Digital Trends

Amazon Unbox

It’s interesting that Amazon entered the video download market before venturing into music downloads. The online retail juggernaut’s certainly done it right though, with a fairly extensive movie and TV show selection (including over 4500 films), all easily retrieved via the Unbox player (which you do have to download and install first). What’s more, at $3.99 to rent a movie (rentals offer 30 days in which to watch, and 24 hours to complete viewing from the time you begin watching); $1.99 to buy a TV show episode; and $14.99 to purchase a move, prices are very much in line with the competition. Bear in mind: Rented movies can only be watched on one computer and purchased items on two computers and two media players, although you can download purchases to your TiVo. As you’d expect, there’s good studio support, and a strong movie selection makes Amazon one of the best options around.

Movie Purchase: $14.99
TV Episode Purchase: $1.99
Movie Rental (new): $3.99 to watch within 30 days and 24 hours from opening the file