24 hours after you start the Movie?????

How about that, today is the first time I download a rental, having a very fast connection, 4 megs even more, because the owner of the cable company lives in my building so we have a very but very fast connection. It took three hours and a half to download the friking movie, so my wife and I started to watch it even though did not download completely, because it said that it was ready to watch, so I though that in the long run it would not affect it( we would not even notice). No the deam movie stop all the time because did download so we had to wait in the beginning, middle, all over until finish to download.
So when you are ready to enjoy something it got all mess up and it destroy our time.
I am not changing from dvd.
Not only that, my wife wanted to have subtitles ( spanish), and it does not give you the option.
So know Is one o'clock in the morning, did not finnish to watch to the movie and it says that I have 20 more hours to see it, so I have to force myself tomorrow to see it, if not I will loose my money and time, after 20 hours I believe it will erase by itself.
With a DVD i can see it as many times that I want, I have my subtitles, and at least if it is rented I have at least a week, to return it.

Video on demand via internet is still a relatively new product, and competing proprietary delivery systems, broadband availability/speed, imposed DRM restrictions all mean it may suit some customers and not others.
I'd say that for you DVD probably is still the best option.
For me in the UK Apple movie rentals aren't even available yet, and when they are with a lowly 1Mbps due to my telephone line 'distance from exchange', downloading will be a lengthy process.
However, I do envisage using it if it becomes available - if I know there's a film I'll want to watch I could just set it to rent before going to work or the night before and it'll be there the evening I want to watch it. Still more convenient than going to the local Blockbuster and returning the film even if the viewing period might be shorter via AppleTV.
While I'm still old enough to like to own my own music media, particularly as downloads are compressed and of inferior quality to CD, I don't feel the same way about movies as I only want to own the occasional exceptional film I'd watch several times, but even with those I wouldn't be surprised if renting would turn out cheaper until you'd watched the movie 5-6 times basing it on the inflated release prices of a DVD.
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Message was edited by: Alley_Cat

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