HomeLegal DVD Quality Downloads – More Ideas
A few more ideas that popped into head following my blog entry the other day (Legal DVD Quality Downloads – Dream or Reality?).
I think it would be great (if not somewhat ironic) that legal DVD downloads be distributed using bittorrent technology. It really is the best and fastest way to distribute large files, and it saves money for the distributors.
Digital downloads would also make distribution of hard to find/out of print titles possible. It is often not worth it commercially for studios to release old and rare movies, but if they do it online, there is no production cost involved.
And once bandwidth becomes faster and cheaper, perhaps HD titles can be distributed in the same way.
And since everything will be delivered digitally, why not allow customizations? For example, I could choose a different style of main menu, which language and subtitle tracks I want to be included in the download, and also which extra features to have (discounts available for choosing the movie only version perhaps). Exclusive material not found on the physical DVD version might also be made available, to be downloaded for an additional fee. The possibilities are endless, and I really shouldn’t be doing the studio’s work for them by coming up with these ideas (will sell ideas for money!!).