
I demoed an HD movie downloader-player at the Westfield mall here in San Francisco. Viewers can rent or “buy” movies they download, but movies cannot be exported from the device, nor can external hard drives be attached. “It holds about fifty movies,” the gentleman told me at the small kiosk where a big-screen TV showing a downloaded Fantastic Four played. The UI was easy to use and pretty, the remote control was small and simple (think Apple’s remote, with a wheel), and the movie was decent to watch—not comparable to over-the-air high definition signal—but decent. Note: cable and sattelite also suck vs. over-the-air. Prices were the same as the movie’s DVD price-points. Going on memory, $4 for renting, about $15 for “buying.”
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