Comments on: Is this the new Amazon video store?

Company declines to confirm whether Web pages that surfaced on the Net are part of a new store.
Images: A peek at what could be Amazon Digital Video

[disco-legend-zeke]

content expands to fill available bandwidth.

another corellary to parkinson's law.

As the bandwidth available to the american consumer approaches the theoretical 500 Mbps, a flattened, application agnostic super high speed delivery system becomes the most cost effecient method of delivering content.

Even if you got free discs, a DVD distribution involves shipping... etc.

Microsoft's Windows Media format is trusted by the movie companies, it is more secure than DVD, content owners can licence per play, per day, all the way to own it forever. The encryption makes the bits widely available in swarming (Microsoft's AVALANCHE) downloads. To play any of the videos, viewers must obtain a license and a decryption key from a website.

Amazon understands how to market and retain happy customers. Lets hope that this sneak preview whets our apetite for more downloadable content. I-pod (do peas have to get a license from apple?) is just the beginning.

It is all built into Vista.

[lesfilip]

Pro-Microsoft, are we?

Neither Microsoft nor their software is widely trusted. People use it
because either they have to or because they don't know any better.

You did not need to take a jab at Apple, but you did. Your snotty
comment about Apple protecting their trademark had nothing to
do with the original article and added nothing but proof you are an
Apple hater. Bring it on.

Have a nice day!

[msanto]

You say they can't watch on a DVD Player yet ...

the page here http://kokogiak.com/thatboxinthecorner/amznimg/azvid1.jpg

says they can watch on a TV. ??? Maybe by using video out from your laptop or PC?

[lesfilip]

The burned DVD is for backup purposes

Presumably you could burn the encrypted data to a DVD for
backup, but you would still need to run it through their software
for playback. A special DVD player could decrypt the data for
playback, but a regular player could not.

Have a nice day!

[jamie.p.walsh]

Do you think the gaming industry will ever try this model?

Gametap has made a good start, but their library is a bit dated. It would be nice to see availability pull within 6-12 months of release date.

However, there's where I think both the gaming and movie industry need to take a lesson from the music industry and make their releases all at the same time. I think they would see substantial growth and demand. While we're at it ebooks as well.

[Tomcat Adam]

According to Sony...

Yes, games will be online delivery. Or, at least for the PS4. To quote Phil Harrison:
"I'd be amazed if the PlayStation 4 has a physical disc drive.".