CinemaNow gets the ball rolling with downloadable DVD’s

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CinemaNow gets the ball rolling with downloadable DVD’s

July 20, 2006 in | Permalink

Cn_top_logo CinemaNow yesterday began the big step of offering legal DVD’s for download across the web. In a move that will surely have others reacting quickly; CinemaNow edges ahead of the competition by virtue of their agreements with big-name movie companies and modest prices. With fully featured DVD’s going for as little as £5, users will receive all the benefits they would come to expect from a retail copy, with the added bonus of having it on your computer and on a burned DVD disc that can be played on any standard DVD player. Launch titles include “Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle” and “Scent of a Woman”, with CinemaNow expecting over 1,000 titles to available over the coming months.

This could well be the beginnings of an industry sea change that the music industry has been experienced ever since the introduction of downloadable music. Rumours are rife that Apple plan to introduce a similar service that would integrate with iTunes and a new video iPod. However, don’t get carried away just yet – CinemaNow’s service is limited and only available in the U.S.

More info here.

Comments

The price of a movie download needs to be reduced in order to attract those users who illegally download movies for free from file sharing sites such as Limewire. Using websites such as Cinema Now, Vizumi, AOL, Empire etc is protecting the consumer. These sites are 100% legal and safe. If you get caught downloading via a file sharing website such as Limewire then you could face imprisonment. I personally will not take this risk for the sake of saving a few £ and now use a legal download site. The more of us who do this, the more chance of price reductions and an end to illegal downloads.

Posted by Mark Shaw | January 7, 2008 12:19 PM