I have to say I am pleasently surprised at the how much is up on day 1. I think by my count there are about 300 movies and maybe 25-30 tv series.
PS3 video store is up!
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depends... I think I saw $1.99 SD Rentals, 4.50-5.99 HD Rentals and SD purchases starting at $14.99
Queasy
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Queasy
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to purchase...yup.
edit: Well, now I'm reading something somewhat conflicting. Engadget is saying $9.99 to $14.99 for SD purchases.
I imagine it will be like the Live service. Older/Classic movies will be cheaper to rent/purchase than newer releases. I don't have a PS3 so someone else will have to go on to the PSN Store and confirm.
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Is it Comcast On-Demand HD quality at least? (I am not expecting Blu-Ray quality here, but Comcast is known to compress things a bit...)
Originally posted by: Queasy
to purchase...yup.
edit: Well, now I'm reading something somewhat conflicting. Engadget is saying $9.99 to $14.99 for SD purchases.
I imagine it will be like the Live service. Older/Classic movies will be cheaper to rent/purchase than newer releases. I don't have a PS3 so someone else will have to go on to the PSN Store and confirm.
Well I'm kinda lazy so I don't want to get out of bed and go turn on my PS3. Anyone that has a PS3 and are NOT lazy want to look into this?
Yeah, but my PSN ID info is on my computer in another room. So that brings me back to the lazy part. BUT I can go on PSN website and view the content of the video store without the ID. And yes, from what I've seen it is $9.99-$14.99 to buy and $2.99-$3.99 to rent. SD of course.
Originally posted by: Queasy
Huh weird, I was trying to poke around without using an ID and didn't find the prices. Kudos to your lazy butt.
Hey man, what can I say, I've got mad lazy skillz.
Queasy
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More relevant info
The Playstation Video Store: available tonight in the US/Fall 08 for Euro/Japan!
What is the PS Video Store?
Available on the PS3, it allows you to choose over a variety of TV Shows and Movies to rent in either SD or High Definition. You can also purchase SD content to keep forever. Rentals last 14 days with a grace period of 24 hours once the content has started playing.
What systems can use it?
Available on the PS3, and also available to transfer directly to the PSP. You can also browse the store via PC for use on your PSP. Remote Play viewing is not available for downloaded content via Store purchases or rentals; the videos themselves simply don't appear when using Remote Play.
How much content is there?
As of July 15th, there is a bit less than 300 movies and over 1,200 pieces of TV show content. There is also exclusive content available from partners such as SCEI and SCEJ.
How much will it cost?
Prices will likely vary, but there seems to be some pricing guidelines in place.
Rentals are $2.99-3.99 in SD and can be upscaled using the latest 2.41 firmware. HD rentals are $5.99. SD copies can be purchased for $9.99 to $14.99.
How long are the rentals?
Rentals last 14 days with a grace period of 24 hours once the content has started playing.
Can I copy the movies to other systems aside from the PSP?
No. The videos downloaded are encrypted differently and show a title icon instead of the icons made by the user. Users cannot use custom icons on the videos.
Can I share videos like Game Sharing?
Unknown at this point.
Can videos on the PS3 be remotely viewed via PSP?
No, Remote Play does not show any videos purchased/rented via PS Video Store.
Where are all the preview options for movies?
They will be integrated with the store later this week, just like the launch of the game PS Store (even the movie Dewey Cox does not have the preview function shown at the E3 Sony conference).
Will videos be in my download history?
Videos seem to have their own separate download history icon. Rentals can only be downloaded once; after that you must repurchase to download again, unless the download was interrupted. Purchased content seems to be OK to download multiple times on the same system.
Will there be a PC store for the PSP?
Yes (thanks Wollan).
Will I be able to transfer things on and off the PS3 Store and the PC Store?
It doesn't look like it. All content bought on the PC Store seems to only be activated for use on the PSP. If you buy it on the PS3, you can watch it on the PS3 and transfer it from the PS3 to the PSP. You cannot view your download history on your PC and download a PS3 purchase to your PSP. Wow, that wasn't confusing at all!
Can I download to an external HDD?
No, it must be on the HDD itself.
When will the store be updated?
"Weekly" according to Sony, likely on the Thursday/Friday of the regular store update.
Why even look at their video store if you have netflix? Wish Sony would've made agreement with Netflix. Oh well, I guess I'll try to setup my old dell laptop to my HDTV.
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It'll be a better part of a decade before online video stores like this start to take off. If they ever do.
It's not like music where you can pick and choose a few tracks off an album and have them on your MP3 player in a few minutes time for a few bucks. Right now they simply offer lower quality than conventional media with far more restrictions at no measurable discount to the consumer.
The video sites are a joke.
Yeah, I can't understand why anyone would want to purchase a video and be limited to playing it on one system. It's so incredibly stupid.
Queasy
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Sony is going to go through the exact same licensing issues that MS had to deal with for not only Canada but Europe as well. They may have a leg up in this regard though since they actually have a movie publishing studio. But there will still be issues.
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can you play it on your computer too? i mean since you can log on to the psn store from a computer can you watch videos on there too??
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