With the popular success of music sharing and buying online, retailers are trying to beat the crowd to sell movies the same way. Already Wal-Mart.com has explored the area of online movie sales. The problems with this is idea are that even with a high speed connection it can take hours to download a movie online, the quality is poor, and some movies can't even be transferred to a DVD. With this considered it doesn't seem that the idea will take off anytime soon. The main reason for the increases emphasis on this idea goes back to what happened when music downloads started to become popular. CD sales have dropped way off since it started and retailers don't want the same to happen with DVDs. They are trying to get their online market established before it becomes a market expectation. Right now it is still considered a competitive advantage for those that offer the service, but it seems like they need to work on how the product is delivered to increase popularity. I'm sure we will see many things happen with this technology in the future and soon we may all be downloading our movies from the internet.
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Personally, I have never enjoyed watching a movie on my computer. The picture is never very sharp and is always tinted very darkly. I usually enjoy going to a retail store and browsing through music and movies. Most of the time I don't even have a specific item in mind that I want to purchase. I feel that I would probably miss that experience if downloading became the dominant method of acquiring movies. It is often cheaper to download a CD than purchase it in a store, so a price incentive may be necessary as well. I guess these are things that will have to be considered before this method of distribution can be used.
I think that this idea is pretty good because it provides a way for a customer to search an endless amount of movies, download it, and watch it in the convenience of their own home. The fact that it takes a really long time to download and the quality isn't good concerns me though. How much does this cost? I feel that when you buy a movie from a retailer, that they are way overpriced. Because of this, I joined ColumiaHouse.com, which provides a lot of dvd's for lower prices. I can also purchase dvd's in a matter of minutes without leaving my house.
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