Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Technology (Thing 7) - Borrow DVDs from Home

I heard an interesting news report this afternoon. Anne Arundel County Public Library's will be allowing their patrons to download movies over the internet. The downloaded movies will be accessible only for a week and then will be erased from their computer.

Read all about it on WUSA's website: http://www.wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=55037
Or.... visit Anne Arundel County Public Library's website: http://web.aacpl.lib.md.us/

Imagine on the same day, I read that NetFlix is offering a similar service. They will be allowing a select group of customers to download movies and television shows from their website as well. Like Anne Arundel County, only a few titles (1,000) will be available initially but if the company can handle the data flow, more titles will become available and more customers will be able to access them.

What a great news day! Now I have to thank my husband for connecting our television to the computer. :-)

Read this story at USA Today's website: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2007-01-15-netflix-access_x.htm

1 comment:

Reader said...

Do you mean that I could get DVDs more rapidly than I do from LCPL? Wow! what is this world coming to? I do miss seeing movies in a theatre but the convenience of watching at home, even if on a small screen with simple sound, is unbeatable.

Blue Ridge Reader