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From: The Old Bloke on 23 Feb 2006 03:37 I have had a look at this new offering from Bigpond but have not yet tried it. Are films compressed and what is the average size of the download? BP say that the film will probably be deleted after 7 days from my computer. How do they do that? I don't know how people currently illegally download films, but if there is a legal way for a small fee, I'm sure someone will find how to keep the film file active on computers. Regards
From: Gregory Kleverlaan on 23 Feb 2006 06:06 http://www.whirlpool.net.au/ BigPond has launched its movie download service, offering time limited movies, TV episodes and music videos for between $1.95 and $5.95. "For years people have dreamt of being able to download movies and TV shows over the internet. From today, BigPond Movie members can legally download a huge choice of movies, TV shows, sport, short films and music videos, direct to their PCs or notebooks and watch them on demand in full-screen, digital quality via BigPond Movie Downloads," said BigPond MD Justin Milne. The current library of 1000 titles is sourced from Sony Pictures Australia, which distributes material from various studios including Columbia Tristar and MGM. Examples of movies include Bewitched and Black Hawk Down, while TV episodes are available from shows such as The Shield and Stargate SG-1. The service appears to be available to any broadband user, but BigPond users get a 20% discount and the data will not count towards their quota. Windows XP is the only operating system supported. Movies available on the service are sized at over 1GB, with a rough calculation suggesting each minute of content is around 10 megabytes. This means that users on 1.5Mbit ADSL plans will probably not be able to watch in real-time, but those on cable or ADSL2+ will have no issues. Unlike buying a DVD, the content from BigPond expires due to Digital Rights Management (DRM). "Similar to a video store, customers can 'rent' content to view as many times as they want in 24 hours or on a weekly basis. Once the rental period is over, the content is automatically deleted from their PC," said Milne. Regardless of how well the BigPond service is received, it is a major step towards increasing broadband adoption in Australia. With competitors likely to launch their own services in the coming months, it will be an interesting year for broadband content in Australia. "The Old Bloke" <no(a)remove.com> wrote in message news:SueLf.14384$yK1.9459(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >I have had a look at this new offering from Bigpond but have not yet tried >it. > > Are films compressed and what is the average size of the download? BP say > that the film will probably be deleted after 7 days from my computer. How > do they do that? > > I don't know how people currently illegally download films, but if there > is a legal way for a small fee, I'm sure someone will find how to keep the > film file active on computers.
From: Jawa on 23 Feb 2006 08:05 On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:06:05 +1100, "Gregory Kleverlaan" <g12345567(a)nospam.yahoo.com.au> wrote: >http://www.whirlpool.net.au/ > >BigPond has launched its movie download service, offering time limited >movies, TV episodes and music videos for between $1.95 and $5.95. > >"For years people have dreamt of being able to download movies and TV shows >over the internet. From today, BigPond Movie members can legally download a >huge choice of movies, TV shows, sport, short films and music videos, direct ....snip... This long winded post lifted from another source does not address the OP's question in any sense whatever. ................................................................. Posted via TITANnews - Uncensored Newsgroups Access >>>> at http://www.TitanNews.com <<<< -=Every Newsgroup - Anonymous, UNCENSORED, BROADBAND Downloads=-
From: DalienX on 23 Feb 2006 22:16 The Old Bloke wrote: > I have had a look at this new offering from Bigpond but have not yet > tried it. > > Are films compressed and what is the average size of the download? > BP say that the film will probably be deleted after 7 days from my > computer. How do they do that? > > > Regards I'm looking into this myself, one thing i have noticed is it claims to be an unmetered site (for bigpond customers only of course) which means the downloads wont count to the monthly download limit. > I don't know how people currently illegally download films, but if > there is a legal way for a small fee, I'm sure someone will find how > to keep the film file active on computers. I usualy use bittorrent for movies/tv shows. I dont see how telstra can stop someone burning an movie they have downloaded, once its on a dvd how can telstra delete it ? lol. Unless the movie comes in such a stuffed up format that no current burning program will know what to do with it..
From: Wayne on 23 Feb 2006 22:29
DalienX wrote: > I'm looking into this myself, one thing i have noticed is it claims to > be an unmetered site (for bigpond customers only of course) which means > the downloads wont count to the monthly download limit. > Telstra missing an op to scam its users, wow someone in management really dropped the ball on this one. |