Hard Drives Shipping with Star Trek 271
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CmdrTaco
from the hello-computer dept.
from the hello-computer dept.
crimeandpunishment writes "Paramount Pictures is trying to live long and prosper by selling Seagate Technology hard drives with the latest Star Trek movie on board ... along with 20 other films. The 500GB hard drive will sell for a special promotional price of $100. It's the latest way for Hollywood to combat falling DVD sales due to piracy."
Re:$100 ... PLUS $10-$15 Charger PER Title (Score:3, Interesting)
Also, for $100 you can buy a reasonable 1 TB hard drive. A 500 GB non-insane speed drive should cost ~$50.
Since the movies won't come unlocked, you're paying ~$50 for 50 GB worth of data you could otherwise get for almost free, and which is almost free for them to provide. Is the movie industry just incapable of coming up with a business plan that doesn't involve ripping people off?
Not really surprising... (Score:4, Interesting)
Nothing new. They've been at selling Star Trek branded USB Thumb drives with the movie on it in a DRMed format for a bit now. Showed up about 1-2 months ago at Fry's. I suspected that the HD's with that same story would show up shortly in the consumer boxed drives. (And people wonder why I would rather have the OEM bulk-pack stuff...)
Re:$100 ... PLUS $10-$15 Charger PER Title (Score:5, Interesting)
This diagram [imagechan.com] sums it up well.