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Movie rental downloads will be the wave of the future. It isn't rocket science. People want convenience and hate to waste time and gas driving to their local video store. From the movie studio's perspective, the shift to downloadable content cannot come soon enough. The switch to downloadable movies will free them from all the costs connected with the production, storage, distribution and packaging of physical media. They can still sell the movies for a healthy amount, but show increased profits.
The capability to rent downloadable movies has been with us for a couple of years now. The problem for a lot of men and women has been twofold; the lack of widespread broadband Internet access, and the requirement to use a computer to view the films. Even if the computer was successfully hooked to a TV (sometimes no mean feat in itself) for a bigger picture, there were all sorts of other issues linked to computer use that made this a less than satisfactory solution for the vast majority of movie renters.
The passage of time has largely solved the broadband issue. An April, 2008 report from research firm Scarborough Research revealed broadband penetration is up over 300% since 2002. Nationally, 49% of households have broadband Internet access, and that number continues to increase with the continued rollout of services for example Verizon's FIOS. As more households get broadband the interest in renting movies via Internet download will increase even further.
The higher gains on the flip side, will come from the introduction of alternative methods of downloading movie rentals. To this end, an array of services happen to be introduced or are planned for market introduction. Most cable companies offer some sort of video on demand rental service. The quality and selection of these offerings vary, but they are available to lots of individuals.
For people that don't have cable or for several reasons want an alternative service, you can find alternatives available. TiVO has partnered with Amazon.com to offer the capability to rent movies from the Amazon Unboxed service. That collaboration has a whole lot going for it. TiVO has a universally praised user interface, offers HD capability from off air or cable services, and integrates the Amazon Unboxed service seamlessly into their interface to make things extremely easy for consumers.
AppleTV is a piece of hardware that enables people to download watching full movies online from the Apple iTunes Store for viewing on their own TV. It is a small, set top box like unit that connects to the internet, and retrieves movies from the iTUNEs library. Like with many things from Apple Inc. it really is well designed and has an easy to use interface. It doesn't stop at movies either. You may watch TV shows, music videos, and YouTube videos as well. It also allows A/V content from your computer to be viewed on your TV. There is a 24hr window from the time for movie rentals, soon after the films vanish, in addition to your rental fee. It's like video on demand, but with a lot larger library.
HD video for the Apple TV is delivered in 720p (You can watch them in 720p or 1080i). With Apple TV 2, the bitrate will be around 1/8th that of Blu-Ray, so the video obviously isn't as good, but it is not bad either, and you aren't required to get off your couch. An issue for some is the fact that there isn't any type of video below component 480i. Should you have a mature TV that will not have component inputs, you're out of luck. Another issue is the FF and rewind performance. The film has to be rebuffered to do this so it does not work like your regular Blu-ray player or cable company's video on demand.
