Owners of Sonys Internet Plan that is only $299 per month (sees like my rent price!) will get to download new movies such as the movie Hancock before it comes out for rent.  Of course to even be able to subscribe to this overly expensive internet and cable plan you need own a specific Sony Tv.

Sony is trying to make up for such losses as their loss of making an mp3 that might be popular, by creating internet enabled Bravia Tvs hoping for it to be the next big thing.  But, shouldn’t Sony learn that when you limit your application to just who can use it, you might end up with bad results?

As TechDirt put it “By now, you would think the industry would recognize that proprietary solutions that only play on a particular piece of hardware tend not to be a very good solution, and actually scare off buyers who don’t want to get stuck having bet on the wrong horse. But, apparently, someone forgot to tell all of these guys working on their own proprietary movie download solutions.”

An Ad for Sony Bravia Tvs

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