Wednesday 27 March 2013
Google Play Movies added to India store
Posted on 22:46 by Maria Scott
Google’s Play Store isn’t about just
music any more. The latest addition to the offering is the Google Play
Movies feature. Users will now be able to download or rent movies,
directly on their devices, in High Definition or Standard Definition
versions. This is the latest feature to be bolted on to the Play Store
offering for India, after the Books store and the sale of Nexus devices directly - the Nexus 7 tablet being the first offering.
From what we understand, there are
relatively recent movies available on the Store, across the Bollywood
and Hollywood genres. Examples of them being – Argo, Ek Tha Tiger, Total
Recall, The Amazing Spiderman and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
The pricing is not uniform throughout,
neither for renting the movie or for buying it outright. For example, Ek
Tha Tiger is available to rent for Rs. 100 (SD version) and Rs. 150 (HD
version), and can be purchased for Rs. 490 (SD version) and Rs. 590 (HD
version). Alternatively, the movie Ted can be rented for Rs. 126 (SD
version) and Rs. 157 (HD version), or can be purchased for Rs. 490 (SD
version) and Rs. 650 (HD version). There is differential pricing even
between two movies from the same genre.
If you are renting a movie, you can
start watching the movie anytime within 30 days of clicking on “Rent”,
but once you do start watching it, you will have to finish viewing it
within the next 48 hours.
What is slightly more confusing is the
differential offering across movies. Some movies are only available for
download with no rent option, and some only have the rent option and you
cannot buy them still. For example, you can only buy The Bourne Legacy
for Rs. 490 (SD version) and Rs. 650 (HD version), with no rent option.
If, however, you wish to watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, you
can only rent it for Rs 120 (SD version) and Rs 150 (HD version), but
there is no option of buying it yet.
While there seems to be a fairly good
collection of the recent and popular Hollywood movies, Bollywood movie
collection still needs a fair amount of work.
Google has launched this service in India after Apple, which launched the iTunes store in India
and certain other countries recently. But, from what we have seen, the
iTunes store definitely had an advantage in terms of the variety in the
Library of Bollywood movies, but Google Play Movies seems to have more
of the recent Hollywood stuff available at launch time. Everything said
and done, your preference will be dictated with which device you own.
Source: http://www.thinkdigit.com/Apps/Google-Play-Movies-added-to-India-store_14028.html
Source: http://www.thinkdigit.com/Apps/Google-Play-Movies-added-to-India-store_14028.html
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