Burning a Qflix DVD is as easy as burning any other kind of DVD - browse the CinemaNow online store, choose a Qflix movie, download it to your PC, insert Qflix media, and proceed to burn the DVD on the connected Qflix drive.

There are a few factors that affect the time it takes to download and burn a movie to a Qflix DVD - the length of the movie, the speed of your internet connection, the speed of your PC, and the burn speed of the Qflix burner.

With a modern PC with a typical fast internet connection, you can expect the whole process to take around 1 ½ to 2 ½ hours for a 90 minute movie. One great advantage of CinemaNow is that it supports progressive transcoding - the burn process is automatically started soon after the transcode begins

Yes. The delay before you can start watching the video depends on the speed of your internet connection.

Yes. Once the video download is around 6% complete, you can start burning it to a Qflix DVD.

While we cannot guarantee playback with each and every player, Qflix DVDs are proven to play in over 99% of DVD and Blu-ray Disc players worldwide.

No. If you want to download and burn movies to DVD using CinemaNow, you need a Qflix DVD burner and Qflix DVD media.

Qflix media is labeled as "Qflix DVD" or "Qflix Recordable DVD". Look for the text "Qflix" and the Qflix Logo:

CinemaNow currently permits one DVD to be burned from each purchased movie.

No. You get several attempts to burn the video. CinemaNow's customer support team can easily verify if you have failed to burn successfully, and provide steps to correct the problem. Contact them at http://qflix.cinemanow.com/RightNow.aspx

Qflix DVD media is recommended for burning movies; regular DVD media is recommended for everything else.

The content service provider determines the program and interactive menu content included on a Qflix DVD. The disc can contain the same menus and extra features as a replicated DVD. Qflix DVDs can also range from a simple "First Play" movie containing the main title to a complex custom DVD with user-selected content and menus.

CinemaNow has indicated that they will be preparing around 100 movies for their Qflix launch.

CinemaNow has indicated that they are working with all the major Hollywood studios and will keep adding more and more Qflix titles to their online store.

Software is available to circumvent CSS, although such software is illegal in most countries. Regardless of this, CSS provides an important first level of protection from casual disc copying. More importantly, DVD players are required by the CSS license to protect CSS-encrypted content by encrypting digital outputs, among other things. CSS is also recognized as a protection method under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties.

Despite the circumvention of CSS, it is still used on essentially all retail and rental DVDs, which generate billions of dollars each year in the US alone. Encrypting content with CSS makes a clear legal statement that the content is protected from copying.

The Qflix Licensing Program includes the technology and patents necessary to implement the DVD Forum's DVD Download specification. The Qflix program also includes compatibility testing, software for consumer and retail applications and marketing support.

CDB stands for consumer download and burn.

RMR stands for retail managed recording.

MOD stands for manufacturing on demand.

• Drives and media - MOD uses Qflix Pro drives and media within a secure environment; RMR uses Qflix consumer drives and media within a non-secure environment.
• Internet connectivity - Each RMR installation requires an internet connection in order to authenticate the burn process; MOD does not.
• DVD CCA license - Since MOD uses Qflix Pro drives and media, a DVD Disc Replicator license agreement with the DVD CCA must be executed in order to request and securely handle CSS keys; RMR requires no such license, as the keys are provided partly on the Qflix discs and partly by Qflix software connected to the online authorization server.

Packaged DVDs today are produced in centralized, high-volume replication facilities, where DVD discs are stamped out by the tens of thousands. MOD is an alternative option to produce the same DVD for retail or e-tail, except discs can be duplicated one at a time. MOD discs can have the same menus, same bonus features, same product and package quality, and most importantly the same CSS copy protection as high-volume replication.

The MOD process uses professional Qflix media and drives to burn a retail-quality disc on demand, typically in a specialized production and fulfillment environment. And with Qflix, the same Hollywood-approved CSS protection used to protect replicated discs can be applied to discs created on demand, one at a time.

Packaged DVDs today are produced in centralized, high-volume replication facilities, where DVD discs are stamped out by the tens of thousands. RMR is an alternative option to produce the same DVD for retail, except discs can be duplicated one at a time within a retail store. RMR discs can have the same menus, same bonus features, same product and package quality, and most importantly the same CSS copy protection as high-volume replication.

A consumer browses a range of video titles on an in-store display or at home via a web page. Once a title is selected, the digital file is sent from in-store storage to a local Qflix drive in a kiosk or to a Qflix DVD robotic duplicator in a back room or behind a counter in the store for burning, label printing, and packaging. A burn license is acquired from the Qflix authorization server prior to burning the video to Qflix DVD media.

Consumers first select an internet content service provider supporting Qflix, such as CinemaNow. After browsing the online store, users purchase a Qflix video program, download it to the PC or Internet-connected device (such as a DVD recorder or cable set-top box), insert Qflix media, and proceed to burn the DVD on the connected Qflix drive.

In order to support this user experience, the content service provider has prepared the video content to optimize the quality of the playback experience. The format of the downloaded file can vary, but typically it is a DRM-protected file, such as a Windows Media DRM-protected WMV file. The file is delivered with a burn license, which is required to burn the DVD. The Qflix drive reads a partial CSS key from the Qflix media, which is used along with the burn license to authorize the burn and retrieve additional CSS key data from the Qflix authentication server.