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Posted August 27, 2014
Cause there's no business like show-business!

Our DRM-Free approach to digital distribution has been the foundation of GOG.com since day one and we're convinced it is now firmly rooted in the gaming industry landscape. More and more users start to expect and demand the digital content they paid for to be free from any kind of restrictive mechanisms that limit access to their collections and get in the way of enjoyment. We think this is a good time to take the next step in our quest to make digital entertainment better for everyone. Today we set out to spread our DRM-Free ideas across the movie industry! That's right: GOG.com now offers DRM-Free movies.

Our goal is to offer you cinema classics as well as some all-time favorite TV series with no DRM whatsoever, for you to download and keep on your hard drive or stream online whenever you feel like it. We talked to most of the big players in the movie industry and we often got a similar answer: "We love your ideas, but … we do not want to be the first ones. We will gladly follow, but until somebody else does it first, we do not want to take the risk". DRM-Free distribution is not a concept their lawyers would accept without hesitation. We kind of felt that would be the case and that it's gonna take patience and time to do it, to do it, to do it right. That's quite a journey ahead of us, but every gamer knows very well that great adventures start with one small step. So why not start with something that feels very familiar? We offer you a number of gaming and internet culture documentaries - all of them DRM-Free, very reasonably priced, and presenting some fascinating insight into topics close to a gamer's heart. Now, what do we have in store for you?

- There's a whole new Movie Catalog for you to browse!
- All the movies we sell are priced at $5.99 (that's a launch promo price for a few of them), and we aim to have that as the main price point for most of our future releases
- Two of the movies - The Art of Playing and TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard are available for FREE, so that you can test our new movie distribution features
- Most of our movies are in Full HD 1080p quality, some in 720p. With those of you with limited bandwidth or download quota in mind, we also supply much lighter 576p versions.
- Apart from downloading your movies you have the option to watch them streaming online, right here on GOG.com
- GOG.com is famous for its bonus goodies - each movie will come with as many of them as we can muster
- You can expect subsequent movie releases each week

That's it. GOG.com Movies is a go, time to get some popcorn!
Posted August 27, 2014
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Matruchus: Movies in 720p should not be bigger then 700-800mb. 1080 about 1.8Gb is normal. We don't need full bluray movies - since its a download service we need compressed movie formats.
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jalister: I'm on the opposite side of that. I stick with BluRay for the movies I really like. I see the difference between an 8GB 1080 and a 25GB 1080. Dropping that to 1.8GB is very noticeable to me.
I don't know tried 720p and 1080p (bluray 1080p) of several movies on a full HD TV and did not see much difference there.

But if you like it why not. But I surely won't download 8gb big movie. They should just offer additional 720p and 1080p compressed formats.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by Matruchus
Posted August 27, 2014
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AlexY: But why? I don't understand. Nobody buys movies or music. Don't be silly.
Discover bandcamp.com and you will never say again that nobody buys music. It's for different audience possibly, yes, but in my life (for ex.) music is larger than games...
Post edited August 27, 2014 by ng
Posted August 27, 2014
There are actually a couple movies on here that I've been hesitating to buy elsewhere since they included DRM or were on a site I didn't have a subscription to - I think I might actually buy some movies from here soon.

That being said, there NEEDS to be two different wishlists/lists or someway to distinguish between movies and games, because as it stands now, it's going to get very confusing very fast on my wishlist and games owned list.
Posted August 27, 2014
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djdarko: Is there a separate library shelf for movies, or do they mix into the games?
Separate
Posted August 27, 2014
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GOG.com: it's gonna take patience and time to do it, to do it, to do it right.
Whoah, George Harrison reference detected! I'd +1 this post for that if I could.
Posted August 27, 2014
Sound cool and looks cool. Hope you'll get more movies here ASAP!!!

