Downloadable Movies from Amazon?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday August 19, 2006 @03:36AM from the glimpse-of-the-future dept.

StrongGlad writes "Screenshots of what could be an Amazon.com video store in the making surfaced Friday on the Web. Alan Taylor, who claims to have worked for the online retailer more than two years ago, said he discovered the screenshots while poking around an area of Amazon.com used by developers. The screenshots can be seen on Kokogiak.com. The pictures show a service called 'Unbox Video' that offers first time users a free TV show or $1.99 off the first movie they download. Instructions are given for downloading the player and buying movies and video that can be played on a PC, TV or portable media player. Amazon.com has declined to comment."

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This will change everything! by saboola · 2006-08-19 03:57 · Score: 2, Funny

Bezos says cities will have to be rebuilt to accommodate this new concept of "downloading" "movies". This changes everything.
Re:Great.. by RipperMortis · 2006-08-19 04:05 · Score: 5, Funny

12 hours?? Why, it only takes me a half hour to download a 700mb rip of a movie... Uhm, I mean that's probably how long it would take *Cough* if I were ever to do....uh. (backs slowly out of the room)