Sean Parker thinks he has found a way to let you watch new-release movies from home.
Only thing is that it costs $50 per movie for a 48-hour viewing period, plus $150 for a set-top box.
Variety exclusively reports the Napster founder is an investor in the startup Screening Room, which uses anti-piracy technology to let users watch films at home the same day they hit theaters.
Attempts to put new movies in homes have failed in the past, but this one could succeed. Screening Room will bring both distributorsandexhibitors in on the revenue it makes.
This might all seem insanely expensive, and it is. But split that $50 cost among five friends to watch "Captain America: Civil War" at home, and you now are paying less than you would in theaters. You know, aside from the $150 investment.
