Just One More Way to Watch a Movie On a Tiny Screen
Who the hell watches movies on those small screens?
Video Business is reporting that Blockbuster is unveiling some new download feature in two of their stores soon before releasing the service nationwide.
There will be in-store kiosks that stand about eight feet high at which a consumer will insert a portable media player and then download their selected movie(s) directly to the player's hard drive or solid-state memory device. The transfer is expected to take about two minutes, but could soon be down to 30 seconds in second generation models.
How useful will this be? Well, not to useful if you own an iPod, iPhone or any other portable media device outside of the Archos Generation 4 portable media player, which Blockbuster will begin selling in-store and online. Another "benefit" is that the selection will be limited.
Outside of this being stupid based on its limitations I can't help but wonder who is out there actually watching movies and TV shows on their cell phones and iPods, or, in this case, their Archos Generation 4s.
Do any of you out there actually do this? The Archos 704 WiFi has a 7" screen. How can that possibly be enjoyable? Is it too much to ask to read a book when a TV is not around?
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