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no you can't watch it while it downloads
obviously. if it takes 4 hours (by your estimates) to download (which seems generous), then if you start watching the 2 hour movie as it downloads, it will keep stopping. That's not what I call "watching". Hopefully if you start watching it at about the third hour, you shouldn't be interruped. This all assumes that the network will stay steady. But then again, at this point, you may as well wait *another* hour for it to finish. Better idea is to set up a download or two overnight and watch them the next day - and hope that amazon (or microsoft) doesn't mess up.

In 4 hours, you could have quite easily gone to the store, bought the DVD, watched it, and ripped it yourself (without the DRM and probably at higher quality). Why bother with unbox?
Posted by: phirephanatik   Posted on: 09/08/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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no you can't watch it while it downloads  phirephanatik | 09/08/06
Have to wait an hour at 1.5 Mbps  Edward Meyers | 09/08/06
maybe on amazon's magic network  phirephanatik | 09/12/06
A bad joke poorly constructed  tic swayback | 09/08/06
The funny thing is  mdemuth | 09/08/06
However--  tic swayback | 09/08/06
Let's see what happens tomorrow...  Mixotic | 09/11/06
Actually, it's the content distributors, not necessarily the creators  NetArch. | 09/13/06
Apple will release a better solution, but  MacGeek2121 | 09/11/06
You have to pay more  Edward Meyers | 09/08/06
I don?t get it  P. Douglas | 09/08/06
Precise answer  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/08/06
But ...  P. Douglas | 09/08/06
Superiority  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/08/06
Revenue  TripleII | 09/11/06
First mover  tic swayback | 09/08/06
If companies want to be first ...  P. Douglas | 09/08/06
One tiny little problem  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/08/06
I don't think so  P. Douglas | 09/08/06
It's out of their control  tic swayback | 09/09/06
Not necessarily  P. Douglas | 09/09/06
Why not do both?  tic swayback | 09/10/06
I am for doing both, but ...  P. Douglas | 09/10/06
When the people speak (and steal your market), companies listen....  Mixotic | 09/11/06
What, exactly, do you think Apple is doing?  Mixotic | 09/11/06
Yahoo is trying to be less DRM happy  Steve Z | 09/24/06
FairUse4WM works On Video  Matt_H | 09/08/06
Unbox is a RIp-Off No FUD Needed  Edward Meyers | 09/08/06
Another example  Edward Meyers | 09/08/06
Not FUD Apples and Oranges  Edward Meyers | 09/09/06
HDTV at 55Mb/s?  NetArch. | 09/13/06
BD-ROM Movie bandwidth requiremnts  Edward Meyers | 09/13/06
Amazon Unbox and video DL is a joke  rcm999-19650844338333908608366302724230 | 09/09/06
Video has been confirmed by a site that did it's own testing  dirtminer | 09/10/06
Well written article  Edward Meyers | 09/10/06
non-starter  code_flogger | 09/11/06
Publishers won't release unprotected...  wlrock | 09/11/06
A better idea  TripleII | 09/11/06
It's already $150,000 per file  Edward Meyers | 09/11/06
Slightly different model  TripleII | 09/11/06
It does not stop pirates... what is it's real reason?  Edward Meyers | 09/11/06
This is what DRM is for  voska | 10/06/06
development costs  phirephanatik | 09/12/06
OyVe  jobert48@... | 09/11/06
DRM - Don't Reward Morons  Castanet | 09/11/06
Unbox Downloads Only Work On One Computer, EVER  CommSoft | 09/12/06
The Movie wars are over and Apple has won!  dcfyi | 09/15/06
Amazon sucks  dcfyi | 09/15/06
Amazon Software Engineers: Horrible and Evil  author20@... | 11/18/06

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