And e-books, of course!!! :D
Posted August 27, 2014
Well while I wasn't expecting this, it is admittedly one of the things I always hoped for. If you get DRM free books as well GOG, I may have to give you all my money! Not that you don't put a good dent in my wallet already. Looking forward to when some movies and tv shows are added that aren't documentaries or reality shows. Granted with the focus on gaming these documentaries do look appealing to me, but not my preferred movie types. Will contribute to the cause though with some purchases for now and some more later as I wasn't expecting quite this much this week. Also DRM free music as then nobody's wallets will be safe from you!
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Posted August 27, 2014
Huh...I'm wondering how many smaller movie publishers and licensers will gel with this. Criterion's got a deal with Hulu, but maybe Masters of Cinema/Eureka could get their transfers of movies up on this? Dealing with film distribution is a whole 'nother ball-game, even for GOG, so I can't see this section of the site expanding quickly. Hopefully it won't deter from advances made with old and new game releases!
Posted August 27, 2014
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Matruchus: I don't know tried 720p and 1080p (bluray 1080p) of several movies on a full HD TV and did not see much difference there.
People are definitely different when it comes to video and audio. I'm someone who really notices the difference in video regarding resolution and compression, and my wife could care less about the resolution. I also really prefer surround sound over stereo, but I can't really tell the difference between a quality MP3 and FLAC. I try to use FLAC just because I know it's lossless, even if I can really hear it.
Posted August 27, 2014
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Matruchus: I don't know tried 720p and 1080p (bluray 1080p) of several movies on a full HD TV and did not see much difference there.
Uff, I can't imagine how people can't tell the difference personally. Band of Brothers 1080p is just :3

Once you get used to 1080p you really notice the difference going back to 720 (imo)
Posted August 27, 2014
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ZwaanME: At first I thought, oh wow, movies and tv series, DRM free no less. Only to discover a handful of - dare I say it - boring documentaries. At least half of them are available to me on Netflix (probably all of them if you live in the USA). And even for free I do not feel temped to watch them, let alone pay money in order to do so. Are there even people out there who will watch a documentary like the ones on offer more then once? I seriously doubt it unless they themselves or a good friend or relative are in it.
But, who knows, perhaps some classic old movies or tv shows will pop up *eventually* that are worth paying money for. But the current selection, no way.
My first thought was that GOG must have some kind of deal in the works with other content producers, because there's no way they can expect this service to take off with this selection. Presumably once this shows success of some kind, others will want to hop on board, I just can't see how they will be successful with this lineup. And I can't imagine any scenario in which the major studios would ever go along with this. They don't need a service like GOG. Like others have said, they already have their revenue from DVDs/Blu Ray, Netflix/Hulu, and their own streaming services. I'm afraid people getting excited for this (not all, just ones with unrealistic expectations) are going to be in for a great disappointment.

Instead of spending time and resources on this new endeavor, I would much rather GOG focuses on acquiring more old games, which is what I came here for in the first place. My time/money spent here has dropped quite a lot in the last year, which saddens me because I tell everyone I know how great GOG is every time I get. :)

Of course, everyone's opinion is equally important. :) I understand that others feel differently, and they quite like the newer games and addition of movies to the site. I just wanted to throw in my two cents, that's all.
Posted August 27, 2014
Mm.. I've just noticed that GOG uses MP4 instead of MKV and X264 instead of the more compact X265.
4Gb for 80min at 720p seems a bit too much for me O_o
Post edited August 27, 2014 by phaolo
Posted August 27, 2014
I support the idea and really hope it works out. Music, e-books, comics and other stuff would also be welcome as far as I'm concerned. Just one thing: Please make sure that this doesn't have any notable negative impact on the games section. DRM-free games should always be GOG's number one priority. As long as this is granted, I'm fine with any kind side projects or experiments you think are worth a shot.
Posted August 27, 2014
This has the potential to be really great, once the selection is better. The DRM has been the only thing preventing me from buying my movies digitally, and you're bridging that gap; I'll almost certainly buy from you once you get some movies I'm actually interested in owning. Even if I have them on DVD already, probably, because this is worth supporting and DVDs only go to 480p anyway.
Posted August 27, 2014
Some 5+ Euros to watch nerds rant about video games? Somehow that doesn't sound so enticing. Mostly because there's plenty of ( legal ) sources on the web where you can get that sort of thing for free.

That said, I like the general idea of DRM-free movies and series being offered here. I doubt we'll see the Walking Dead or Lord of the Rings any time soon, but maybe they could make a start by bringing some smaller film makers and publishers here. Either way, I'm curious how this will turn out. ( But as some others have mentioned, please don't neglect video games as GOGs primary focus. )
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