Amazon is
sending out a survey to a select group of folks asking what changes they'd like to see to
Amazon Unbox, the company's digital video download service. At one point, the survey asks what participants think of several possible improvements to the service:
- Free video streaming with ads
- Paid video streaming without ads
- Burn downloaded movies to DVD for playback on a DVD player
- Ability to purchase a DVD from Amazon.com and watch a streaming copy of the same movie while you wait for the physical disc to arrive
- HD video downloads
- Ability to purchase a DVD and get a digital media copy for a small additional fee
- Subscription service that would allow you to watch a certain number of videos per month for a flat fee
- Subscription service allowing you to watch a certain number of independent films for a flat fee
- Ability to watch DVD extras when renting or purchasing a movie from Amazon Unbox
- Browse your Unbox library on your TiVo
Now, there's no guarantee that any of these "improvements" are actually on their way. But it's nice to see that Amazon's at least considering them, because we'd kind of like to see one of each.
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James said 4:23PM on 3-03-2008
Step 1: Bring it to 360 and/or PS3
Step 2: Offer a flat-rate per-month plan, preferably with an HD option
Step 3: Profit!
(I know I forgot the ??? reference. Sorry. The point is, *I'd* buy it.)
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Robert said 5:25PM on 3-03-2008
if they would start offering hd downloads instead of sd then i would never buy a dvd again. I love using unbox now for tv shows but the quality just does not make me happy enough to not buy the actual disc.
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