MAY 9
2005
I used Movielink for the first time a while back. Overall, I give it a big "thumbs down". Here's why:
  • Doesn't work on Firefox
  • Lengthy registration process
  • Then had to download and install their MovieLink Manager
  • Time restrictions: 30 days to start watching once you download, 24 hours to finish once you start watching. I bought 3 movies, but one of them expired because I didn't watch it in time.
  • Video quality is not that good (xvid is better)
  • Defaults to their crappy player, but can view with WMP if you browse to the directoyr on the HD - c:\program flies\movielink\data\content\xxx\
  • SLOW downloads!!! Probably the worst part. Between 700k-1Mbps on average.
  • Andromeda Strain: $1.99, 4.5 hours to download!!!!
  • They flash annoying, flashing ads all over the place while you are downloading
  • Way too many steps to rent a movie -- need "one click"
  • No reviews, or a way to sort by reviews, or ways to sort by most popular (need merger with IMDB)
  • Leaves a freakin' process running in the background all the time, sucking up 7-10MB of RAM!!
  • They don't let you delete/cancel/close your account from the web!!

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