Wal-Mart starts test version of HP video downloads

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday introduced a test version of its new video download service, making it the first major retailer to offer such a service with the backing of all of Hollywood’s big studios.

The service, which is powered by technology from Hewlett-Packard Co., features more than 3,000 movies and television shows from 20th Century Fox, Disney, Lions Gate, MGM, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Bros., Wal-Mart said. The downloads are priced from $1.96 for episodes of television shows to up to $19.88 for new movies.

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