Amazon.com Launches “Unbox” Video Download Service

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:

We wrote about it earlier, and it’s here. Amazon.com’s video download service is called Unbox, and you can reach it here or through the front page of Amazon’s site. And hey, if you go to this page, you’ll see the screenshots from the earlier article are right on (except for missing “Unbox,” basically). And yes, there is a special video player that you have to download. And of course, as it says from its FAQ page, “…any DVDs that you burn with Amazon Unbox files will not be readable by a DVD player.”

The service, called Amazon Unbox, will offer content from six major Hollywood studios, including 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., as well as TV networks such as CBS and Fox, and cable channels like Comedy Central and E! Entertainment, the company said in a statement. [Source: Yahoo! News]

We Say: Prices will be between $7.99 and $14.99 with television shows at $1.99 per episode. Movies can also be rented (!) for $3.99. No Mac support. Watch out, Netflix.

Alice Adds: Paging Steve Jobs… there is still some ground to be had if you let us watch downloads on our TVs.

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