Amazon.com is stepping into the video download fray with Amazon Unbox. They are selling episodes of TV shows for $1.99 each to download. It is called Unbox because you are not buying the complete season in a boxed set. You can pick and choose your favorite episodes. They have TV shows like Arrested Development, Prison Break and Bones. The videos are available for download to many media players. Not an iPod but many of the Creative Labs products like the Creative Zen Vision:M 30 GB MP3 and Video Player. Amazon is running a special right now on Amazon Unbox. If you buy a TV show on DVD you get a free download of an Unbox TV show. Here is the special.
Buy a DVD, get a free TV show download ($1.99 instant rebate)
What does this DVD + download deal mean for you? It means that you can buy DVDs of shows including Prison Break, CSI, Numb3rs and CSI: Miami. And, you can download current episodes just after they’re broadcast — and before they come out on DVD!
One of the TV shows that Allison and I really enjoy is Bones. The first season is now out on DVD and it is worth watching. David Boreanaz’s character of Seeley Booth is fantastic. And the main character of Dr. Temperance Brennan played by Emily Deschanel is one tough doctor. She is also bit socially inept and that makes for some funny situations and misunderstandings. In the first season we get a look into the dynamic relationship of Booth and Brennan (nicknamed “Bones” by Booth). And I am very glad that this show survived to have second season. There is so much more for the characters to do with each other and create great character development. The website for the show also has some webisodes that you can watch that don’t have the main characters but rather a set of secondary, not even in the show, characters. Something to watch while waiting for the show to come back (I hate American Idol taking the slot for now) I guess.
So if you like crime drama but with a little more humor and warmth then you will like Bones. It is a very good show. The show is based on the novels by Kathy Reichs.
