CinemaNow Offers Download-to-Burn on New DVD Release

Reuters is reporting that CinemaNow is offering a download-to-burn version of "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" on the same day as it was released on DVD.

CinemaNow Chief Executive Officer Curt Marvis said he was hopeful this new deal with Universal Pictures would lead to many more new DVDs that can be burned.

He said CinemaNow worked for three years to convince the major studios to offer movie downloads that could be stored indefinitely on computer hard drives and when one major studio agreed, the other five signed deals within a few months.

"We feel confident Universal will give us more and more product and we're in active discussions with all of our partners on burn," Marvis said. "No one has said 'yes,' but no one has said 'no."'

Thanks to Eric for sending this in.

Comments

[WeaselBuddha]

There was a write up about the intention introduction of errors in the dvd you burn, to reduce the probability of copying.

Problem is, finicky DVD players will also refuse to play the discs.

Also the image will degrade faster ( solar bit flipping, finger prints and alike.

Several people recommend against the surface, including surely our masquerading Shill, Type-Cast. Does that make typecast a meta-shill?

[WeaselBuddha]

Er, not surface, service.

[type-cast]

I think you're the Shill. No, everyone's the Shill. Prove me wrong. Better yet, shut up. Try saying something original for a change. All you're doing is plagiarizing me, corey, gir, noe, and several others. I guess we're all the same person. Believe what you want. You don't know anything and you can't prove anything. Your allegations are meaningless. Seek immediate psychiatric help.

[type-cast]

Also, you can't even get the facts straight. When did I ever recommend against a service? All I said was that the discs have errors to prevent copying. I would not buy discs with deliberate errors, because some DVD players are picky and will have problems with them. I'm not recommending anyone to do anything, just stating my choice and preference. This protection has already been defeated anyway. Both AnyDVD and DVDFab Decrypter can remove FluxDVD, but you have to waste a DVD.

[Aron]

You seem pretty desperate to distance yourself from your previous nick. It's basically like Napolean Dynamite walking out of a room of 8 people, putting on a fake mustache, coming back and calling himself 'Bob'.

[type-cast]

I'm not distancing myself from anything. I'm sick and tired of your pathetic accusations. You're poisoning the well and that means I'm through listening to you. Good bye, Aron/WB. Anyone can come on this forum and say things that you think NF Shill would say. That does not prove anything. Get real, Aron. BeLIEve what you want. You just look desperate. Some suggestions. Try staying on topic. If you're hoping for a response, use my name. And take your medication. Your paranoia is crippling.

[type-cast]

. It's basically like Napolean Dynamite walking out of a room of 8 people, putting on a fake mustache, coming back and calling himself 'Bob'.

Only a couple dozen other people came in the door at the same time and all "look" exactly the same. Your observation proves nothing. I thought you had something substantial. Maybe Shill was banned. Maybe he went on vacation. Maybe he just left. It was funny when Weasel said he thought Howard was NF Shill. I guess you and Weasel are obsessed with this Shill. You simply can't stop whining about him, and accusing every other person of being him. It is sad that you have such poor imaginations. Keep your paranoid delusions to yourself.

[gir]

Hmmm. Multiple posts.

[Bogarts_Falcon]

"I think you're the Shill. No, everyone's the Shill"

Actually you're NF Shill, I'm type-cast, and gir is corey. Any questions? :)

[WeaselBuddha]

The shill doth protest too much, methinks

[gir]

Do you smell that? That smell...It's the smell of a shilly smell that smells shilly.

[I thought a little SpongeBob would offset the Shakespeare nicely.]