Cineplex is offering rental movies through their online site now, and to celebrate they are offering buy one get one free for a limited time. Movie rentals are $2.99-$4.99 and you can download them to view right to your computer or selected device.
Welcome to digital downloads! Rent the latest hits or classics from the comfort of your home. Browse through our large selection of titles. Once you complete your purchase, you are ready to start downloading and enjoying your movies instantly. You have up to 30 days to watch your rental with no late fees. Once you start to watch your digital rental you have 48 hours to complete your viewing. You can watch it as many times as you want within 48 hours!
Click here for more details. I think this is kinda neat, although I’d only rent them because I can hook my lappy up to a HDMI connection for our flat screen.
With this or anyother media service, you have to be careful of how much bandwidth you are using. Most ISPs have limits and/or fees for extra data usage. Caveat emptor!
I’m curious about the laptop-HDMI connection. Where can I purchase such a cable, and what should I be asking for?
My laptop is HD with an HDMI output as well. I just hook mine up to one of our HDMI cables for our flatscreen. So basically you have to have an HDMI output on your laptop.
already have netflix, is there a difference?
are the movies subtitled or captioned.