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Unbox from Amzn sounds like a big mistake..... - samintx - 10-03-2006
Re: Unbox from Amzn sounds like a big mistake..... - Panopticon - 10-03-2006
[quote Fortune:]
Two thumbs down for Unbox
Amazon's new movie service is a horror show, says Fortune's Peter Lewis.
Less cluttered link: http://cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Review%3A+Two+thumbs+down+for+Unbox+-+Sep.+19%2C+2006&expire=-1&urlID=19537154&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2006%2F09%2F18%2Ftechnology%2Flewis_unbox.fortune%2Findex.htm%3Fsource%3Dyahoo_quote&partnerID=2200
Re: Unbox from Amzn sounds like a big mistake..... - dotman - 10-03-2006
that was beautiful.
dot.
Re: Unbox from Amzn sounds like a big mistake..... - Carm - 10-04-2006
By the way, while I could download the James Dean classic "Rebel Without a Cause" from Unbox for $23.99, Amazon also offers to sell it to me as a special 2-volume DVD set, which includes extra documentaries and features, for $19.99.
Amazon encourages the user to make a DVD backup of all purchased movies. However, the backup DVD will play back only through the Unbox client, and not on a DVD player or other device.
My first attempt to get the Unbox system to work on my computer (a Sony Vaio Windows XP Media Center Edition PC) was thwarted when I refused to allow Microsoft to load a program that reports unspecified information - presumably information about my computer - back to the mothership. On the second installation attempt I relented and, within minutes, was ready to buy my first movie.