CinemaNow expands functionality to Xbox 360, Windows
Online media distributor CinemaNow has announced that it’s stepping up efforts to bridge its services from the PC to home TVs by becoming compatible with Microsoft‘s Windows Vista and Xbox platforms.
Though CinemaNow isn’t offering movies and other content on the Xbox Live network just yet, the retailer does work around it and brings similar results. Users can download movies from the CinemaNow site and store them with copyright protection in their PC. If the computer detects an Xbox on the home network, it gives the subscriber an option to have the playback shown on TV.
In addition to the Xbox stream feature, CinemaNow is also offering an update that allows Internet Explorer to work in conjunction with its proprietary Media Manager application to give people the ability to burn content on a DVD. Everything is legal and accounted for with every transaction of this sort.
CinemaNow has some 7,000 films in its library but critics have written it off due to its limitations. Recent blockbusters take long or never appear on its servers, while past hits can be hard to find. Some pundits even expect its clientele to shrink as cable networks and brick retailers take measures to win back some of the market earlier lost to downloadable content media peddlers.
Via Informationweek
Online media distributor CinemaNow has announced that it’s stepping up efforts to bridge its services from the PC to home TVs by becoming compatible with Microsoft‘s Windows Vista and Xbox platforms.
Though CinemaNow isn’t offering movies and other content on the Xbox Live network just yet, the retailer does work around it and brings similar results. Users can download movies from the CinemaNow site and store them with copyright protection in their PC. If the computer detects an Xbox on the home network, it gives the subscriber an option to have the playback shown on TV.
In addition to the Xbox stream feature, CinemaNow is also offering an update that allows Internet Explorer to work in conjunction with its proprietary Media Manager application to give people the ability to burn content on a DVD. Everything is legal and accounted for with every transaction of this sort.
CinemaNow has some 7,000 films in its library but critics have written it off due to its limitations. Recent blockbusters take long or never appear on its servers, while past hits can be hard to find. Some pundits even expect its clientele to shrink as cable networks and brick retailers take measures to win back some of the market earlier lost to downloadable content media peddlers.
Via Informationweek
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