AOL to offer video from all the big guys

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1. Craig
   

   August 24th, 2006 at 12:23 pm

   $10-$20 per download? gimme a break

2. Geesu
   

   August 24th, 2006 at 12:45 pm

   Seriously for $10-20 I might as well buy the damn thing at the store, who wouldn’t rather own it?

3. Adam
   

   August 24th, 2006 at 12:49 pm

   And I’d be shocked if DVD extras were included.

   It’s hard to determine whether movie studios are still shockingly clueless, embarrassingly greedy, or both.

   I’m going to vote for option C.

   With that said, I’m actually eager to give guba a try. 99 cents for a rental? That seems pretty darn reasonable to me, and I even found at least three non-ancient movies worth seeing on their site

4. pwb
   

   August 24th, 2006 at 12:59 pm

   Two fatal attributes: Windows only & no rentals.

5. NeoTechie
   

   August 24th, 2006 at 12:59 pm

   HEY AOL,

   IS THIS THE WAY YOU ARE THANKING YOU LOYAL CUSTOMERS.
   YOU SHOULD AT LEAST OFFER IT FOR FREE AT FIRST.
   ACCORDING TO AD REVENUES, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR MONEY
   YOU GUYS ARE DROOLING FOR. PLEASE DON’T INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE. WE CAN GET RENTALS FOR MUCH CHEAPER.

   ~CONCERNED CUSTOMER

6. Ryan W.
   

   August 24th, 2006 at 1:18 pm

   seriously, $10-20 is laughable. I can understand the studios not getting this, but AOL should know better at least somewhat. I know they’re AOL, but come on…$20 for a movie?

7. aaron
   

   August 24th, 2006 at 3:10 pm

   I really wish movielink and cinemanow could get more love. I’ve been using them for at least 2 years. For only $4 a pop, and often less, I can choose from a decent selection of new releases and classics that I somehow missed. They really need to do something BIG to stay relevant.

8. Eric
   

   August 24th, 2006 at 6:47 pm

   Can I be a media company executive? Or am I automatically disqualified because I’m not a stupid incompetent jackass?

9. Mr.TOMMYGUN
   

   August 24th, 2006 at 9:58 pm

   aol has always took advantage of the less savy INTERNET USER problem is with Myspace you tube and the openess of the internet there are alot less unknowning internet users

10. PJ
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 12:41 am

    Did they mention the resolution, frame rate, etc?

11. sam
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 5:53 am

    Why are you all so negative? If you said Youtube was to do this, you’d be all over it…. if AOL, it’s gotta be bad. Come on!

12. Adam
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 12:45 pm

    No. If God were to do this and charge $10-$20 for downloadable movies, I’d still (blasphemously) make fun of it.

    My bandwidth, my time, no extras, no burnability to standard DVDs. I’d pay $3-5 for such movies. Maybe. If I could burn ‘em to a DVD and watch it in my living room or at a friend’s house, $5-$10.

13. Tom
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 1:09 pm

    How long until I can seamlessly order tv shows and movies from my windows media centre setup instead of clumsily getting them from torrent sites??

    I run WMC hooked up to a plasma display and use it for everything (tv, digital photos, movies, etc…). Much like music on an ipod I PREFER to have them in digital format than on silly silver discs because they are much more manageable. The same way people pay around the same if not more to download albums from itunes, there is also a market for movies and tv shows to be delivered this way.

14. Nabeel
    

    August 28th, 2006 at 6:47 pm

    ANy specs on the downloadable videos .. and is it a quick download?