Comments on: Star Trek: The Movie on USB Stick

By: emjey1979

emjey1979 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:58:22 +0000

La solita cagata, ho chiesto e mi hanno risposto:

“Al momento i film sono visibili solo utilizzando
Windows Media Player 9 o superiore”

Quindi l’ennesima dimostrazione che sia una cosa TOTALMENTE INUTILE

By: Dave Wouters

Dave Wouters — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:09:06 +0000

Hi, Aral, I’ve seen this post before but never commented on this, now however, I feel like it… so…… here I go.

I must say, it’s a wonderful example of geeky-ness, combining technology (real tech that is) with such an iconic object from the Star Trek universe.

Unfortunately it isn’t generally available, to my knowledge it’s only available in the UK and US. And from few the online-stores / sites that do sell it only have credit card as the more broader payment option….. and, you guessed it, I don’t have a credit card…

So, it’s a shame… iI must let this collectible pass by me…

With regards, Dave.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:57:29 +0000

Hi!
What resolution did the movie have? And in what format is the sound “quality”?

By: D. Smith

D. Smith — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:51:31 +0000

I was one of the key software developers at Divx who worked on making the Star Trek USB available (there were many, many developers behind this project). First, I want to thank your critique — it was both positive and useful. Second, your usability points have been noted and we are working on improving the flow.

There were actually two movies launched by Paramount in this format. The Star Trek one is my favorite. There are plans to release more, and more companies are making Divx compatible players available.

Feel free to contact me. This is my personal email address.

By: LEDEN

LEDEN — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:30:11 +0000

I have just bought this usb film, tried the steps you have given (along with those on the usb and on the divx site) and nothing will work. I can’t return the usb as it’s excluded from the 30 day money back guarantee but I have tried everything I know! Help!!

By: Ronny

Ronny — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:28:52 +0000

@Alan: Yea, you’re right. The software is about licensing, and actually I’m okay with that. But if I buy a movie in a store, I expect to get home and be able to do with it what I want (put it in my DVD player and watch it). And if I’m an extremely rich dude with 20 DVD players, I want to watch my movie in every single one of them :p

Running software on max 3 computers is something different than watching your favorite movie *at home*. Whatever that term means…. I think it’s too much of a limitation.

By: J L

J L — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:32:39 +0000

Where did you buy the stick? Cant locate it in US so far. Please advise where I can get this.
Thanks,
JL

By: Alan the Houser

Alan the Houser — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:54:14 +0000

@Ronnie nope. Even though you paid for the movie on the USB, it’s not yours. Same with software. You agree to the TOS, which usually tells you it’s illegal to distribute, etc. but also illegal to modify/hack/change. It seems strange that you could pay hundreds or thousands (coughing at Adobe) and the software still isn’t yours. It’s your license.

By: Ronny Welter

Ronny Welter — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:10:56 +0000

Although I’m totally digging this way of distributing content, I think there are a few thing which I’m totally not agreeing with.

For starters: Activating your movie online? Only being able to watch it on 7 devices at home? Are you kidding me? It’s my movie. I bought it. I paid money for it. That’s what I’m supposed to do before I go home and just _enjoy my movie_.
I shouldn’t be jumping through more hoops in order to enjoy what I paid for. If anything: I want to be able to watch my video in less steps than before using DVD/Blu-ray.

Installing DivX player? Again, why would I care about that piece of software? I don’t want to install a separate player for every movie I buy (because let’s face it: the industry has a nag for not doing things the same altogether). I want to play it in a player of my choice, without having to install a custom player chosen by them.

Why Divx? Why not a DVD-image/Blu-ray image? They should really try to stick to _1_ standard. I’m really not looking forward to seeing every movie to be distributed this way, using a different codec.

And last but not least: Did you ever consider what your ‘bluetooth movies collection’ will look like if every movie gets released on a differently shaped USB stick?
Again, I’m really digging this, because let’s face it: it looks great/awesome/cool! But I think in the long run it will be more an annoying thing because every release will be a different USB-stick, and you can’t really organize them anymore (in a DVD-like shelve etc…)

And something else I’m wondering: Why USB stick? Why not SD cards? (okay, USB is way more universal, but most hardware has an SD reader these days): It’s faster, smaller, and you can easily fit it INSIDE a special shaped something for the big fans. People who don’t care (enough) about the packaging can just get rid of it, and still organize their movies (and safe LOTS of space)

It’s really an interesting topic, and I’m wondering how the industry will react/move on to this way of distributing (if they actually would like to go there).

By: Tink

Tink — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:29:11 +0000

Looks typically overpackaged.

How does the quality compare to Blu-Ray?