Here’s an interesting idea: you visit your local DVD store/supermarket/petrol station where you can buy a DVD buy selecting the title from a vast library whereapon it’s burnt to DVD while you wait. That’s the idea discussed in this article. Hell, why visit the store, you could set these up as vending machines anywhere; schools, offices, fast food joints (get your video and takeaway from the same place), bus stops.
Marry it up with the idea of short-life DVDs that was being bandied about not so long ago and you turn the whole thing into a cheap, simple video rental business with an almost unlimited library that always has a copy of the latest blockbuster in. If it’s all stored in the machine rather than needing to download it you alleviate most of the problem I have with the download and play rental model: immediacy (the reason Blockbuster stores work is because I can pop up there and be back with a movie in 20 minutes, not have to wait a few hours for it to download as the current online systems would need).
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