Tag Archives: Best Buy

Tech Review: CinemaNow Player

CinemaNow was the first digital service I tried, thanks to a free movie promotion Best Buy was running, and it was one of the first I reviewed. However, at the time that review was written, CinemaNow was not using UltraViolet … Continue reading

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Tech Review: CinemaNow & RoxioNow

About a month ago, I wrote a review detailing my experiences with Flixster Desktop. It occurred to me that I had already had some experiences with one of Flixster’s competitors, but had not yet reviewed the competing service, and that … Continue reading

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The Best Buy CinemaNow Haul

Well, despite the initial difficulties getting the free movies from Best Buy’s CinemaNow promotion, I have to say that in the end I’m pretty pleased by how it turned out. This was helped by Best Buy paying attention to the … Continue reading

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The Cheapskate’s Guide to Cinema

I’m sitting here waiting for a file to download to my computer right now. Based on last night’s experience, it’ll probably take around 5 hours. What I’m downloading is a DVD-quality WMV file of Blood Diamond, at no charge, perfectly … Continue reading

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