Wal-Mart Sets New Standard In Failure

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So, Wal-Mart has entered the movie download business. Great. However, they’ve got a few problems to sort out:

  • The site doesn’t work with Firefox. Seriously, how do you justify building for IE-only in 2006? Are you on crack?
  • The price for movies is $20, or about what most DVDs cost at Best Buy.
  • The resolution is a paltry 240×320.
  • The files are DRM’d out the wazoo.
  • The files will only play on Windows; Macs and Linux need not apply, nor should Zunes or iPods.

Yeah, we’re sure that’s gonna take off like, well, a metal dirigible.

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