Comments on: Download start-up takes aim at DVDs

Don't want to have to sit at your PC to watch a movie? EZTakes lets you burn to disc from its offbeat selection.

[mstrclark]

Apple's iTV

"iTV, a newly unveiled piece of hardware"

It'a important to point out that the iTV won't be available until sometime 2007. Apple isn't sure of the release date yet.

[mstrclark]

Tivo and NetFlix

Wouldn't it be great if NetFlix were to team up with
Tivo! Tivo already allows access to some websites like Yahoo! for example.

After all, who really wants to watch TV on their computer at their desk when most people large TVs and comfortable sofas.

[chuck_whealton]

Re: Tivo and NetFlix

Well at least they're on the right track. I'll be darned if I'd bother
to buy one of these things if I couldn't legally burn it to DVD and
watch it on a REAL television. I'm not going to watch this stuff
on my laptop or desktop. The last thing I want to do when I get
home is sit in front of another computer, let alone invite my
family in to watch it on a computer screen...

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com

[heystoopid]

What A Bargain! Not!

What a bargain! , not!, for if you look very carefully, I wouldn't be surprised the majority of movies and old TV shows on offer, are actually in Public Domain from assorted libraries like the Smithsonian etc!

This was due to a combination of factors ranging from being too cheap to transfer from the old common very unstable prewar nitrate stock to the more modern stable safety film, and left the public to pay for the expense of recovery and conversion, to very cheap incompetents, who forgot to pay a cheque on time, to extend the term of copyright as required by law!

Oh well, such is life, to pay more for less!

[badedit]

Bad Selection

Like most local video stores here and even our startup version of NetFlix, the selection with this new service is bad! I don't want to see movies that are in the public domain because they weren't good enough for anyone to fight to keep them more expensive. If you get what I'm saying.

This sounds like the '30 Classic Movie' DVD packs they sell for 8.99 at Wal-Mart. My time is more valuable than that.

[Jackson Cracker]

I doubt it

Thanks to heavy lobbying from Disney and others, it takes
many decades for something to fall into the public domain.
I don't think TV has even been around long enough yet.

[gymmbo]

skinning cats

What happened to renting and ripping?

[skeptik]

alive and well

Well, it's illegal, so it would be a bit hard to launch a legal company based on that premise... though Netflix and BlockBuster have come close. ;)