Paramount, Kingston Puts Transformers 2 on USB

For that price, I'd rather have it on Blu-Ray. Personally, I think delivery of entertainment by flash media is a dead end. It's like a solution looking for a problem, and that almost never yields anything useful.

Bluray

Wow...
I won't be buying that, not because I already have it on Blu-ray, but because I think it is stupid.

years ago, i was wondering when media would come out in this form. but now it seems obsolete because of the internet...

Yes. Discs are simply becoming obsolete.

The confusion this will cause the consumer. How many people will buy this and plug it into their TV USB port designed to show photos!!

Given the fact that it's on a 4GB stick I have to call bullshit on that. It's probably compressed to hell and there's no way they put any special features on there without making it look even worse. Pay 30 bucks for that? Screw that! Bunch of scammers...

Yes, if the price was right and I could move the digital file to my NAS.

" Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, which will come on a 4 GB USB stick and retail for $29.99."

Is it going to be 1080p? DTS-trueHD? extra contains? When a TF2 Blu-ray is selling $19.99 @ Walmart and an average about $10-15 for a 4GB USB stick.... $29.99 seems like an expenisve way to get a movie (not even sure is it going to be 720p 1080p or 480p) + a 4GB USB drive.
Furthermore, can that be played on DVD/Blu-ray/TV/PS3 players taht come w/ USB port.. or it is for computers only?


Thought people have tried similar idea before.... as far as I am aware of... it did not go well.... well it fly this time?.... I doult...

Maybe only good for a Xmas gift... but not for everyday life.

Putting movies on flash memory isnt all that bad of an idea. however, the current market does not suit such a product. Perhaps in the future this might be a good solution. As for blueray or SDcard? Neither, I just buy the dvd at walmart and have it upscaled on my ps3. I refuse to pay $30 for any dvd.

I like the idea, however for that price I would rather have blueray. Now if the movie was on an 8Gb flash drive so that the quality was comparable to a regular dvd AND if it only cost $12, then I would totally be for it.

By the way... if the movie is stored in a 4GB Transformore action figure (transformable) USB drive with LED lights....

I will buy it!

One thing is for sure...they are screwing themselves out of next generation player revenue if they are thinking of starting a new format war. Rumors of next gen discs with Terrabyte capacities? Also...will set top boxes be a thing of the past?

Anti-piracy? Maybe you will need the physical USB stick in the computer to actually watch the movie...sort of like a how some software packages (in the past) have used a dongle with a code on it?

All I know is that there is always a purpose for invention. That purpose isn't always to the consumers benefit. It is usually made to control.

It's stupid. Movies should be on dvd or blu-ray so it's permanent.

The USB stick will probably act as a decryption key to stream the movie from a web server. I.e. it will be like renting the movie on Netflix, only you paid $29.99 for one movie, you'll probably only get to watch it 3 times before you have to purchase a new license, and heck, they'll throw in a worthless 4GB flash drive too.

I've already downloaded the blu-ray movie and copied it to my 64GB memory stick.

Why do I need this?

Meh, the movie sucks( plot holes the size of mars), rather save the well earned cash for something good?

I think it's a good idea.
It will save me time from ripping the movie.
I can plug it right into my WD TV Live or PS3 and start watching it.

Ah yes, tis a good way for Kingston to unload its old lower storage data travelers that are sitting around in stock

I would buy it then copy the movie then return it.

If cartridge media is going to take off it's going to need to be cheaper than disc media for the same quality. This has never happened since the release of the CD. Printing discs is way to cheap to be compared to manufacturing a flash drive.

The flash drive probably comes with everything you need to play it, (media player installer, codec/drm installer, and the movie). Early DVD movies came with the installers for playing the movie (if they still do I'm unsure).

Now, if they let me walk in to a store with my flash drive, plug it in, "buy" several movies cheaper than blu-ray, and walk out with a better Movies/$ ratio than buying discs I'd be all for this to take off.

Would rather have the blu ray, but I found the movie to be rather long and boring, so I won't be getting either.

I would prefer digital download instead.

Would you guys pay to spend money to walk into a store and copy a blue-ray/dvd movie onto your usb keys then leave. Assuming you had a huge usb key, or they were being sold at the store?

DVDs and Blu ray are going out the door, streaming and flash memory are the future, discs are able to be scratched, who would not want to be able to put there entire movie collection in one small thumb drive, or simply stream it off the internet

While no, I wouldn't get this, I have to disagree with those saying that hard media is dead.

I have a fucking 256k connection, that doesn't perform at optimum. I can hardly use youtube, never mind Netflix. So for some people, digital means just aren't attainable yet.

(Yeah, better Internet IS available, just not at a price here that I can afford at the moment. But I know I'm not nearly the only one on the same package)

Does not the charge held inside flash cells diminish over years? I guess that after about 5 years, the data will have vanished.