Cablevision offering up new DVD releases through VOD
By Darren Murph 
posted Feb 6th 2008 10:07AM
posted Feb 6th 2008 10:07AM
No sooner than Comcast announced that it would soon be offering up select films via HD VOD the same day they landed on DVD, Cablevision has come along and attempted to stay level. Unfortunately for it, the firm's Popcorn DVDs On Demand service, which is available to iO TV customers, looks to be SD only for now. Of course, it still enables subscribers to watch new releases on launch day from the comfort of their couch, but a twist is thrown in by forcing renters to have the film shipped to their door (on DVD) as well. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be an option for only renting right now, so you'll be coughing up $19.95 (plus shipping) for any DVD / VOD purchase you choose to make. As it stands, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Kingdom, Eastern Promises and Sydney White are slated to kick things off, with American Gangster becoming available on February 19th.
This seems like a waste of $$. Just get up and go buy the damn disc.
ugh... damn it cablevision... give me DISCOVERY HD FAMILY|!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND BBC AMERICA GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!
Keywords "forcing renters to have the film shipped to their door "
Again the studios are leaving tons of money on the table. As we head into spring the days are getting longer and I've got youth sports practices and games to attend times 2 leaving precious little time for movie watching. My movie watching season runs Nov-Mar after that its outside time. I have no interest in owning movies, only viewing them so any kind of a transaction structured around "purchase" is off the table for me.
Not a fan of having to physically return movies, Blockbuster is a last ditch option so I find myself turning more and more to IPTV, as in Hulu to fill the void artificially created by the studios.
The day these imbecile studios get the formula right with releasing a movie the same day in all viewable options and also end this ludicrous HD/BR DVD war I'm gonna buy all their stocks!