Tuesday
Jul072009
Kazaa Brings HD Movies Downloads to Palm Pre
Tony Peric
According to a press release by the parent company of Kazaa, Brilliant Digital Entertainment is slated to bring user created HD Movie downloads to the Palm Pre.
"This exciting addition will allow for home videos and HD quality movies to be transferred for free. Members will be given the opportunity to share videos, HD movies, photos and documents freely and without restriction. The capacity to network within the community has been increased to meet the demands of users seeking a multifaceted approach for social networking. Kazaa now supports any phone that can connect to a PC. The Palm PRE was the first device to handle full feature Kazaa HD quality movies."
Reader Comments (5)
YEA!!!! ... take that Nokia 5800 with ur Amazon Crap video service!
You'd rather watch somebody's HD home video rather than an actual movie?
@Donkey
I think it said "home videos and HD quality movies".
Umm... is there much point in downloading 1280x720 or higher resolution video to watch it on a 3.1" 320x480 pixel screen??
I love how people throw the buzzword "HD" around without implying there's any definition for what it actually means :P
@Soul Incredible
Yeah, I did see that, but I'm pretty sure Kazaa went legit just like Napster. I don't think that this Kazaa client will enable the sharing up pirated movies, and it doesn't sound like it's a service for purchasing movies, either. I think that the press release was merely indicating that the Kazaa client will not be limited to SD video sharing. Thus, non-copyrighted HD video can be shared. With copyrighted material out of the picture, what does that leave? Home movies and amateur films.
@Supacon
I agree. Even SD video would be too much for the Pre. I guess maybe you can eat up some of your 5 GB download limit and your battery life by downloading an HD movie on your Pre just to transfer it to your computer later. I don't see the point.