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- NightOwl4, on 02/13/2008, -8/+28As long as McDonalds still has their shamrock shake in March, I don't give a *****.
- mozmac, on 02/13/2008, -1/+17Movie rentals will never be the same. They need to extend the 24 hours stipulation. I imagine that was pushed heavily by the movie studios.
- timusca, on 02/13/2008, -4/+12The submitter of the story and the people who came in here for reasons other than to troll. Queef.
- scoharris, on 02/13/2008, -6/+13appleTV > netflix
- kessel, on 02/13/2008, -2/+8Today, my apple TV becomes more than a paperweight
- fungke, on 02/13/2008, -3/+9Check out the demo video...
http://www.apple.com/appletv/guidedtour
I think I'm in love with Hanna - griz, on 02/13/2008, -2/+7Looking forward to testing the Flickr photo sharing and HD rentals.
- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -1/+6Hittable for sure.
- SimonGray, on 02/13/2008, -0/+4It's a Mac enthusiast joke.
- Falc, on 02/13/2008, -0/+4exactly, i dont want to stream... i want it to download directly to the appletv and play from there. i dont want to have to worry about setting it up on itunes on my desktop...
- timusca, on 02/13/2008, -0/+4Yes, and the HD version... or, I could download the Torrent and use aTV as an easy way to get that movie to the TV instead of watching it on my computer monitor.
- ronmojohny, on 02/13/2008, -2/+6This is great. Now finally people have an easy way to watch their shows and movies without having to pay for expensive cable or satellite. I have an outside HD antenna to pick up the networks (free) and I can watch my movies on my plasma TV allocate. No more waiting for blockbuster or netflix DVD mailings.. Brilliant !!
- yabos, on 02/13/2008, -1/+5Sucks for you then to live in Australia. Here I am with my 6Mbit unlimited in Canada downloading as much as I want and now even more with the Apple Tv.
- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -3/+7Wake me up when they have a monthly service plan. I'll cancel my Netflix account the same day.
- RudeTurnip, on 02/13/2008, -0/+3I didn't buy mine for the movies; I got it for the TV shows and video podcasts. Between video podcasts (yay Revision3) and an occasional $2 show from iTMS, I'm spending wayyyy less than I'd pay for cable television and my money goes only to pay for the shows I like.
- Kelmon, on 02/13/2008, -0/+3Blu-ray requires you to either go to the shops for a disc or wait for a postal rental to arrive in the mail. None of these methods of content delivery are on-demand and that's what I want. I will happily sacrifice image quality for a service that lets me rent a new movie according to my mood at that time without needing to go to the rental shop. This will do for movies what iTunes did for CD sales.
- AronT, on 02/13/2008, -0/+3You're not terribly informed regarding Home Theater equipment, are you? In the states, $229 will get you a USED Blu-ray player off of eBay, if you're lucky. A high end player can retail for a grand!
- fkr3, on 02/13/2008, -0/+3I've always had the same limitation on PPV movies on cable. 24 hour rentals in Australia are normal for any movie under a couple months old too.
- stalefries, on 02/13/2008, -1/+4The same limitations are on the Xbox 360's movie rental system.
- DouglasScott, on 02/13/2008, -1/+4Hanna just made me order mac tv thing.
- bcorder, on 02/13/2008, -0/+3yeah, so i have two, one for me and one for the office and at home it's hooked up to a (ghast) standard definition TV that cost $200. I use it to play music around the house and will probably invest in airtunes since it supports streaming audio to that as well.
as for the one at work, now that slideshows can loop infinitely, we will pair it with a large lcd tv and use them as product demonstrations at trade shows. Now if I can string together still image and video in a playlist, i'm good to go.
sorry for stealing your thunder down under, but as niche as it is, it's a decent device. Also, the more userbase they have, on the iTMS platform, the more leverage they will have to increase consumer friendly (and revenue friendly) services. - timusca, on 02/13/2008, -0/+3Why is everyone bitching about the 24 hour rental? The point of renting on your TV is instant gratification, so wouldn't you be watching the movie as soon as you download it? When have you ever rented a DVD from a B&M store and watched it more than once in the 3-day rental period?
- Falc, on 02/13/2008, -0/+3AND diggnation, TRS and Tekzilla whenever i want!!!
- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -0/+3Is mr. grumpy poo having a bad day?
- yabos, on 02/13/2008, -1/+3FUK YOU
- MightyE, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2iPod Touch supports HDMI out? It's able to be integrated into my home theater?
- SniperGX1, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2I guess you haven't gone to a store to rent a movie lately... $4 is a bargain
- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2You have to ask? You know Rose runs a script on the server to give all apple stories 300 diggs immediately. I mean how else does this fancy linux box get any press.
