So people can easily choose and will download this because of it’s VERY FAST release and SUPERBLY GREAT quality, or just because they can’t wait for DVDRIP or Bluray release.

In the end of the day it is a win-win solution, people will have more choice! More choice is good!
so bring it on!

But I am a patient man, I usually just wait until the best version is available to download.

Since this is a VMWare product, logic will also tell you that it can technically run on Linux and MAC, since VMWare is also supported on these platforms.
Sure there is the issue of having to load VMWare on those OS’es, but then again, I’d dare say that most people have it running anyway since statistically, most apps available today are Windows apps.

Also, a thing about trust.
Your whole life is based on trust. You trust everything and everyone you ultimately connect with or communicate with. Life simply cannot operate or evolve without trusting someone or something.

I trust Mininova, have so for years. And will coninue to do so simply because they’ve earned it. I know I can trust their technical expertise, and I am sure they will find the right balance for them, the download community (existing downloaders and the new breed of downloaders coming) and the content publishers.

Keep up the innovation Mininova, your onto something good here.

http://www.djod.co.uk

I gave up watching most tv shows here [uk] ages ago as they either have adverts every 4 – 6 minutes or get pre-empted at every turn with virgin media advertising etc…

LOL.

Yeah, and every time some guest at a party eats a chip, that’s one less sale for Frito Lay.

Putting a bowl of chips out for your party guests = lost revenue to the snackfood industry.

Won’t somebody pleeaaase think of the snackfood industry!?

One download does = lost revenue to the movie industry.

As you said, “1/10 of the downloads you wouldn’t by” (It’s spelt buy by the way, and now that we’ve removed the fact you can’t spell we’ve removed any credibility you have towards this blog) then why download and watch it in the first place.

If you really want to watch a movie then you either pay for it (It does cost for them to produce the movie) by going to the movies or wait (For your cost sake) for it to come out on DVD and watch it with your family.

Along with that, I’ll assume (Because I haven’t downloaded this yet) that it’s going to be far greater quality than your normal CAM video that you would download when the movie comes out.

Then you have the option of a movie with far greater quality with adds.

You get your quality movie for free, you gain adds.

Or, you download a crap quality movie with a head bopping up and down every few minutes with no adds which I’m sure you wouldn’t share with your family (If you had one) then you’d be portrayed as a cheap skape that can’t afford to take his family out to the movies.

To get a decent quality movie from downloads you have to wait for DVDRIP and that takes weeks/months. And with XVID or CAM sometimes the lighting is off, hard to watch, the aspect ratio, the voice sync is off etc.

The same rule applies here for downloadable movies:

A good movie like “The Dark Knight” you’ll watch at the movies, I know I did.

Other movies you don’t really like or unsure off you’ll download it with crap quality.

Now there is an alternative, you can watch your crap/dislike movie with adds and better quality or you still got the option of going to the movies and pay to watch it, which also by the way you still have adds in the begining even tho you are paying for the movie?

Also, what about Paid TV, you get adds, you pay for that content, why is there adds?

My 2 cents.

the facts still remain that the revenues for the industry is still going up regardless of our pirating.

Thats because one download does NOT = lost sale. I wouldnt by 1/10 of the crap i download, and I DO purchase things I like. Most shit I download i do just because I can.. waste time.. check out new things.. but given the choice i would go outside and see if the sun still works.

AND i guess it’s okay for you to be blissfully unaware of how many starving ethiopians could be fed with the money you spend on an internet connection every month…