Amazon Unbox on TiVo
When ScottW left a comment on The Blockbuster Netflix war continues saying that it'll all change when we start downloading movies I figured, yeah, won't that be cool.
But I didn't really believe it would happen any time soon.
I haven't seen my internet connection get faster for 5 years. What was cutting edge back then - 5mb - still seems good enough, but it's nowhere near what Rich says he gets - was it 30mb? I don't remember but it was one of those holy sh*t moments when he told me.
But coincidentally this morning I get an email from the TiVo folks (I have an old series 2) telling me that this weekend is a cheap weekend for buying movies from Amazon Unbox - a video download service. It's here already? I don't peek out from my hole very often, but I didn't realize it was this easy, this soon.
I just visited Amazon, signed into my TiVo account, clicked on a TV show I wanted to see (1Click was already setup) and apparently the show is downloading right now into my TiVo. It's pretty cool and very easy to do.
BUT..before you rush over, bear in mind that they are taking a lot of heat over other parts of the service (which I'm not using) such as the PC software license agreement and the Unbox Player. I'm using a TiVo, so I figure I'm pretty safe from all this, but YMMV.
Can't wait to see if the download is waiting for me tonight.
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