Review: Video Store in BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 In an effort to keep up with the content offered on other tablets, the PlayBook has been outfitted with a video store. Following the style of the old App World found on PlayBook 1.0 (except itâs in yellowish-orange), it has tabs at the top for Featured, Movies, TV Shows, Library, Downloads, and Wish List. Before everyone gets too excited, I feel itâs important to mention that if youâre not in US, you wonât know that the video store actually exists.
The average price for a movie rental is about $3.99. Buying movies is naturally more expensive at about $10-$20 per movie. There are quite a few popular movie titles and TV shows that youâll recognize. If youâre looking for something in specific though, donât get your hopes up. You can search by actor/actress, title, director, writer, or keyword.
Movies and TV shows are sorted into categories on the left.
You also can introduce parental controls.
Youâll have to create an account separate from your BlackBerry ID and register your credit card as well. Given that virtually all PlayBook owners have a BlackBerry ID already which can be tied to your credit card, it seems strange that a separate video store account would be necessary.
Now, Iâm not going to devote the rest of this section to bashing the quality of the video store. I will simply commend the effort RIM has taken to introduce content onto the PlayBookâs platform, because itâs honestly a decent offering. It now has its own music store, video store and I personally wasnât expecting the PlayBook to present a content solution to rival the best out there. The selection isnât what you would call extensive, and the prices arenât what you would call competitive, and itâs not meant to compete head-to-head with Netflix, Google Play or Appleâs Store, nor will it anytime soon.
I will finish by saying that the interface is fairly easy to use and a good start for the new BlackBerry platform. The selection isnât any worse than Netflix, which rarely seemed to have the movie I wanted to see. However, I personally wouldnât use it unless the prices become more competitive or you can move purchased media to another platform. And since I live in Canada, RIMâs made that decision for me.
Thanks to Robbie for helping out with the Video Store review!
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