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jasonnc80 on 15 July 2008

If comparable to most pay-per-view.

If the 2.99 stays uniform over all releases it'll be cheaper than new releases from both XBLM and AppleTV. Same price for all 3 catalog content.



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papflesje on 15 July 2008

yea but still up to 1 hour for full download?


How fast do you download at torrents, I wonder?

I usually do 40 minutes to an hour for any movie too, so I don't see the difference with this service Sony is providing, aside from the fact that I can't watch 1 minute after starting my download with torrents...



Mirson on 15 July 2008

It's pretty a nice price. Renting a DVD at hollywood's cost about $4 and Blu-rays around $6.



ocnkng on 15 July 2008

with the Netflix subscription and PS3 you can even watch blu-ray at no extra charge :)



 

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Dogs Rule on 15 July 2008
Mirson said:
It's pretty a nice price. Renting a DVD at hollywood's cost about $4 and Blu-rays around $6.

Not to mention the gas you use getting to the rental place.



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tallgnome on 15 July 2008

@Papfelsje
Yea i download anywhere from half hour to a few hours depends on the torrent. Also the fact that you brought up torrents though to compare? We are talking about legitimate rentals :D unless you speak otherwise about torrenting ;)



Borkachev on 15 July 2008

Do we know what TV shows cost?



Mirson on 15 July 2008
Dogs Rule said:
Mirson said:
It's pretty a nice price. Renting a DVD at hollywood's cost about $4 and Blu-rays around $6.

Not to mention the gas you use getting to the rental place.

Well it's no problem for me since Hollywood is only 2 blocks away (I can walk there, but it's pretty hot outside). But yeah it could be a problem for others.



tallgnome on 15 July 2008
Dogs Rule said:
Mirson said:
It's pretty a nice price. Renting a DVD at hollywood's cost about $4 and Blu-rays around $6.

Not to mention the gas you use getting to the rental place.

I cycle to most places so doesn't effect me



Burgles on 15 July 2008
tallgnome said:
@papflesje
yea but still up to 1 hour for full download? you could start watching but you would be getting a lot of buffering till it is fully downloaded.

Also 2.99 for a movie rental? i am paying 15 for unlimited a month :P sigh

 

 No, you wouldn't get any buffering. Most films are a good 80 mins+ so the guy saying it would take an hour to download is saying that it will download faster than real time so you wouldn't get ANY buffering provided the service was\is reliable.

This is only for SD though...

To be honest its more limited by YOUR isp than anything.