“Steve Jobs had his fair share of doubters when he announced that Apple was getting into the movie downloads business. Many thought that Apple would struggle to get the interest of any studios other than Disney. However, once again Jobs is making his detractors eat dirt,” Stan Beer writes for iTWire.
Beer writes, “First there was just Disney, then came Paramount, after which Lionsgate jumped on board. Now the Apple iTunes online store, with its relatively miniscule stock of about 500 movies, is set to get a boost of possibly thousands more from the vast repository of its latest supplier MGM.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “—” for the heads up.]
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mmmmmm dirt……..
Until quality is as good as hd dvd’s, then why bother?
I still wouldn’t pay 9.99 for a download. I wouldn’t even pay that for actual dvd.
Now a subscription service for just movies would be cool. If that happens, goodbye, netflix, hollywood video, and blockbuster
until downloads are in 2160p and can be downloaded just by THINKING about it, forget it apple! it’s not good enough for me! nothing ever is!
baby steps, people! rome wasn’t built in a day!
Doesn’t matter what you think. It matters what hundreds of thousands of other people think about movies. Clearly they are more positive than you. And THAT is good for Apple.
10 bucks for a classic movie. Then you clearly do not give a rat’s ass about owing a quality movie.
Click the genuine Microsoft software ad…
is that genuine MS software on that powerbook? I hope so.
Is this supposed to be some kind of a forum on “10 Incredibly Technical And Essentially Irrelevant Reasons In The Big Picture Why I (And No One Else But I) Will Not Use Apple Products”?
“Until quality is as good as hd dvd’s, then why bother?”
I don’t agree with this, but I do insist upon standard DVD (480i)quality to participate. What is the actual resolution of iTMS movies? Anyone know?
Now if only he could persuade the studios to allow for movie downloads outside North America…..
“baby steps, people! rome wasn’t built in a day”!
I agree, Wooooo Hooooo. I would gladly pay more for a low quality movie from iTines than pay less for a higher resolution CD that Steve doesn’t sell!!!
Woooo Hoooo Apple!!!!
i like the thought(s) of Beer.
Considering his own diet, he’d make them eat lentils.
ROME WAS BUILT BY ALIENS IN ABOUT 3 HOURS.
…well said abdullah.
Remember – plenty of people watch movies on basic cable w/crappy quality all the time. $10 is cheap when it’s 9:00 p.m., you’ve watched all your TIVO, Netflix hasn’t arrived and Blockbuster is 15 minutes away.
I wouldn’t buy Lawrence of Arabia or LOTR with less than DVD quality but, as an example, we got sucked into Rumor Has It on HBO and believe me, 1080p wouldn’t have improved it.
To answer my own question (I found this cool site called google.com
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Thorin: Apple is limited with video resolution by the video iPod compatibility requirement.
Another service (was it Unbox?) sent two files for each purchase, one for the larger screen and a smaller one for the portable players.
Seems Apple wants to avoid the inelegance of 2 files for each movie, or perhaps they have a better solution coming soon?
> What is the actual resolution of iTMS movies? Anyone know?
I believe it is 640×480. However, 480 part can be less if the film as a widescreen aspect ratio.
Kevin, what is the frequency? WHAT”S THE FREQUENCY?!
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Mmmmmmm, Beer.
Hey guys, sorry to burst bubbles, but it’s been 6 months since the “show time event” and Apple still doesn’t have movies from a large number of studios.
The fact is, Steve is having lots of trouble getting studios on board.
Take a deep breath, exhale slowly, and repeat after me: “There is more than one right way to do things…There is more than one right way…”
“Hey guys, sorry to burst bubbles, but it’s been 6 months since the “show time event” and Apple still doesn’t have movies from a large number of studios.”
It only seems that way to people who are realisticly looking at the situation. As an TRUE Apple fan you’re supposed to just yell, “WOOO HOOO, It’s only a Matter of time until Apple is king of ALL movie sales”… WOOO HOOO Steve!!
“until downloads are in 2160p”
At that resolution, texture and smell are enabled.
War movies and porn will come with a stern warning and assent agreements.
I think TV is a great idea, but the resolution is not acceptable. I checked out “The Incredibles” movie at the Knox Apple store the other day and the quality is poor. It needs to be DVD quality at least.
That’s KENNETH goddamit!
Geez, you terrorize a guy real good and fucking forgets the name of his future self. Pay attention Dan!
Man, that steams me. It’s people like him that kept me from getting back to 2186.