gizmodo.com — Scoring a major coup over Apple, Wal-Mart has become the first (and thus far, only) digital distributor to go into business with all six major studios: Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Universal will all be selling digital movies at its online store.
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ipodmanFeb 6, 2007
I hate to say it.....but the really big question here is......Will it blend?
austinthehellerFeb 6, 2007
From Boing Boing:"After a few deep bong hits, the rich layers of overlapping text probably make sense, as would the notion of paying $20 for a 240X320 movie in a DRM-laden Windows Media file that won't play on a Zune or an iPod, or a computer running Mac or Linux."
sideshowraheemFeb 6, 2007
Although Walmart could have done allot of things better here, I still have to give them credit the one baby step taken here, there given you the ability to back the movies up, yes not to a DVD that will play in your DVD player but still I don't know of any other service like this that lets you make legal copies after you download. I'm sure the studios fought them on that but Walmart has so much leverage with the studios because they sell a ton of retail DVDs they were probably able to force them into it. So at least give them credit for maybe opening a door that was previously shut.
starkFeb 6, 2007
1. It won't work on my mac2. I can't put it on my iPod or AppleTV3. Walmat sucks1+2+3=no thanks
steepdeclineFeb 7, 2007
This is completely true.Walmart has the record biz by the balls.You would not believe the s**t Walmart pulls on the RIAA,Walmart has threatened to stop selling CDs...Walmart sells 11% of all CDs in America,but CDs are less than 1% of walmarts salesif walmart stops celling CDs, the record companies collapse overnight,
shyguy91284Feb 7, 2007
I wonder how this compares to their dye sub printer that adheres a layer over the printing for extra protection.....
zachlutzFeb 7, 2007
This is big news, yes, but how successful will this effort actually be? Wal-Mart's online music store has failed to make a dent in the online music business. They have better access to the producers, but likely poorer access to consumers. Selling videos through iTunes is a major advantage to Apple. More so, the videos sold through Wal-Mart are less useful. Apple's solution allows the videos to be placed on iPods (the best-selling video player) as well as streaming through the AppleTV. I think it's very likely that videos purchased from Wal-Mart won't move off of the computer.Both Apple and Wal-Mart have significant and distinct advantages at this point. My feeling is that it will be more difficult for Wal-Mart to replicate Apple rather than the other way around.