Article: Waiting for a Blockbuster; Apple, Microsoft Make Cameo Improvements to Movie Downloads

The quest for an affordable and convenient movie-download service has been one of the longest-running plotlines in Hollywood.

Such a thing ought to work like the best online music stores, which combine inventories of millions of songs, discounted prices and files that play on your choice of devices. But legal movie- download services all suffer the same flaws: small selections, relatively high prices and inflexible restrictions on their use.

It only makes sense that DVDs remain the movie medium of choice.

Two newer video services, however, offer benefits missing from such rivals as Amazon.com's Unbox and Netflix's online-viewing option. Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace video store ...

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