Zip.ca (finally) bringing streaming movies to Canadians
For years, Canadians, such as your struly, watched enviously as U.S. friends streamed Netflix movies to their PCs or TVs. Frustrated I was, as there was no way to do this in the Great White North. Well, today Zip.ca, the popular DVD rental service that sends discs to your door, will announce movie streaming for Canadians.
For years, Canadians, such as your struly, watched enviously as U.S. friends streamed Netflix movies to their PCs or TVs. Frustrated I was, as there was no way to do this in the Great White North. Well, today Zip.ca, the popular DVD rental service that sends discs to your door, will announce movie streaming for Canadians.
Sync has learned that Zip.ca will announce today a new streaming online movie service, allowing Canadians to download and watch the top Hollywood movies and TV shows on their computers and other devices — legally, that is.
Zip.ca says this online movie service will be the first of its kind in Canada, and bringing thousands of movie titles to Canadians instantly when it launches sometime before the holidays. Check with Sync often for further details.
More than 70,000 Canadians already use Zip.ca's DVD rental by mail business.
Ottawa-based Zip.ca says the Canadian online movie service will be "enhanced by a partnership with market leaders Roxio CinemaNow and Sonic," suggesting you might be able to burn a copy of the film to a disc.
Hey Mark,
I am very interested in using this service with my home theater, but I don't have a computer hooked up to it.
Any suggestions on equipment or software to steam HD movies on my home theater?
I am not a big pc buff but I believe something like a samsung 360 blue ray has internet capability, mine does. But you will probably need a Internet Provider so you might as well pick up a pc and hook them both up. For the price of a pc today you might as well have the best of all worlds.
Hi, You dont need to have a computer hooked up to your tv. most new tvs and bluray dvd players have wifi cappabilities that you can use to connect to the internet. All you need is wifi internet in your home. You can buy a router for $50 with a quick setup. Its easy
try http://www.dvdlink.ca to rent movies and games online. Only site to offer movies and games as part of their package deal No other site in Canada offers such deal
there’s an interesting article on this whole online streaming movies thing here:http://audials.com/en/blog/article/34/3-ways-to-legally-download-movies-and-videos-from-the-internet.html
Suggestion: DVDLink.ca
used zip for 2 years until i found out about another great site DVDLink.ca
This site is mix of zip(for movies) and gameaccess(for games DVDLink.ca is only site in Canada to offer movies and games for one price. Great selection, price and customer service
So far there hasn’t been a single incident where I’ve received movies from the bottom of my list. Everything is coming from top 5. Give these guys a try before turning back to local video stores.
Is the service even available? I just checked ZIP.CA’s website and they only send DVDs by regular mail, no online-streaming like NETFLIX in the US does.
Hey Ch, I think the announcement was related to Zip.ca partnering with Roxio CinemaNow. Roxio CinemaNow is a download/buy/rent/stream service that is embedded on certain devices, here’s the list:
http://www.cinemanow.com/Devices.aspx
So to answer your question, I don’t think zip.ca offers an online streaming service themselves – just content that you get through Roxio’s service.
zip.ca always fool their customers with wrong information..
they annouced it long time ago and no implementation of such service from their end.
hi, i was just wondering when exactly streaming will be no. 1) available to use in canada no. 2) will it be available at zip.ca & no. 3) how will i be able to stream i.e., can i download what i want from zip.ca or do i have do buy a program that will allow me to stream, that sort of thing.
Let’s cross our fingers that it will still happen:
http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/Zip.caConfirmsPlansforVideoStreaming.html