Pay-Per-View to Provide DVD After Viewing?

Anonymous Coward writes to tell us that Comcast is entertaining an idea that would allow digital cable customers to purchase a pay-per-view movie for roughly $17 that would also include a hard copy in the mail a few days later. From the article: "The only snafu in the entire idea is the fact that only 40% of Comcast cable subscribers have the required digital box at this point in time. But still, that is 40% of 21 million customers which is not too bad. DirecTV and Dish, are you listening?"

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Re:what after you have seen it

[FinestLittleSpace]

Your grasp of English is... incredible.

This is Paul Jones

[jurt1235]

I see the infomercial in the middle of the movie already in front of me:
This is Paul Jones, former frontman of the whatever music band. I have brought you the great collection CDs of the carpenters, and now I have for you the DVD of the movie you are watching right now. If you call the number in the bottom of your screen in the next 10 minutes, you will get it for $17 instead of the $24.95 usual price.

Wait a moment, watching at it like this: Is this PPV + DVD sale really new, or are we just fooling ourself.