Wired

June, 1997

Entertainment to OrderIt happens all the time. You drive to the video store intent on renting a specific movie, only to find that all 20 copies are out. Well, get ready to save yourself a trip. Thanks to an emerging technology called Electronic Digital Delivery, you'll soon be able to order movies, music and video games and have your selections immediately downloaded to a television, videocassette recorder or PC. The material is digitally compressed in a way that allows a feature film to be tran...