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1 year ago ::
Apr 03, 2011 - 1:59AM
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It's Zediva, it's like Netflix but they only stream movie rentals. Get the hottest new releases for $1.99 for one movie online rental and $10.00 for 10 rentals. There's a waiting list for new members, join the waiting list at http://w1.zediva.com/splash/waitlist.php
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1 year ago ::
Apr 04, 2011 - 12:31PM
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From what I've read, it sounds like an interesting setup - you're remotely connected to a physical DVD player with a disc in it, so you're on the timetable for DVD releases, not for streaming from a server, so the avilability timeline is different. And you can watch subtitles and choose alternate languages, which you can't do with most streaming services. They have not enabled things like deleted scenes yet. It will be interesting to see how the lawyers for the studios react to this new business model.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 05, 2011 - 7:14AM
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From what I've read, it sounds like an interesting setup - you're remotely connected to a physical DVD player with a disc in it, so you're on the timetable for DVD releases, not for streaming from a server, so the avilability timeline is different. And you can watch subtitles and choose alternate languages, which you can't do with most streaming services. They have not enabled things like deleted scenes yet.
It will be interesting to see how the lawyers for the studios react to this new business model.
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Definitely one to keep an eye on. Most likely will play out in a court of law. The rapid change in technology must keep attorneys hopping.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 05, 2011 - 6:57PM
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I heard that the movie studios filed with the federal court on Monday against Zediva, asking for monetary damages and an immediate shutdown. Here is one of the down side of Zediva's movie rental service only 6 of the 49 "new releases" on the site's main movie selection screen were available for viewing. The marquee title, "The Fighter," was available, but "127 Hours," "Megamind," "Due Date," and most other titles were marked as "rented out." Unlike services such as Netflix, which can stream as many copies of a single video as it has bandwidth to support, Zediva only has so many copies of each DVD, and each lives in its own dedicated DVD player. When all the players holding a given movie are in use, nobody else can rent the film.
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