- Virgule, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2You have a full month (30 days) to start viewing the movie after you paid for the rental. Once you started the movie you have 24 hours to finish it. I'd like a longer viewing periods. An extra day or two would be a welcome...
Anyhow, fact remain this service still beat any and all of my local rental stores where for the same pricing scheme you only have until the next day at 17:00 pm to return the rental. - MacParrot, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2@gmghoul
I really couldn't say for sure where the line starts for people wanting excrement. But since that's what you're obviously into, have fun looking. - drhamad, on 02/13/2008, -1/+3I can think of a couple reasons offhand:
1) 99% of the time, since you can get these basically on demand, you're going to watch them as soon as you get them so 24 hrs is irrelevant.
2) Torrents take longer to download
3) Torrent quality is not as high
4) Torrents are harder to get onto your TV. - yazheirx, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2I can see the service plan, but I would need the tens of thousands of videos that Netflix has too. For me this is just another part of my movie viewing arsenal.
- Kelmon, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2"who gives a *****"?
If you have to ask that question then you must have had your head in the sand for the past couple of months. Honestly, I suggest that you leave it there. - SpoonDogSVT, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2Yesterday I picked up an OTA HD antenna and dropped cable TV service, today I pick up my AppleTV!
- Kelmon, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2Not entirely true. While the device can certainly stream from your computer you don't actually need a computer at all with the new Apple TV - just a network connection and all content is either streamed off the Internet or stored on the internal hard drive. The previous version required the user to download to the computer and then push that content to the Apple TV but thankfully that is no longer necessary and you can do everything via your TV.
- NeverReturnKid, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2Not for 2.99 to 3.99 a movie.
- securitymonkey, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1Hanna++ We're talking hot oatmeal in the pants, gentlemen.
http://www.apple.com/appletv/guidedtour - MightyE, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1I have a 1080p set. It supports output up to 1080p as of the version 2.0 software. The HD movie rentals / purchases only come down at 720p though. If you have higher res content on your computer, then this works fine. You can test this with 1080p HD downloads from the like of Muro.
- DonCarcharo, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1I also dropped my cable for OTA HD last year but instead of the Apple TV I went Windows Media Center. Why? Because now I have one box with decent media software that plays DVDs, digital video and records OTA HD. Total price paid for the entry level box was about $400*.
That said, the minute I can get a PVR solution that plugs into an Apple TV (eg. eyeTV) to allow me to DVR, I'm sold. I much prefer the Apple TV interface and, for that matter, the Apple ecosystem in general.
* I built it myself, used some spare parts and had a much-reviled copy of Vista already sitting around the house. - Virgule, on 02/13/2008, -0/+13-day rentals? I'd like to see that :D They bitch because thats all they can do.
Around here (Quebec, Canada) at Videotron's SuperClub (http://www.superclub.videotron.com/) for the same pricing scheme you only have until the next day at 17:00PM to return the disk. The only 3-days or 7-days you can get is the old ones not 'featured' anymore. Stuffs like 'Aliens' or 'Hot Shot'... - dvdrtrgn, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1I'll take a Ribwich with that--and an Apple-pie/tv.
- Virgule, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1There is an obnoxious parentheses included on my above link. Just remove it kthxbye
- MScrip, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1C'mom. We paid $4 a movie at the Blockbuster store for years. AppleTV is a lot easier and more convenient than that.
I wish AppleTV's rental prices were cheaper though. Apple has virtually unlimited copies of a movie. So, if your local video store has only 30 copies of a new movie on its release day, only 30 homes get to watch that movie until someone returns it. With AppleTV, everybody in your town could see that movie instantly. So, you'd think that Apple could charge $1.99 for a rental... and still make tons of money. Apple has one copy of the file on their servers, and rents it to millions of people. You'd think that volume would play a role here... I know bandwidth come into effect here... but the concept is simple. - osage, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1We all agree
- dvdrtrgn, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1"viewing arsenal" >>>- coined ---^
- kboyda, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1Actually it is a fancy BSD box.
- donna1234, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1The software update is available for download from your Apple TV itself
http://www.bestipodtips.info
http://www.t7000.info - MightyE, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1Amen, what the heck is with having iTunes options be the first 7 out of 8 options on every menu? Just put "My Movies," "My Music," "My TV Shows," etc as the first menu option.
- Warblade, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1This isn't exclusive to the aTV. Disney's -- now defunct -- Moviebeam service was just like this. Vudu's rental policy is also exactly the same. Maybe you should do your research before bashing Apple over policies the rest of the industry has adopted.
- Warblade, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1Torrents and aTV aren't mutually exclusive. The previous version of the aTV could be hacked to install perian, thus making it essentially a media extender. I'm sure the new version won't be as hackable, however there's nothing stopping you from converting an Xvid into aTV compatible H.264 video.
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