As an incentive for buying movies on disc (and, presumably, not downloading them online, and thus taking money away from them) Amazon has created their Disc+ On Demand program – basically, when you buy one of 313 (and growing) titles in either Blu-ray or DVD format, you can instantly download a “standard definition” (ie good, but less than DVD) for viewing. This version can be viewed using a number of methods, from right on your PC or Mac, to your TiVo or a whole host of other video players. The one place of note that you CAN’T view it, is your iPhone or similar video products from Apple. It seems a little convoluted to me, but if nothing else, it’s a nice bonus for buying the film – too bad it doesn’t help us that already bought it months ago.
The Disc+ On Demand version is only available with the purchase of Ghostbusters on Blu-Ray or “green slime” DVD and does not apply to two-disc, GB/GB2 DVD versions of the film.
[VIA GBNews.com]
Speaking of Amazon, a January 26th release date has been announced for Volume 2 of the Time-Life Real Ghostbusters DVD – there have been a number of excellent offers available for the box set of the series, both from Amazon and from Time-Life (including a special coupon code for PC readers), but for those that are picking and choosing their sets, or would rather pick them up one at a time, you’ll soon be able to nab the second set of discs. If they pick up the pace, you might have all of them by next Christmas.
You can pre-order the set for $27.99 now.
[VIA TVShowsOnDVD.com]
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It’s about time they are going to release season 2 on dvd.
Damn, I would actually buy the Blu-Ray (while I lack a player) for the digital copy (even though I own a DVD copy of both movies) to use on my iPhone and/or iPod… the exclusion of Apple support seems like a potential death sentence this day in age. Especially when they dominate the market on portal music/video players…
This is a crappy deal.
Its not a digital copy. Its a digital rental. You have 30 days to watch it, and only 24 hours after you first start the movie to watch it. Once you start playback, after 24 hours, its gone.
Hardly anything to get excited about.
Digital Copies and Digital Rentals aren’t the same thing. The On Demand feature Amazon is offering is a one-time deal. Dr. Venkman up there is correct. The file will no longer work after 24 hrs of viewing.
It’s like the old DivX discs Circuit City used to sell except this is just a download. Digital Copies are on physical discs whereas this is most likely just an AVI file.