Comments on: Latest toe in the movie download pond? Wal-Mart

Retail giant launches program that bundles a video download with purchase of the physical DVD.

[rcrusoe]

Does Wal-Mart still sell guns?

or do they have to buy them elsewhere when they get the desire
to shoot themselves in the foot?

Another Windows only download site? Who was it that said,
"Those that fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to
repeat them" ?

[maceyblack]

What lessons?

Since when has targetting Window, which by the way, even Apple supports, been a shot in the foot?

[dondarko]

or as...

Einstein said it: "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

[mikedelic01]

Zunes won't PlayForSure

Walmart will be providing their video content in a PlaysForSure format. Even though Microsoft developed PlaysForSure, their new Zune player does not support PlaysForSure. Which is a slap in the face to all of their partners that adopted that standard.

[Pixelslave]

There's a difference

Well, nobody seems to realize that Wal-Mart's strategy has a different tweak. The price they charge is low enough to be considered as a service fee. Personally, I am willing to pay the 2 bucks Wal-Mart to do their transcoding for me. PlayForSure? Not a problem to me, I have a Clix. I resist the iPod. I don't like things that many people like :-D Everybody hate Windows, fine, I use it. Everybody loves iPod, I am not buying it.

[jean.luc.picard]

Hunh?

Well, everyone likes chocolate, too. Do you eat chocolate? Well,
STOP!

[rcrusoe]

Dude, you're a windows user

You can't be more of a conformist than that. The only thing you
are missing IS an iPod.

[Sumatra-Bosch]

Zune as Hindenburg

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/37A4A383-9B55-4692-8A96-B1A44DAC0941_files/zuned.png

Hilarious. Check it out.