Just hours after the new Apple TV is announced, Amazon started offering 99-cent TV show purchases. Note that Apple's offering rentals and Amazon's offering purchases.
This is great news for me since I'm a big fan of Amazon Video on Demand -- just watched Fringe (great show!) few hours ago.
I must say that the prices are getting better with the competition. On Amazon, HD shows that used to cost $2.99 per episode are now 99-cents -- I'm referring to shows like Lost, Glee, Grey's Anatomy, etc. The HD resolution is 720p which is really good, and streaming is pretty smooth. I'm very impressed. Downside is the service is only available to US residents, but I've a purchase guide for those overseas.
Interestingly, there are also anime titles on Amazon as well. Gurren Lagann, Ghost in the Shell, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Bleach, Samurai Champloo, SlamDunk (this is old but good!) and whole lot of other lesser know and maybe even silly titles. I just hope the distributors, especially FUNimation can speed up the release of newer anime titles.
What about you? Do you still buy discs or switching to digital streaming?
2 Comments
I dont mind digital
Submitted by Manny on
I dont mind digital distribution. My main concern is, what if my laptop fails? How am I covered from losing my digital media? Can I burn my purchases to a DVD-R? The great thing about buying DVDs, which I still do, is that I can trade them in if I ever get bored of them. With digital distribution, once I own it, it loses any value. I can't sell it, or trade it, its mine. It is one of the reasons I purchased Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Season 1. Its my DVD, I can let people borrow it, I can watch it from my laptop, Xbox, etc, and if I ever choose I could sell it or trade it in.
I don`t like digital
Submitted by SethSteiner on
I don`t like digital distribution. I think it`s okay to a degree and I also used it at a few songs or two games from Xbox Arcade. In total I prefer the reality, real boxes, real discs, real booklets. It`s just sad that the industries try to make cheaper editions, so they can sell more online. I think this is dangerous. On one hand it`s cheating on the consumers who invest their money and on the other hand it cost jobs.
Politics should have an eye on the whole digital business, just in case they are going to far.
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