Movies
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Amazon was the first place that sold songs without DRM protections. Amazon has contracts with Sony-BMG, EMI, Universal, and Warner. They have a huge selection but you have to fight your way through all the rest of the stuff they are selling to find the downloads versus the snail mail stuff. See Unbox for their movies. Price: Top 100 – 89 ¢/ea. Albums $4.99 and up. iPod compatible.
75,000 titles. Rent or Purchase DVD’s online for snail mail delivery. Can return or exchange at store nearest you. 3 movies for $19.99/mo at a time – as soon as you return one another one is sent from your movie queue. Free shipping both ways. Similar to Netflix plan.
Movies, TV shows and music videos. Movie download to own $9.99-$19.99, pay-per-view $2.99 -$3.99, or burn to DVD $8.99 -$14.99. TV shows and music videos are $1.99 to download. High definition movies are from major studios including Disney, Fox, Lionsgate, MGM, Sony and Warner Brothers.
New site offering TV Shows, feature films and clips. Over 50 content providers including FOX, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, FX, E!Entertainment, Bravo, National Geographic, and USA Networks. You can easily share not only an entire video but also a specific segment of a video with your friend legally from this site. Cost: Free with ads
Site offering TV shows, films, sports coverage and music videos. The content is delivered through channels, and requires that you download the Joost client which supports both Mac and Window (i.e. you need their client application, not just a web browser). Cost: Free with ads.
Create your list of movies from 90,000 titles, movie comes in snail mail, keep as long as you like. When you return it another comes to replace it. BUT, can also download to your computer. From $4.99/mo (1DVD at a time with 2 rentals) up to $23.99 (4 DVD at a time with unlimited rentals) plus hours on your computer instantly. Shipping is free. Two week free trial period. Streaming available for over 6,000 movies. Can cancel any time.
Snail mail option similar to Blockbuster plan.
Amazon’s movie rental or buy program. Most “Play for Sure” compliant video players can download from this service. Works on TV or computers. You can watch while you are still downloading with a broadband connection. Costs: from $1.99.
Purchase Books, movies and video games snail mailed to you. Download over one million songs.
Cost is 94¢/song to $9.22/album for non-DRM and 88¢/song to $9.44/album for DRM protected. Internet explorer is the only browser they support. When checking out you have to download songs individually. It’s a windows environment too. Mac users there is a work around but it’s pretty complicated—you can find it on the web in some blogs about WalMart downloading. Note: One blog this editor read indicated that lyrics Walmart objects to are edited, don’t know if that’s true or not.
