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Originally Posted by Captain Video
I think that it would be a nightmare. Every time I wanted to "own" a movie, I would have to keep my computer busy downloading it for hours...
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At high speed the download is about 20 minutes (and everyone who has cable tv can have high speed internet). Also, you can start watching about a minute into the download.
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Originally Posted by Captain Video
and what about the event of a power shortage during the download? I would have already paid the studio, and would end up with half a movie or even less. Would I have to pay the whole fee again to try another download?
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The service is subscription based (you pay monthly, just like Netflix). You don't pay per download, and the software remembers to resume a download when it stops if it stops for any reason. For the Pay Per View movies (pay about $3.00 on top of the subscription) you pay when you watch and the download interuption method still applies.
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Originally Posted by Captain Video
Another thing, it may sound silly to some people, but I really like ( and I know there are others ) to really "collect" movies in physical form, meaning not only to have the disc but it's box with pictures, photos, titles and so on, and I like to have that big collection of DVDs displayed on the shelf.
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That's why there will be a vintage DVD market, and a vintage DVD forum on AK, and rare, mint DVDs going for hundreds of dollars on that famous auction site.
Welcome to the future...
