Comments on Day-And-Date VOD Movie Release Windows... and 48 Hour Rentals tag:www.comcastvoices.com,2009://6.438 2009-06-05T22:02:20Z We know you love watching movies On Demand, and that you want access to new movies as soon as possible. When it comes to when and where movies are available, the Hollywood studios work with their partners like Comcast to... Movable Type 4.23-en Comment by cypherx tag:www.comcastvoices.com,2009://6.438.31297 2009-06-05T22:02:20Z 2009-06-05T22:02:20Z I'm curious how the studio's can govern rental periods, but places like NetFlix, Blockbuster, and the local mom+pop video store get past this limitation. On... cypherx I'm curious how the studio's can govern rental periods, but places like NetFlix, Blockbuster, and the local mom+pop video store get past this limitation. On my drive home I can pick up a DVD from Blockbuster and hold onto it for a whole week. Netflix can also mail you a DVD and you keep it for as long as you like. Of course you just can only have a certain number of DVD's at a time.

So how come Comcast is any different? Can Comcast pursue this with a legal anti-trust matter? I think you guys should. If Tivo can pursue Echostar for patent infringement, Comcast should be able to pursue the movie studios, because why should they give prefferential treatment to video rental stores? Wouldn't you want fair and equality? An equal playing field means much better competition.

It would be neat to see this limitation lifted. A 3 day rental period on all movies should be sufficient. Or perhaps you could create VOD packages. ie) $19.95 a month nets you 10 rentals a month. Sure that's $1.99 a rental, but imagine quite a few people become busy or don't even get to their full 10 rentals.

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