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CinemaNow has been selling downloaded movies since April, the same time as MovieLink. When released, the movies were restricted to PC only viewing, and the downloads included only the film. Now at the same time as MovieLink again, CinemaNow will offer more features including bonus material, like filmmakers’ commentary and extra scenes as well as the ability to burn the video to a DVD. It will take about three hours to download and burn a movie, typically requiring advanced decisions or settling with watching the first view from your PC and later burning the disc.

Initially, CinemaNow will offer about 100 older titles, including “Scent of a Woman,” “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” and “Barbershop.” Prices will be about $9 to $15, the same as the films sold in versions that could be downloaded only to computers. CinemaNow has chosen to use different copy-protection technology made by a German company, Ace.

I am not sure which offering is better, burning now with a long wait and poorer quality than in the store, or waiting till next year for MovieLink, or just doing Netflix. Any of you use MovieLink or CinemaNow?

Read [NYTimes]

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