Unbox Too Restricted and Too Expensive?

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Unbox Too Restricted and Too Expensive?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday September 8, 2006 @05:57AM from the reaching-for-features dept.

abb_road writes "Businessweek takes a first look at Amazon's new video service and walks away unimpressed. Between the high cost of downloads, the sometimes-poor video quality and the restrictions required by movie studios, they're not predicting a huge hit. From the article: 'Amazon finally launched its long-awaited online video service on Sept. 7. But it's no sure thing that it will catch on with the masses. The service, called Amazon Unbox, offers downloads of movies and television shows, as well as digital movie rentals. But like all its rivals, it's shackled by a raft of viewing limitations imposed by movie studios.'"

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Step 2, 3? by Apocalypse111 · 2006-09-08 06:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Looks like they have failed to successfully fill in the blank in Step 2, and will be unable to proceed to Step 3.

So is this what YouTube would be like if they decided to play along with the MPAA and charge subscription fees?

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Re:Unbox Link by truthsearch · 2006-09-08 06:35 · Score: 4, Funny

That URL is so obvious and easy to remember there was little need to post it.

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Re:So I can buy a movie... by truthsearch · 2006-09-08 06:39 · Score: 4, Funny

That's about right. I think they also want you to buy a more comfortable office chair.

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Re:MPAA by stunt_penguin · 2006-09-08 07:14 · Score: 4, Funny

The funny thing about it is that you can be fined a (manageable enough) couple of hundred bucks for endangering ( or at least increasing the risk to ) lives by driving too fast, but endanger a massive corporation's profit margins, and you get fined tens of thousands of dollars- it just doesn't make any sense..... but then I'm preaching to the converted here.

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How can anyone say it is too expensive by DrXym · 2006-09-08 08:03 · Score: 3, Funny

Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow for $13.99 is a positive bargain!
Re:o rly? by teh_chrizzle · 2006-09-08 09:24 · Score: 2, Funny

way to go grandpa!!! i'll bet you and george washington loved "mix tapes" when you were in the civil war!!!

just kidding, i used to make mixtapes to play in my car because it had a tape player in it, back in the old days when shifting formats was "fair use".

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