Blockbuster is launching a strange pilot to test in-store kiosks with downloadable movies. I say strange, since I thought the benefit of downloading was you didn’t have to get out of your chair. But that’s why it’s a pilot I suppose. Blockbuster still has to negotiate the deals with the studios and the movies currently only work with Archos devices. But if the demand is there, it wouldn’t be too difficult to fix these two problems.

I just wonder if there’s a market for this service. You would say the kind of high tech person interested in doing this, would have a high speed internet connection at home. Other people will take the DVD rental instead. I don’t think this is going to solve Blockbuster’s ‘iTunes problem.’