Online Movie Downloads - Free Trailers

I read this article on latimes.com and thought there were two really good points I mentioned in my earlier post.

Point 1)

CinemaNow’s service uses relatively new anti-piracy technology that prevents a burned DVD itself from being copied. Because that technology is still being tested, the initial batch of titles being offered was described by Forrester Research analyst Josh Bernoff as what’s left “at the video store when you arrive too late and the shelves are picked clean.”
I love the part about being picked clean, but he is spot on with his comments.

Point 2)

The limited content selection and older titles is not good…

“The limited scope of titles available in the initial phase of CinemaNow’s service will limit its usefulness for learning whether consumers are ready to pay to burn DVD movies at home, analysts said.”
“There’s a huge amount of interest in this,” he said. “The results ofthis will be scrutinized very closely. I just wish they’d come out with something better than ‘Charlie’s Angles: Full Throttle.’ They needmovies that people want to pirate.”

I could not agree more with his point. Give people what they want to pirate! If this a test give at least one new realese people really want to own.

With all that said I can’t go to a news source with out reading about this new technology. It’s online, in print and on tv, so let’s hope this buzz turns into a real product the consumer wants.
Source below:

DVD Deal Lets Films Go From Web to TV - Los Angeles Times

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So Movielink talked about this new technology but Cinemanow has actually produced it! This is a very big day for the movie industry. It seems they are now ready to take the bold steps required to re-connect with their customers. Burn to DVD functionality is  a huge step forward.  Let’s hope this works as well as  reported on news.com

Oh, and movielink is supposed to already have this technology but it won’t be ready for 6 months, or so? Hmmm not sure what that means.

Online movie seller CinemaNow late on Tuesday unveiled a new service that allows customers to download a movie from the Internet and copy it onto a DVD that can be played on any standard DVD player.The new, legal download-to-burn service marks a major step for Hollywood as its movie and television studios seek to offer movies and TV shows to consumers via the Web for playback on TVs and portable DVD players.The studios see digital movie downloads as generating new revenues from old titles, and CinemaNow aims to do just that by first offering only 100 older films, such as 2003’s “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” and 1992’s “Scent of a Woman.”

CinemaNow unveils download-to-burn DVD service | CNET News.com

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