We tried a both a SD and HD download, as well as watched a video on the PSP. We also played with different options, and even took a note of download and transfer speeds. Hopefully this will help out you guys who are on the fence about all of this.
So what cha' waiting for? Took a look here.
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7-16-2008 @ 6:31AM
tristan88 said...
i figured when they said the us they meant north america like usual but i was wrong. canada gets left out again. i was pretty excited about this too.
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7-16-2008 @ 7:45AM
Catdogburger said...
PS3Fanboy didn't want to post it up, but i started a petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/ps3video/petition.html
with everybody's help mabey we can get it in Canada.
7-16-2008 @ 8:28AM
OddyOh said...
Catdogburger...might be more effective if you'd spelled "service" correctly...
7-16-2008 @ 11:12AM
DrXym said...
A petition will achieve precisely zero effect. Movie download services are traditionally bogged down in horrific contractual details. Its probably hard enough to sort it out in the US, let alone anywhere else. Eventually it may appear but a petition won't make the slightest difference one way or another.
7-16-2008 @ 7:35PM
Kspraydad said...
Distribution of movies and tv in Canada is handled through distributors and not the studios.
Every digital distrib service takes awhile to come to Canada after launch in US ... see LIVE and iTunes. Ultimately the content will be different too.
Lobbying SONY will have no effect, I'm sure they are trying.
Lobby your Canadian distributors such as http://www.alliancefilms.com/en/36/ or http://www.cmpda.ca/jsp/members.jsp to get off their asses.
7-16-2008 @ 6:35AM
Eggy said...
Yeah I hate those licenses and copyrights stuff. We get everything much later in Europe. An they still find it strange people download TV series from the interwebz.
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7-16-2008 @ 6:42AM
The Aggie CEO said...
not that I can see myself PAYING for anything on there as of yet, since I have just about EVERYTHING up there either in my DVD/Blu-ray collection already OR on my PC via other means.......and hence can put it on my PSP........
but what I'm curious about is how long are the rentals??
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7-16-2008 @ 7:10AM
OAKside said...
I've heard they're 14 day rentals or 24 HOURS after first play. (That last part's ridiculous at those prices.)
For me, Netflix/BB are simply unbeatable so I'd only buy (never rent) online in the rarest of circumstances. Like if I was just checking out tech/quality (yup), had cash to burn (right!) ... or was really, really bored (nope).
7-16-2008 @ 10:11AM
The Aggie CEO said...
oh ok thanks.........
I use netflix too, thats why I'm hoping that we STILL get netflix on the PS3.........because what dude said during the M$ conference was that "the 360 is the only console you could access netflix on for no extra cost"......which makes me think back to the survey netflix had that asked "would you be willing to pay a minimal one-time fee to stream netflix content to your system"
so if I gotta pay around $20 for a disc with the install program on it or sumin I'd do it.......especially with them adding HD movies soon.....it'd be worth it
7-16-2008 @ 6:52AM
Seb said...
Why was the SD m ovie just in stereo, no 5.1? I hope they deliver every movie in 5.1
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7-16-2008 @ 6:59AM
The_Doctor said...
That might have something to do with the settings they're using with their set up. I believe its going through HDMI and they're just using the TV speakers as opposed to a 5.1 sound system. Is that right Alan, or am I just making stuff up?
7-16-2008 @ 6:56AM
Espiox said...
Wonder why you can only use the search tool for Video content. It's the same on PC... bizarre.
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7-16-2008 @ 6:59AM
argrgerg said...
is it available in other regions
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7-16-2008 @ 7:05AM
sibbor said...
Is the video store up in EU? I'll try to grab a HD format vid and play it on my projecktor, producing a nice 104" picture when I get home. Sounds like a lot of fun, even though I can go rent Bluray and DVD vids 2 mins away from my house =p
Seems you downloaded the first movie at aprox. 700 kb/s, which is a decent speed. Seems like Sony capped us there, because I haven't downloaded any demo at fast speed, even with 100 Mbit Internet connection (I seem to get around 60 Mbit dl speed from other servers around the web).
Keep up the great work Sony! Love you ;)!!
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7-16-2008 @ 7:05AM
bob said...
when will this damn service arrive in europe, 2010-11?...:-(
I bet we will be asked to pay £2.99 for rentals, which converted into dollars would mean that european ps3 owners will be paying nearly twice as much as americans!
And its propbably not worth asking whether there will be content (when video downloads will be available on both sides) realeased at the same time as the american store? europeans will probably get e.g. heroes season 3, 2 years after it has aired and been available for download on ps store (if it is) for two years!
I think most people will stick to illegal downloads....
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7-16-2008 @ 7:14AM
Topsu said...
That looked a million times better than I thought it would.
Hoping it'll come to Europe in decent time. Sorry, if my English is bad, I'm from Finland. Yay
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7-16-2008 @ 7:16AM
Topsu said...
The movie selection, even now in the beginning is great.
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7-16-2008 @ 7:36AM
Tuds said...
Its a shame that we'll have to pay for them, the xbox Live Netflix alternative would seem better.
Not that I can even use the PS3 version yet, with me being at a disability just by living in Europe.
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7-16-2008 @ 8:01AM
Bob said...
Xbox is paying for it... they pay xbox live. in the long run it might be a little cheaper for them if they rent movies on a regular basis, but if they are like me and only rent occasionally it comes out about the same.
7-16-2008 @ 8:07AM
Tuds said...
Apparently they can find the subscriptions for xbox Live pretty cheap from certain sellers. The fact that I would have had to worry about network subscriptions with xbox Live was what mainly decided for me to go with PS3.
I don't really ever rent dvd's either, but it would be nice to have access to a list of free content that's also good qualty, I'm sure then I'd be watching a lot more movies.
I can't be too negative though, at least we do have an alternative.