Jinni.com…Pandora with movies?
This sounded really good when I first quickly (half) read this at techcrunch. A Pandora like web service with movies? So of coarse I quickly went over to Jinni.com to check it out. I signed up for a beta account and started poking around to see what Jinni.com was all about. What I found was a website that was only like Pandora in the background. After I got over my disappointment, I realized that Jinni is till pretty cool in its own right.
OK so what is Jinni.com
Basically this is how it works. You sign up, You rate moves, and Jinni.com suggest movies that you might be interested in seeing based on the movies you rated. Yea that sounds like Pandora alright. But where it differs is what you do with those suggestions. At Jinni, every movie that is suggested also have a way for you to watch the movie. Watching the movie isn’t done at site, or with an aplet or anything like listening to suggested music is listened too at Pandora. What you are given is a link to where you can purchase the movie, either by buying the CD or buying a movie download. There are some movies that are linked to somewhere like Hulu where you can watch the movie online for free.
I will check this site out for a while longer but so far, it seems pretty cool.
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November 19th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Thanks for your to-the-point insights on Jinni. I suppose buzz phrases are often misleading. We get compared to Pandora because we’ve built a Movie Genome with several thousand attributes describing plot, mood, style etc. - similar to what Pandora does for music. But we hope our service stands on its own and offers a new, satisfying experience for movie and TV lovers. We appreciate feedback so please be in touch anytime!
November 19th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
i would search for movies with internet killers. those are the best flicks
November 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am
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November 21st, 2008 at 7:10 am
This site sounds good if you are stuck during an evening wondering what film to rent? I shall have to give it a go, thanks for the info
November 21st, 2008 at 8:50 am
I’m a person who is alway dithering about which films to watch. I’ll definitely check it out.
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I joined up and really enjoyed looking around. I didn’t even know about Pandora, so I can’t compare, but I always have a tough time figuring out what to rent/buy, so will check this out before.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I enjoyed the blog very much.I suppose buzz phrases are often misleading. We get compared to Pandora because we’ve built a Movie Genome with several thousand attributes describing plot, mood, style etc.
November 27th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Really interesting. I wonder if it works outside the U.S., but i fear not.
November 28th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Where I can find similar information?
Thank you
Greetings from Spain
November 30th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I’ve actually found a site where you can download movies for free, its pretty sick! I’ve linked to it in my name. Haha long time reader first time poster - had to say that!
Love this blog, always a good read!
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Even I wonder if it works outside US??
@ movies for free: Thanks for the link on your name…You do have very good collection.Thanks.
January 24th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
One thing that Amazon lack is the opportunity to possibly download their movies.
What Amazon does do, like Jinni, is suggest movies you might be interested in based on your browsing history!
January 24th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Jinni is great! - It would be better if you could pay less money and stream the movie, but to be honest, the simple fact that they offer you a link to download movies is great.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Wow Jinni is a great website. i did not know about this.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Any one know other web sites like jinni.
January 31st, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I had never heard of Jinni until now. That is a pretty sweet site. Thanks for sharing!
February 12th, 2009 at 4:35 am
of course there are site like jinni. http://www.movies.monigo.com
February 19th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Jinni sounds like a pretty interesting site. Ill have to check it out. Kudos to you!
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:22 pm
i did not heard about either. but it sounds interesting. it was a nice post. i hope this will enhance jinni’s promotion.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Hmm, I can see a site like jinni getting bought out sometime in the not too distant future. I would think this concept will probably get popular in the future.
July 25th, 2009 at 3:40 am
that’s really interesting! i had no idea there was a program which recommend movies! and following your likes! sure i’ll check it out, because when I feel like seeing a movie it’s always difficult for me to decide which i want to see! thanks for posting this!
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 am
It’s alway’s good to voice your opinion and review films, theres some hidden gems out there and jini is a great idea
October 27th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Where I can find similar information?
Thank you
Greetings from USA
October 29th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Pandora with movies is a brilliant idea. Only problem is that it would be littered with ads. movies would be really expensive to do legally.
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:15 am
Jini is really interesting! I enjoyed the blog very much even rather confuze or tasteless for the fist sight , there’s alot of choices with simple to find for moviemaniac.thanks anyway