Do you like to see movies right when they’re released? Are you also incredibly rich?

But that $35,000 price tag doesn’t get you those movies for free. Each rental—which lasts for 24 hours—costs $500. If you want the movie in 3D, it’s $600, but what’s another hundred bucks at this point?
There are some drawbacks to the system. Prima does not have deals in place with every movie studio (so far only Universal, and a handful of smaller companies), so you can’t get just any first run movie you want. It also warns customers that first-run movies often come to the system after a week or two in theaters…meaning they’re not exactly first-run anymore. For example, right now you can use Prima to watch The Age of Adaline and Furious 7, but The Avengers: Age of Ultron isn’t available, nor will it be anytime soon. Still, the technical quality of the films are unmatched. They’re downloaded—not streamed—so the picture and sound are always smooth, and presented with Dolby sound.
The system is so elite and it includes standard security features. The person whose name is on the Prima account must be present for all movies watched, a piracy-limiting measure. That’s enforced with a “biometric” security protection—that’s a fancy word for “fingerprint scanner.”








