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New Disney / Samsung HDD Video Set-Top Box

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-might-be-neat dept.

MDMurphy writes "Disney announced a new set-top box built for them by Samsung that will hold movies downloaded over the air via what they call MovieBeam in an internal HDD. You'd pay a monthly rental fee for the box and $2.39 - $3.99 per movie for a 24 hour viewing period. Dotcast Inc. provides the movie beaming, sending the digital data out over terrestrial TV broadcast stations. "

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  1. Since we're talking about movies here, ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    it would be the MPAA. Music is the RIAA.

    As a rule, organizations that end in AA are evil. Ones that start with AA usually aren't (e.g. AAA, AARP).