Top 5 Strangest Flying Gadgets
TecheBlog has a great list of some very strange flying contraptions. Well worth a look.
3 Ways Cinema Now could DESTROY Apple and Amazon’s Movie Downloads
The Movie industry is changing. Change with industries this big are never easy, and recently we’ve seen baby-steps in the right direction, but the Hollywood Studios are still stumbling to find their footing in the Digital Age…but FINALLY…FINALLY a company has convinced one of them to give day and date downloading at a reasonable price a shot. That company is Cinema Now, and if this experiment is successful, they are going to be THE driving force behind legal movie downloads. Here’s 3 reasons why:
1. Studio Support - Cinema Now has it…Apple doesn’t. Amazon has studio content…but with the way it’s DRMed to death, I don’t know if I’d call it SUPPORT. The bottom line is Cinema Now has been able to do something that NO ONE else has been able to successfully convince the studios to do:
2. Burn to DVD - Burning to DVD is what we’ve all been asking for. It’s what everyone wants to do with their movie downloads. Cinema Now has a handful of titles available for download (at a range of prices from $8.95 to $19.95)…however, with the day and date release of “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” (at the SHOCKINGLY fair price of $9.95), Cinema Now has started a grand experiment that could change the way we legally download movies. If this succeeds, everything will change.
3. Options (Rent, Buy or Subscribe) - Cinema Now has the options that I WISH Apple had. You can rent movies for as little as $1.99, or you can purchase them to download, some you can burn to DVD - and if you watch a TON of movies in a month, you can spend $29.95 and watch as many movies as your little heart can stand.
Cinema Now is NOT perfect. As a primary Mac user, it still drives me nuts that I can’t use this service on my Mac (and yes, I am aware that if I had an Intel-based Mac I could use Bootcamp to switch over to Windows, but I’m still PPCin’ it). The pricing is another issue. Some movies are inexpensive (like Tokyo Drift) others…not so much. The box-office flop Posiden will cost you $19.95 to own…and if you’re going to do that…why wouldn’t you buy the actual DVD? Still, Cinema Now is a far greater step in the right direction than any of the other movie download services I’ve seen, including Apple’s recent jump into the game with iTunes Movies.
Personally, I think everyone reading this that wants to download movies day and date with their DVD releases, and wants them at a fair price, should go over to Cinema Now and download “Tokyo Drift” even if you don’t like the movie. Show the studios you support this kind of service with your dollars and maybe…just maybe…they’ll finally get a clue.