Considering how close Quickflix is to Netflix in name, I’ve got my fingers crossed that today’s announcement that Quickflix will begin offering movie rentals to download online will be a precursor to Quickflix appearing on Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, DVRs and all other manner of home theatre gear.The downloads will apparently be in standard def quality, and will “mirror standard Australian DVD retail and rental costs”. As Gus over at Lifehacker points out though, to make it in this market, Quickflix is really going to have to hop into bed with an ISP post-haste if it wants to compete with TiVo, iTunes and BigPond.Still, having more opportunities to download films legally is a step in the right direction in my book.
[Quickflix (PDF) via Lifehacker]
Quasar
May 14, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Interesting. Though I’d only be interested if it was part of my existing Quickflix membership. Of course who knows how they are handling DRM.
Report PermalinkRed T-Rex
May 15, 2009 at 3:44 PM
I was going to apply for a job at QuickFlix a little while back so I did a bit of research on them first. I don’t think they have ever been in the black. If they are just now trying to play catch up I think it is just a matter of time before the grim reaper pays them a visit.
Report PermalinkPaul
May 15, 2009 at 6:32 PM
I know I posted this on lefehacker (you now what I mean) but; I really hope iinet.com.au make this part of their freezone. Itunes movie rentals are ridiculous.
Report PermalinkAdam
July 27, 2009 at 9:42 PM
We’ve had a really bad experience with Quickflix with failure to deliver on there subscription and unauthorised billing practices. We’ve had to raise complaints with ACCC, Paypal and Quickflix’s promotional partners. We highly recommend not using their services to anyone.
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