nytimes.com— Comcast, the nation?s largest cable operator, has introduced an experimental program to release films on demand simultaneously with their release on DVDs.
Dec 18, 2006View in Crawl 4
It's got to be ages since I went to a movie theater. I really just don't like people that much I suppose. I also dislike buying DVDs since I rarely watch them more than once. And the On Demand thing is annoying. It's very slow navigating it (how the hell can you offer high speed Internet, but it takes forever to move to a different page of movie listings), and it seems like an overinflated price. I rent from Family Video occasionally, and they have decent specials.Honestly, I usually watch movies in waves. I will rent/order/watch around 10-15 movies in a month, and then its 2-3 months before anything new is available anyway. I'm really tired of looking for a movie, and I have already seen anything remotely interesting. Surely something will change with this whole distribution thing.
angelpDec 19, 2006
I think his point was that they threatened to cut him off for not paying NEXT month's bill.
Closed AccountDec 19, 2006
I'll be impressed when it's the same day as the theatre release.
reddogpapiDec 19, 2006
No.?!How do you like me now.
avolantDec 19, 2006
you kids. always bickering...... just... go away...
glinsvadDec 19, 2006
Oddly, in danish "on-demand" translates to "evil man" - makes sense if you've ever tried programming this way...
Closed AccountDec 20, 2006
It's got to be ages since I went to a movie theater. I really just don't like people that much I suppose. I also dislike buying DVDs since I rarely watch them more than once. And the On Demand thing is annoying. It's very slow navigating it (how the hell can you offer high speed Internet, but it takes forever to move to a different page of movie listings), and it seems like an overinflated price. I rent from Family Video occasionally, and they have decent specials.Honestly, I usually watch movies in waves. I will rent/order/watch around 10-15 movies in a month, and then its 2-3 months before anything new is available anyway. I'm really tired of looking for a movie, and I have already seen anything remotely interesting. Surely something will change with this whole distribution thing.