Movies on a Tablet
I have a Samsung Tab 2.0 7 Android tablet and would like to use it to watch movies. What is the best (cheapest) way to do this? I have slow Wi-Fi in this RV park for Internet access. I want to stor...
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TomG2 wrote:
I looked at what Google has to offer and the idea of paying $4-$16 for a movie slowed my enthusiasm somewhat. Does anyone offer a "View it one time" or "View it for 48 hours" program? Something like renting from Red Box for instance. I must be missing something as I see others watching movies on their tablets and I doubt that they pay $12 for the privilege.
I think iTunes has rentals on terms like that, but don't know that the prices are much lower than Google Play. Owners of the content determine the prices to the viewer, and for a particular title, there is not much difference in price with where you buy or rent it.
"Unlimited" for a monthly fee programs like Netflix will have only those titles that content owners are willing to license on those terms. Most big media conglomerates strongly prefer pay-per-view business models.
End user "ownership" which is still really a limited use license, comes at a higher price than rental. But those prices are all over the place, from $20-30 for a hundred title collection, through $2-5 in the bargain bins up to the $15-20 or more for a theatrical blockbuster early release to Blu-Ray.
Check Amazon also, they are in the rental as well as sales business, on terms similar to Apple's.
