http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/ Engadget Comments for Movies could be available as a VOD rental before DVD, Blu-ray -- for $20 to $30 each http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
They wonder why people pirate movies...]]>May 24th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
Off-topic, but Engadget comment reply folding is very much welcome!
Great job Engadget!]]>May 24th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/Oh yeah! Just noticed that!
I do not strongly like or hate it.
My thoughts are the same as my thoughts on the iPhone: "Meh"]]>May 24th 2010 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/Bigget screen,
better sound,
greater atmosphere,
better food/snacks,
and you get to see it earlier]]>May 24th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
That's just ridiculus. It shouldn't cost anymore money to see a movie on your couch then to watch it in theatres.]]>May 24th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/You do realize that only applies to Engadget HD and Engadget Mobile, right? (Perhaps others too, idk) And right now, you've been linked to Engadget HD from Engadget... Classic?]]>May 24th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/Personally, I still think it's outrageous even if I had a living room filled with people.]]>May 24th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
They are simply on crack.

If I am paying that much to watch it on my own TV then I am going to own it.]]>May 24th 2010 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
Yeah. Your thoughts are so 'meh' you had to bring up in in a topic that has nothing to do with the Iphone.

We believe you, kid]]>May 24th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
The only way I could justify this is if it was released maybe a month or so after it came out in theaters. In which case you look at the cost of a movie ticket, plus the cost at the concession stands and it would be about the same only you get it at home.]]>May 24th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/well if youre nuying food at the cinema its more expensive, cinema food is THE biggest rip off ever...]]>May 24th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
Hollywood stop trying to put the cash squeeze on. This will always be an issue until the day comes when some future HDCP can be jacked into our individual optic nerves (addressable and super encrypted) directly. Make it affordable and you choke of the majority of casual torrent'ers. Saying...]]>May 24th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
I think they are assuming that people are going to whip out the HD camera and record it. So this way if they are getting $30 up front, they are okay with the reduction in DVD sales afterwards.]]>May 24th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
"Oh hey man, we're getting this shit Blu-ray in a few days, but why don't you drop 30 bucks and I'll let ya borrow my copy for a day?"

ummm......no.]]>May 24th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
How out of touch can you be. You have 3 kinds of people out there ...

1. People who pay a premium to see the movie in a theater for the theater experience.

2. People who prefer to save money and will happily wait 3+ months for a rental from Red Box or Netflix.

3. People who want to own movies and will pay a premium equivalent to several rentals (knowing that they will watch the movie 3 or more times).

What the studios are carving out is a 4th group - people who want to (1) wait longer than the release date to see a movie (2) pay more for the movie than if they were watching it in the theater and (3) prefer watching a movie on their TV instead of on the big screen. I'm sure that these people exist - I just don't know who they are. This is a crazy business model that will surely fail.]]>May 24th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/I agree that it is expensive but doesn't it say one month instead of four? Where did you get 5 days from???]]>May 24th 2010 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/And I bet it'll still have commercials/ads that you can't skip too...]]>May 24th 2010 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/Jul 16th 2010 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
No. Read "closing the analog hole"]]>May 24th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
And yet they tried to sell a single ticket to Shrek for $20 in Manhattan. Then they pulled the "Oops! $20 is ludicrous. We meant $19."
]]>May 24th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 25th 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/Or watch something else..

$20 for a rental.. No way.$20 for a rental and a DVD/Blu ray copy delivered to your door on release day.. Possibly. ]]>May 25th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
well thanks]]>May 24th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
seriously, if movie execs really want to counter the prevalence of movie pirating, they need to LOWER their prices, not raise them.]]>May 24th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
It's not a month before DVD/BD release, it is a month after theatrical release. So essentially 4 to 6 months before DVD/BD release]]>May 24th 2010 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/It's a recession call girl. So normally she'd cost $90.]]>May 24th 2010 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/
If I want see a movie so bad that I am willing to spend $20 to $30, I'll see it in the theater months before it is available on VOD.

Distribution model fail.

]]>May 24th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/Have to agree with you, if I'm going to drop $30 on a movie, I either want to see it on the big screen or hold the shiny BluRay in my grubby paws.]]>May 24th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/Who in their right mind would rent a movie for a price like that?]]>May 24th 2010 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 25th 2010 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/movies-could-be-available-as-a-vod-rental-before-dvd-blu-ray/May 24th 2010 3:10PM