This Christmas, I decided to surprise my family with the gift of digital content. My family loves movies and currently uses Netflix to get their DVD fix. As many of you may know, Netflix has this pretty awesome feature that allows you to instantly stream a vast amount of content directly to your computer which is included in your monthly membership. But who wants to stream content to their computer when they have a huge TV in the living room? That’s right, no one does. This is where my awesome gift comes into play.
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I buy things from Amazon. A lot of things to be exact. I even thought about buying food products from the website. If you are in the same situation as me then you have received numerous emails from Amazon containing Promotional Codes, Purchase Rewards, or Promotional Credit for various products. As it turns out, I racked up $47 in Video on Demand credit, $10 worth to spend in their MP3 store, and a free year subscription to Wired magazine. So after subscribing to Wired and buying the latest 50 Cent album, I decided to check out what they had to offer for their Video on Demand service.
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