Downloads take to long, had to return it.

Well I was really hoping that my new TV would allow me to not have to rent movies from Com?????ast, But, i went online (via TV) and rented and HD movie. 5 hours later, it was at 23% downloaded and what is odd is that I have rather fast broadband. Anyway, I have no idea what make me think that I could actually see the movie right after I rented it. Well perhaps I'll just save the money and wait for a MBP refresh.

Unfortunately I see both sides of this issue. I wish I could view the movie sooner but at the same time I want high quality audio and video. I guess in most cases the two can't go together,
I just rented The Brave One and it appears it will take a total of six hours via my T1 (my connection is the bottleneck not their servers). I can live with the download speed but movie renting certainly won't be an impulse purchase.
I do wish they would increase the viewing time from 24 hours to at least 48 hours and also offer a monthly subscription.
This would provide two benefits. Hopefully I could watch more movies at a reduced rate and would allow me to download movies that I think I might want to watch. This way I wouldn't have to wait on the download if I decide I want to watch the movie.
If possible being able to download the movie before purchasing and only paying if you decide to view it would be great (I think DirecTV or someone else is doing something similar). This way I could always have three or four movies ready for viewing. Just like tonight if we could have sat down and watched a movie they would have gotten an additional rental. One my wife wanted to watch plus the one I was willing to wait on.
It's still early in the online movie rental game and I'm sure there will be a lot of changes. Hopefully a subscription plan (perhaps two or three) and pre-purchase downloading will get a turn at bat.

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