Comments on: Why do we still have video rental stores?

By: Don

Don — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:43:49 +0000

You could download it from a bittorrent site AND add it to your NetFlix queue, if you want to find a way to work things out ethically if not strictly legally.

Or live in an area where the cable company has on-demand services. Some of them have a lot of back catalog stuff.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:22:10 +0000

Theres gotta be a place you can download it in .avi format and pay for it (i.e not via illegal torrent sites).

Then simply burn it to dvd (which admittingly can take a long time to convert)

Or put onto a usb if your player has a port. (So useful!!!)

p.s NT1 was way better than NT2

By: Justin Thorp

Justin Thorp — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:37:34 +0000

@Joe: When you live in a community, you need to submit yourself to the law of the land otherwise you undermine your community. If you don’t like the laws, try to get them changed.

@Ross: I may have to check that out. Ideally i’d love to get a mac mini and just have it connected to the television but that’s a substantial investment.

By: Ross M Karchner

Ross M Karchner — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:44:29 +0000

Plug the MacBook into the TV: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9267G/A

By: Joe Grossberg

Joe Grossberg — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:19:53 +0000

“I’m sure I could download it illegally from bittorrent (and probably the 2nd one too) but I’m not going to do that… it’s illegal and you’d still be watching the movie from a computer.”

illegal != immoral

Remember, it was once legal to own slaves and it is still illegal to get a blowjob in Virginia.

And once you download it, you can burn it to DVD and play it wherever you want.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:07:56 +0000

very good question. and I agree I would love to have a way to legally get any movie you wanted to see at that moment. like you I am willing to pay.

(jeff)isageek