Cinemanow.com- Is It Trustworthy?

[Robert00000]

This looks like an interesting site, I've been looking for something similar to this before.

It must be ligit because microsoft have done some kind of deal with them http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2...CinemaNowPR.asp


EDIT: It seems to have expiry date on the movies , defeats the purpose of downloading, when i can get the movie from newsgroups.

[j2k4]

Originally posted by hobbes+15 August 2004 - 10:46--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hobbes &#064; 15 August 2004 - 10:46)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-Gurahl@15 August 2004 - 13:38
Sounds nice...

I&#39;ve checked the site and it looks legit, but I&#39;m naturally reluctant to buy someting on the net (not an issue of "why paying when you can dl for free?", but more of a fear to divulge any bank account or credit card details on the interweb).

I guess I&#39;ll wait that the actual movie companies listed in their links create this type of infrastructure before I start using it.

I&#39;m with you Gurahl, I am a bit fearful of giving out my creditcard number.

I was just hoping someone would say, "Oh yeah, that place is great", or, "I don&#39;t know about that site but this one works for me".[/b][/quote]
Isn&#39;t this odd.

We seem to be hoist on our own petard, insofar as our normal modus operandi has bred in us a paranoia that compels us to question (and rightfully so) a "service" the legitimacy of which, under other circumstances, wouldn&#39;t be given a second thought?

Funny world we&#39;ve created, eh?

[Guillaume]

Originally posted by j2k4+15 August 2004 - 18:07--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 &#064; 15 August 2004 - 18:07)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by hobbes@15 August 2004 - 10:46
<!--QuoteBegin-Gurahl

@15 August 2004 - 13:38
Sounds nice...

I&#39;ve checked the site and it looks legit, but I&#39;m naturally reluctant to buy someting on the net (not an issue of "why paying when you can dl for free?", but more of a fear to divulge any bank account or credit card details on the interweb).

I guess I&#39;ll wait that the actual movie companies listed in their links create this type of infrastructure before I start using it.

I&#39;m with you Gurahl, I am a bit fearful of giving out my creditcard number.

I was just hoping someone would say, "Oh yeah, that place is great", or, "I don&#39;t know about that site but this one works for me".

Isn&#39;t this odd.

We seem to be hoist on our own petard, insofar as our normal modus operandi has bred in us a paranoia that compels us to question (and rightfully so) a "service" the legitimacy of which, under other circumstances, wouldn&#39;t be given a second thought?

Funny world we&#39;ve created, eh? [/b][/quote]
Sometimes I&#39;m glad to have a dictionnary handy...
Otherwise I wouldn&#39;t understand that what you just said was: "our filesharing days have come back and biten us in the a**"

edit: Didn&#39;t see Robert00000&#39;s (tell me if I&#39;ve forgotten one zero, will you?) post, and if MS gives the thumbs-up, then why not?

[j2k4]

I&#39;d love to learn your methodology, Gurahl, but my motherboard was written in arcane antiquity, and cannot be patched.

The only surviving and properly schooled computor linguists are ensconced on some mountain in Tibet, and are loathe to mix with normal folk.

Well put, and nicely done, sir.

[j2k4]

Hobbes-

I just read a good recommendation in MAXIMUMPC for CinemaNow.

Something like "the cat&#39;s meow" or "the bee&#39;s knees".

Or maybe "the mole&#39;s toes"; I can&#39;t remember, but I wrote myself this note to tell you it&#39;s good, see?

So there you have it.

[Robert00000]

Originally posted by Gurahl@15 August 2004 - 16:13
edit: Didn&#39;t see Robert00000&#39;s (tell me if I&#39;ve forgotten one zero, will you?) post, and if MS gives the thumbs-up, then why not?

You&#39;ve got all the zero&#39;s, well done. I have five zero&#39;s instead of 5 stars

[hobbes]

My experience:

You can get premium plus which is 29.95 per month. You can download all the movies you want.

Problem: Only a fraction of their movies are Premium plus, the rest are "pay-per-view". The Premium movies also are not mainstream winners.

Upside: All the porn is Premium plus, so you can get hundreds of pornos if you wish. Download rate from the site is limited by your computer. I get about 300 kb/sec. And you can watch the movies almost immediately (30 sec).

Overall, I would like to see quality Hollywood movies, not porn.


You can download a much wider selection, but still lacking so many quality movies and still largely shit, if you pay-per-view. This cost can really add up.



Summary: This site seems to get the old and cheap to obtain movies. The blockbusters and classics are missing. This place has a very, very long way to go.

If you want porno, go for it, I&#39;ll pass.

[j2k4]

That&#39;s the definitive word, then.

[Yogi]

Originally posted by hobbes@19 August 2004 - 02:19
My experience:

You can get premium plus which is 29.95 per month. You can download all the movies you want.

Problem: Only a fraction of their movies are Premium plus, the rest are "pay-per-view". The Premium movies also are not mainstream winners.

Upside: All the porn is Premium plus, so you can get hundreds of pornos if you wish. Download rate from the site is limited by your computer. I get about 300 kb/sec. And you can watch the movies almost immediately (30 sec).

Overall, I would like to see quality Hollywood movies, not porn.


You can download a much wider selection, but still lacking so many quality movies and still largely shit, if you pay-per-view. This cost can really add up.



Summary: This site seems to get the old and cheap to obtain movies. The blockbusters and classics are missing. This place has a very, very long way to go.

If you want porno, go for it, I&#39;ll pass.

Thanks for the info , Hobbes.

We keep hoping.



YogiMovieFreak

[Tormentor]

Originally posted by hobbes@15 August 2004 - 08:00
I know people will thinks this is spam

Your right about one thing.