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Burn Baby Burn: Downloadable Movies to DVD

Let's get the lawyers out of the way! According to a CEA SmartBrief report, a film industry group plans to remove some of the hurdles that have prevented the legal recording of movies onto blank DVDs -- a further sign that Hollywood studios are preparing to expand what consumers can do with downloadable movies.

Here's the details: Under rule changes expected to be finalized soon by the DVD Copy Control Association (DVDCCA), retailers could create movie jukebox kiosks with which customers can select a movie and burn it to a DVD on the spot. Also, online music sites, like iTunes, could start to allow video downloads to be transferred onto DVDs.

These impending changes involve the copy group's proprietary technology known as the Content Scramble System (CSS). The DVDCAA licenses the encryption technology to makers of DVD players and other electronics companies and applies it widely to movies on DVDs to restrict illegal copying.

Soon, licensing will expand to movies that are digitally distributed on demand or a la carte — and not just for movies that are mass produced on DVDs. The group also is working with disc makers to produce CSS-compatible blank DVDs.

This move would eliminate the problem of hardware and software compatibility, like faced by CinemaNow customers' whose downloaded movies sometimes don't play on standard DVD players.

For those of you who can't get enough of kiosk technology and future trends, there's actually a trade show next month -- the Self-Service & Kiosk Show -- in San Antonio, TX.

 

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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on August 10th, 2006 with no comments.
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Netflix Gets into Movie Downloads (Finally!)

Don't know why it took so long, but Netflix is finally offering movies and TV shows via download, rather than by its DVD-by-mail service. 

Guess they finally took their collective eyes off of Blockbuster and now are contending with such other online movie delivery services as CinemaNow, MovieFlix, Movielink and Vongo. Oh, and how about  Amazon.com's recently launched Unbox.  Or Oh!, how about Apple's iTunes?

Any, Netflix's Watch Now service is available today to some of its 6 million subscribers, who will get immediate access -- and at no additional charge.

(How about that?)

How does it work? Listen up. After accepting a quick applet, Netflixers will be able to watch six hours to 48 hours of material each month; viewing time is linked to how much customers already pay for their DVD rentals. Under the most popular $17.99 monthly package, subscribers will receive 18 hours of Internet viewing time. (With discs and Internet, that's a lot of movies to watch!)

Only approximately 1,000 movies and TV shows will initially be available for online delivery -- small change compareed to Netflix's DVD library of more than 70,000 titles.

Want another drawback? The system only works on PCs computers and laptops with a high-speed Internet connection and Microsoft's Windows OS.

 Check this out for more details on the movies and the service or the New York Times here.

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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on January 1st, 1970 with no comments.
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