How does this grab the movie folks?

Being honest here...

If I could get it for normal price elsewhere I'd just buy it and rip it. I wouldn't pay an extra what.. £8 at least, just to be 'allowed' to rip it to my own computer and my own portable device.

I know the law says otherwise, but ******** to that, it's mine, I'll rip it to where I like. And I think everyone else feels the same.
 
But you cant deny it's a step in the right direction? And tbh, I was expecting them to try and get away with more cost wise.
 
Any information on file sizes for this ?, I mean if they are DVD sized, and the way ISPs are pushing lower and lower caps on its users, I can see this being a problem...

If they are DivX sized, then I guess it won't be.
 
So I can download it to my computer, which is a nice idea but totally pointless as my PC isnt & wont be linked to my big screen TV or AV setup so I'll still be buying all my films.

I can probably see this falling on it's backside as they have WAY over priced it as well.

I mean I got my R1 copy of King Kong this week for £16.99 delivered & there is NO WAY I'd pay £20 just so I can have it on my PC & not be able to watch it anywhere else.

Neil
 
soundwave said:
I mean I got my R1 copy of King Kong this week for £16.99 delivered & there is NO WAY I'd pay £20 just so I can have it on my PC & not be able to watch it anywhere else.
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Whoa, whoa....effectively you're paying £3 for the two downloads which given the size of films and hence the required investment on their part isn't too bad at all.

Definitely a step in the right direction and tbh I'd far rather buy a DVD and be able to download the film at high speed than go through the palava of ripping to my PC, converting, saving, yadayada.

And I don't have a DVD drive in this PC anyway
 
I like the idea but quite frankly I'd prefer them to simply re-evaluate the laws on digital copies so that I could entirely legally in any circumstance buy myself a DVD and then rip a copy in DIVX/XVID/whichever codec for my own personal use as a backup as two digital copies isn't of much use to me.

For the price I'll probably keep buying DVDs and take my chances that I won't mess up the disk. It is a small step forward though I think.
 
Beansprout said:
Whoa, whoa....effectively you're paying £3 for the two downloads which given the size of films and hence the required investment on their part isn't too bad at all.

Definitely a step in the right direction and tbh I'd far rather buy a DVD and be able to download the film at high speed than go through the palava of ripping to my PC, converting, saving, yadayada.

And I don't have a DVD drive in this PC anyway
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No I meant I wouldnt pay the total cost of £20 to buy the 2 downloads of a movie that I could get a proper hard copy of for £16.99 especially seeing as I hate watching movies on my PC & I dont have a portable device to watch it on, probably didint make myself clear there sorry.

Neil
 
soundwave said:
No I meant I wouldnt pay the total cost of £20 to buy the 2 downloads of a movie that I could get a proper hard copy of for £16.99 especially seeing as I hate watching movies on my PC & I dont have a portable device to watch it on, probably didint make myself clear there sorry.

Neil
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I read it as you'd receive the hard copy as well as the licensed downloads.
Meaning you would have up to three copies for between ten and twenty quid.
It may not be any use to you but it may appeal to people with entertainment centre pc setups or handheld devices.
 
Otacon said:
But you cant deny it's a step in the right direction? And tbh, I was expecting them to try and get away with more cost wise.
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Agreed, its about time the movie industry got its head in gear and stopped fighting with the technology and actually made it work for them instead.

Its really no different from the VHS saga back in the day. The movie industry was adamant that VHS was going to kill it because everyone would just copy the tapes. In reality the home video market makes more money for Holywood than the cinema does. Once they embraced the market they profited greatly from it.
 
TBH unless it's a complete copy of what would be on a DVD disc including the commentaries, making of's etc, rather than just the film and possibly a menu with chapter selections, I wouldn't bother downloading it.

I like my special features :D
 
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