REASONS FOR NOT BUYING FILMS ONLINE

October 31, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Lack of file compatibility: A movie bought for one device won’t work on others.

Pay-TV headaches: Films disappear from online stores such as iTunes whenever they are airing on pay-cable networks such as HBO.

Downloading is too complicated: It no longer takes a computer science degree to download a movie, but people still don’t know how to do it.

Price: When music moved to the Web, the prices of albums fell. Yet buying a movie online costs the same as a DVD.