News - Seagate bundles Paramount movies with FreeAgent Go external drives

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20 blockbusters pre-loaded on a 500GB external hard drive, but you'll need to pay to unlock them.

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'Brave' I'd say. Sure on one hand people who wants to pirate in the first place could just download the films. And yet I predict that we will see people who genuinely thinks that it's okay that 'unlocking those drives' (via non-official means - and yes, I expect that it's just a matter of time) makes is somehow different than pirating in the first place.

As long as the price doesn't go up and the space can be recovered by re-formating then I think its a good idea,

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Originally Posted by TooNice

'Brave' I'd say. Sure on one hand people who wants to pirate in the first place could just download the films. And yet I predict that we will see people who genuinely thinks that it's okay that 'unlocking those drives' (via non-official means - and yes, I expect that it's just a matter of time) makes is somehow different than pirating in the first place.

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say that again ?:O_o1:

I believe, old chap, that he's saying "Golly, that's rather brave of paramount. I'd say that it's inevitable that, verily, the very second some people get their hands on these drives, they'll try and unlock the movies by unofficial means, and, because they were effectively "given" the movies with the hard drive, they'll probably see that as different to torrenting them. I can see the business model that paramount are trying to put forward, and it's bold and adventurous, but I think it's rather doomed and, one way or the other, people will try and avoid paying for the contents that they've been given, albeit in a locked state".

To which I, personally, would add: "Anyone who pays for Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow needs shooting. Except for the bit where Angelina Jolie looks at Gwyneth Paltrow and asks Jude Law "What is that?". That bit's good. The rest... not so much.

Also, what format would these be in? MKV? Or VIDEO_TS folder style so that you actually get menus, extras, chapters, etc (although I am aware that you can chapter MKVs). Personally, I'd want full DVD type things.

Edit: In fact, from that list, I'd take Star Trek, The Hunt for Red October, Ghost, Patriot Games, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. That's it.

As I already have startrek on blu-ray, Hunt for red october/Patroit Games are both bargain bin DVD's (Less than $10) and not interested in the rest - I can't see me buying any of them.

To be honest it just seems a little pointless...

why do you have to pay to unlock it? daff move if you ask me.

Its the price point that is the problem, not the idea; "unlock individual titles at a fee ranging from $9.99 to $14.99", so up to a tenner for each movie. If these were a quid each or a tenner for all of them I could see it working, but most are available on dvd for under a fiver, it just doesnt add up.

Saying this, I also dont see why if I want a digital copy of a film I already own, for say an ipod, I have to buy it again. How is it different to buying a CD and putting it on an ipod?

Yeah, about 3 of them are worth watching. And then there's the insulting The Love Guru. Insulting to my intelligence that is.

Mike Myers, what happened to you. You were so super as Austin Powers. I suppose you weren't too bad in Inglorious Basterds - but I could see you trying to do the cheeky grin thing you do. Naughty.

Unfortunately, it's a FreeAgent :(

The older models before the FreeAgent was released were far superior in every respect. They stack properly, and best of all go to sleep properly.

None of the Free Agent drives I've tried have powered down correctly when not in use, and all ended up going back.

Please Seagate, give us the old models again!