News - Samsung bringing Blockbuster films to connected devices

[HEXUS]

A global deal has apparently been signed with movie rental firm Blockbuster.

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[Brewster0101]

With Lovefilm getting a good head start in the UK I wonder if there is room for more VOD services. And the audience is limited if its only available to Samsung.

[shaithis]

Considering what LFs service is like, there is plenty of room for more VOD services!

Netflix has a far superior service (from a technical standpoint) and I've just cancelled my subs with them as I've run out of content to watch

LFs IQ is way below par for me to even consider watching.

Gief moar!

[Brewster0101]

True, I've just got lovefilm available on my LG TV and the content is very limited and the quality is not very good. I am more happy to walk upto my Blockbusters and get the bluray for £1.
I do like that lovefilm offer TV series's to watch, dunno if the competitors do this. Plus lovefilm is only £5 per month, which is not asking much.

[Andeh13]

Netflix has sod all selection, lovefilm is good but lacks much streaming content.... there is plenty more room for Spotify like services IMO.

£20-25 a month and unlimited streaming with a wide selection? Is that too much to ask for?

[Brewster0101]

£20-25 a month and unlimited streaming with a wide selection? Is that too much to ask for?

£20-£25 per month... yeah in this economy I don't see many people taking that option. I think £5 per month is fantastic, anything more would be silly as rentals are usually £1 per film from Blockbusters and then you get the full quality of bluray.

If you watch £25 of rentals a month then possibly you need to get out more and do a little exercise

[3dcandy]

Netflix is £6 a month and seems good value to me, plus is available already on a large number of devices. This will have to be good to compete, but of course if they start off with a large range of current titles some people will subscribe...

[Andeh13]

£20-£25 per month... yeah in this economy I don't see many people taking that option. I think £5 per month is fantastic, anything more would be silly as rentals are usually £1 per film from Blockbusters and then you get the full quality of bluray.

If you watch £25 of rentals a month then possibly you need to get out more and do a little exercise

Fair cop, even better if it were cheaper! I just remember the full sky movies pack being around £20 a month ( I think) and figured unlimited movies, unlimited streaming on demand would be a premium over that!