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Hard Drives Shipping with Star Trek

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hello-computer dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "Paramount Pictures is trying to live long and prosper by selling Seagate Technology hard drives with the latest Star Trek movie on board ... along with 20 other films. The 500GB hard drive will sell for a special promotional price of $100. It's the latest way for Hollywood to combat falling DVD sales due to piracy."

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  1. Not really surprising... by Svartalf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Nothing new. They've been at selling Star Trek branded USB Thumb drives with the movie on it in a DRMed format for a bit now. Showed up about 1-2 months ago at Fry's. I suspected that the HD's with that same story would show up shortly in the consumer boxed drives. (And people wonder why I would rather have the OEM bulk-pack stuff...)

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  2. Re:$100 ... PLUS $10-$15 Charger PER Title by markov_chain · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This diagram sums it up well.

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