PNY and Sony To Release Movies On USB Flash Drives

[xyster]

PNY and Sony have announced they are releasing Ghostbusters the movie on USB flash drive and expect other movies to follow

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[apoq]

Who the hell is going to fork out 53 bucks for a 2 GB flash drive and a movie i would expect to find in the discount bin? Even 15$ for a 2GB flash pen seems a little steep.

 

[sdcaliceli]

Hopefully movies will be placed on something as small as SD cards. Then Samsung's prediction of Blu-ray lasting no longer than roughly 5 years will be true. Assuming the capacities of this media will increase for High-Def and the prices stay reasonable.

 

[nemo888]

This is the Blu Ray killer!
My DVD player made by Phillips already plays internet movies from my USB stick and some compatible external HDD's and it is 3 years old now. MY TV has a usb port, but no software to decode movies. This is the future. Blu Ray is dead.

 

[mdillenbeck]

I agree that the choice of movies is questionable - after all, I only need to log onto Hulu to watch the full Ghostbusters movie (and its sequel, and dozens of others). True, I have to watch ads, but its a small price to play.

Also, I doubt the USB movie will be a Blu-ray killer. As the article mentions, the display quality is unknown as of yet. Even so, judging by the number of software manufacturers that have opted to use a dongle to secure their licensing, I'm going to guess that the movie dongle license system will be equally lack-luster in its appeal.