Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that customers can rent box-office favorites and purchase top TV shows in HD from Amazon Video On Demand. Customers can select from more than 500 HD TV shows and movies from major studios and networks including Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Showtime Networks. Top titles available now in HD on Amazon Video On Demand include new-release movies such as...

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Apparently this service will appeal to people who don't care about image or sound quality; they just want what they want NOW. And that's the only advantage this service provides. I don't get it. A Netflix HD disc takes one to two days to get to my house and it's in high definition with surround sound. Was the pitch based on the statistics of people who watch movies in hotel rooms?