http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/ Engadget Comments for YouTube looking to enter rental movies on demand business, says WSJ http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/
1) go to http://www.youku.com/ (Chinese version of Youtube)
2) Type in the name of the movie you want to see (in some cases you might need to look up the Chinese name of the film. Just use Google: " Chinese")
3) Watch movie in decent quality on the spot without 600+ meg download.

Some are really great quality DVD rips (more and more), other not so great quality. However, if you are looking to quickly watch a movie you don't already have on hand... it is a great alternative!]]>Sep 2nd 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/
I don't rent DVDs at all anymore. I watch what is available on my Apple TV or Amazon's VOD via a Tivo HD. If it isn't available there I DON'T WATCH IT. Despite the fact that content available is still way less than stellar.

I'm personally not interested in watching movies online on a laptop very often, so this needs to be tied to SOME kind of STB, for example Tivo, Roku, something. And no, I'm not going to buy a new TV to get this, get real.

But if this increases the distribution and thus the content available for online streaming/download, the more the better.
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@Henzapper Well, considering I live with two other guys than myself who all watch tv and movies online not to mention gaming it can eat some bandwidth. Especially when you're streaming HD media.

Anyways, my original comment is irrelevant because I thought it was 2009 but it was 2008 and obviously Comcast didn't stick true to their plans(probably after the Time Warner fiasco). I've definitely been over the 250gb limit like every month since Oct 1st 2008 and Comcast has never complained.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/But yes data caps suck big time.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/
Subtract some software downloads, internet backup overhead, etc and its certainly imaginable that you could hit the 250Gb cap if you watch a lot of HD video on the net (e.g. don't have a cable TV at all say).]]>Sep 2nd 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 3rd 2009 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/
Over here in kangaroo land we get caps of 5 or maybe a whole glorious 10gig a month and you have to sign up your first born.

People complaining about 60gig, grumble, moan, bitch]]>Sep 3rd 2009 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/
Devices left and right are putting in youtube support. They are already building the ground work. Now, if you want to watch pay content, you could select the movie or show and just watch it.

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Just my 2 cents.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 3rd 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/
Realistically though, I don't see youtube taking my buisness away from netflix. For the price of two of those rentals a month I get unlimited streaming and one dvd/blu-ray out at a time. That and while youtube is a fantastic player for short clips and music videos, for watching a full length film the quality leaves something to be desired.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/
Google needs to go bankrupt along with Apple, Chapter 7 bankruptcy, or whatever Chapter that insures they never come back.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/
And apple? If apple was gone, Microsoft would have no substantial competition, and would produce products not as good and rip us off even more because they would be the only ones providing that product, much more, they've forced companies like microsoft to push the envelope with the Zune HD, and companies like Palm to produce much better phones like the Pre (Or googles G1)

No company should be forced into bankruptcy unless their business is not working. If you take away those companies or any of their competitors it means less competition and worse products for more money.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/not going... buffering
to pay for... buffering
anything... buffering
from youtu... ]]>Sep 2nd 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.archive.org/details/Night.Of.The.Living.Dead_1080p
So people know. (And yes, it's legal)]]>Sep 3rd 2009 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/Sep 2nd 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/youtube-looking-to-enter-rental-movies-on-demand-business-says/
Paying $3 for a Youtube rental movie is crazy since Google is the king of ad-based free stuff...

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