Ahead of some travel, I picked up a new camera (Canon S95, post to follow) this past weekend. And, coming fron a Sony digicam, I also needed to transition from Memory Stick back to SD. So I grabbed this 8GB PNY card at Best Buy. The primary selling points were capacity and speed in relation to price (~$24). But, given what we do here, the promise of a free movie download sealed the deal. Shame on me for not anticipating the unfun and unsuccessful process that awaited…
CliffsNotes: Upgrade Silverlight, register on website, enter 16 digit voucher code, select movie, download and install downloader/player, begin movie download, watch download fail, download movie again, attempt to play movie, hit with error below, download movie again, attempt to play movie, hit with error below.
Support is handled via email and they (Eagle Eye Technology, Sony Pictures) state they “will get back to you as quickly as possible.” I’ll send them our link and see where we land. Let’s just say I’m highly doubtful I’ll be watching Talladega Nights on a flight later this week.