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Unlike its cakewalk in the online music business, however, Apple will probably face a fierce battle over films. Amazon just launched a rival service, and it's only a matter of time before Netflix and Wal-Mart jump in. So far, Disney is the only major Hollywood studio on board with Jobs' Web plan. But that could soon change. "We'll absolutely do a deal with them at some point," says a studio executive. In the meantime, here's a guide to the coming attractions in the download wars. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine...
...Movie Players APPLE AMAZON NETFLIX WHAT'S ONLINE Besides offering movie downloads for $10 to $15, at near DVD quality, Apple is developing a gadget to wirelessly stream films from your Mac or PC to your TV. The Web's most popular store lets visitors rent or buy TV shows and movies. Amazon's "Unbox" offers thousands of films and TV episodes from multiple studios. Come January, the company plans to start a download service that will include titles from its vast mail-order library of 65,000 movies. No word yet on pricing. WHAT'S COOL It's easy...
...Netflix More than 60,000 DVD titles available to rent, from classics to art-house flicks to major studio releases. Digital delivery is scheduled to start early next year, but don't expect those red mailers to be phased out anytime soon...
...biggest of behemoths. A healthy 40% of sales for the online music site Rhapsody, for example, comes from esoteric tunes not found in Wal-Mart's CD bins. In some cases, the long tail turns underdogs into giant killers. Anderson's case in point: the online video retailer Netflix, which overtook the neighborhood video-rental company Blockbuster. He found that 21% of Netflix's sales came from obscure or older movies, not the blockbusters that gave the once mighty chain its name. Blockbuster, meanwhile, is struggling to come up with an online rental concept...
...might as well wait a bit longer." I don't blame you. But consider this: even if HD DVD turns out to be a flash in the pan, $500 is how much I spend on five months of premium HD cable TV. With a subscription to Netflix, you can watch all of the HD DVD titles that come out as they launch. While it might not rival what Blu-ray has promised for sometime in the future, the HD DVD catalog - with The Matrix, Shawshank Redemption, Full Metal Jacket, Jarhead and Chronicles of Riddick all guaranteed in the next month...