Most experts agree that renting movies at the self-service kiosk level was a smart idea. Critics need only look at redbox to see the value in this application: With over 10,000 DVD rental kiosks in retail and fast food locations across the U.S., redbox has demonstrated that there is a huge market for cheap, self-service access to DVDs.
At the same time, another technology is slowly emerging as a contender (or in some cases, a supplement) to the DVD format. Digital download - the ability to transfer digital movie content to memory sticks or SD cards - will be the next leap in movie kiosk technology. Instead of taking home a DVD, consumers will have an SD card in hand, which can then be inserted into special slots in their home media players.
That's the question SelfService.org posed to Davis Freeburg, a technology blogger at Davis Freeburg's Digital Connection. Of the two movie kiosk formats - DVD and digital download - which, if either, would be more successful in the near future? Click here to find out.
