10-04-2006, 02:49 AM
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.
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.