Starz Entertainment released a new onine service, named Vongo, where you can download unlimited movies from their library for online $9.99. The videos come in Windows Media Player format for unlimited views.

So far they have 800 movies but Starz is planning to add thousands of other programs and more movies.

Don’t dump Blockbuster or NetFlix yet, the negative side about this is, even though it gives unlimited access, some movies are Pay-Per-View; ranging from $2.99 to $3.99. I signed up for the 14-day trial and so far I downloaded Underworld Evolution, Monsoon Wedding, and more. The videos are very clear and I can’t distinguish the quality from DVD quality so, it’s good.

The Pay-Per-View is what really pissed me off. I’m paying for the service anyways so why should I pay more for certain movies.

Another negative side to this is there is no support for iPod sharing. Hopefuly they’ll have it in the future but for now iPod lovers, like me, won’t be able to load our iPods with our favortie movies from this service.

The program is simple enough; you just browse through their library and choose which movie to download and that movie will start downloading right away.

So far I like it because the downloading is fast and direct and the movies is crystal clear. However, I wish they would increase the number of movies in their library soon and I wish they remove the Pay-Per-View restrictions on selected movies.

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