good majority of mp3 players unlike you are limited to watching the movies only on computers.
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said by TKJunkMail :

A couple thoughts on your comments.

I think Hollywood and the MPAA are trying to learn from the music industry being too slow to adapt. Stand alone DVD players are eventually going to die out. Multimedia appliances(multimedia PCs; Xbox 360, etc) are what is coming. Hollywood is just getting ready for the paradigm shift.

Downloading can be more convenient than driving thru traffic to the local mall to get your movies.

One of these 2 firms allows copying to a DVD and running on multiple PCs.

Will this replace the purchased DVD from Wal-Mart now. No, it won't. But it is a first step in recognizing the changes coming and getting ready for them. It is a much smarter response than what the RIAA and the music industry did.

said by TKJunkMail :

Stand alone DVD players are eventually going to die out.

Will this replace the purchased DVD from Wal-Mart now. No, it won't.

said by TKJunkMail :

1. Stand Alone DVD players won't be gone for a very long time, after DVD comes HDDVD or BluRay..both which will have STAND ALONE DVD players. Multimedia PCs will NEVER replace TVs/DVD players.

I think its pretty funny that they are trying to market this especially since the price is more expensive for what you'd pay for the DVD at the store.
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said by SLD :

I believe that you contradicted yourself in you post.

said by KoolMoe :

Can't recoup the movie investment from $10 digital movie distribution? Stop paying actors $10 million per movie!

said by KoolMoe :

I tend to agree.
I think the cost is ridiculous and that will be what keeps me away. I also don't like 'playback on one PC'.

But I already have a home-built media center PC hooked up to the widescreen in the family room. I like having DVD rips and home movies on that box. With two kids already, DVDs are constantly scattered about. Time to move away from the hardcopy media.

Let me download a movie for the same price as a rental or, maybe, $10 tops. Let me store it on one server and let me play it back on multiple computers or devices.

I agree being able to burn to DVD would be nice, but I also agree DVD players will fade sooner than later and it's not something I personally really need.
And I don't care about DVD extras. If I did, I'd buy the DVD!

Can't recoup the movie investment from $10 digital movie distribution? Stop paying actors $10 million per movie!
KM

said by scrummie02 :

You don't need to drive to your mall, use amazon/ebay. That's what I would do.
I wouldn't pay into this. Downloading is a great idea, but what if my PC crashes due to HDD failure, then the movies I bought and paid for won't work? Most people I know don't really know what DRM is until they bring their IPod to work, attach it to their work PC and all of their music is gone. Downloading content will never catch on as soon as the less tech savvy realize if their PC crashes their stuff is gone.