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- bigfinger, on 01/17/2008, -18/+180This sucks, I know my ipod is one and a half years old but If It can play back H.264 and MPEG4 video it should be able to play Videos I rent using iTunes. I'm kinda pissed. I paid $500 for this and it cant play videos I get from Apple? Pirate Bay here I come.
- otatop, on 01/17/2008, -4/+144You paid $500 for an iPod a year and a half ago? Man, you got ripped off.
- acu8509, on 01/17/2008, -6/+105Do what you want cuz a pirate is free.
You are a pirate. - freakon, on 01/17/2008, -13/+74haha ***** that ***** if i cant buy it, im gonna steal it bitches
- alpha19, on 01/17/2008, -12/+57netflix > itunes rentals
- dillacom, on 01/17/2008, -4/+37they said an update will be out shortly to allow rental playbacks.
- customer, on 01/17/2008, -8/+39They'll play after the firmware is updated. Buried.
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -3/+24Yarr harr fiddle dee dee
- SupTricolor, on 01/29/2008, -4/+25I'm an apple user, but apple needs to pay attention to this trend of making equipment
that is less than 1year old obsolete. - Spuy767, on 01/17/2008, -6/+26It does suck, but watching movies on a 2 inch screen is ***** anyway. If I'm going to pay 5 bucks for a movies, you can bet your sweet ass I'm not going to burn that 5$ watching the ***** on the tiniest screen possible.
- TheFinaleofSeem, on 01/17/2008, -1/+20I have a 5G iPod and don't give a damn, but that's just me. I'll keep my Netflix subscription. Still, this is a lame development. Makes me wonder if Apple did this by themselves or if the studio suits demanded it.
- trotskyist, on 01/17/2008, -7/+25Meh.
Their loss. - mingfishy, on 01/17/2008, -7/+24DUGG - Maybe I'm just really really cheap but I can not believe that a lot more folks are not ticked that a device that they bought just few months ago won't play the rentals - but will play the exact same movie if they (can) buy it.
- UNEXPLODEDduck, on 01/17/2008, -6/+23Don't worry, they offer it for a $20 upgrade later
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -2/+17Yeah...that strategy has really KILLED the iPod so far. They are not stupid. They know how gullbile and desperate for social acceptance their fanbase is. Planned obsolescence is their main profit strategy.
- Virgule, on 01/17/2008, -1/+13"(...) on any CURRENT generation iPod." 5G isn't current.
- ilikesboobs, on 01/17/2008, -5/+17Hey, wait a minute. You're not stealing it, you're borrowing it, right? And the only way to borrow it is to give it back, right? And the only way to give it back is to seed that mother *****. So I don't think you're stealing at all!
- petard, on 01/17/2008, -2/+14WTF is with people calling it the iTouch? It is not called the iTouch, it is the iPod Touch. I dont even like Apple products and that is annoying.
- blatantninja, on 01/17/2008, -6/+17Every time it seems like the movie industry is going to get something right, they screw it up instead!
- TechCF, on 01/17/2008, -4/+15Well, if this is as ***** as charging for the iPod Touch software upgrade
- grayapple, on 01/17/2008, -2/+13if you want to sail the sea, you are a pirate.
YAR HAR HAR! - Fourbin, on 01/17/2008, -4/+14So buy a new iPod. Aren't you an Apple fanboy? These are the sacrifices we must make.
- konstantinos88, on 01/17/2008, -5/+15any citation or proof?
- phronko, on 01/17/2008, -0/+10Dunno about other countries, but movies in the iTunes store aren't available in Canada either.
I'd love to give these services money, but they won't let me. I'm temped by Piratebay instead... is it really stealing if it wasn't for sale in the first place? - davepascoe, on 01/17/2008, -0/+10Jobs said this at the keynote.
- gypsi, on 01/17/2008, -0/+9they stated this when they unveiled rentals
- cbreaker, on 01/17/2008, -10/+19But, Apple stuff is so easy! It just WORKS!*
* Only if you have a 5G, not a 3G, except the Nano 4G, but not the Apple TV, and only with HDMI, except for SD, which will work on 3G, 4G, and 6G, and some 5G except Video. - postalblowfish7, on 01/17/2008, -0/+8duh. what did you think they meant when apple said "current generation ipods" and showed just the touch, nano, and classic on the big screen?
- hungarianhc, on 01/17/2008, -3/+11I mean is this really a surprise? everyone knows that with Apple, if you want the newest features, you have to pay for the newest toys. I'm not standing up for this policy, but it's pretty obvious at this point.
- TechCF, on 01/17/2008, -0/+7I agree, but netflix is US only!
- BillyK, on 01/17/2008, -0/+7I do all the time. So to answer your question - yes.
- BlaenkDenum, on 01/17/2008, -1/+8Actually it's not that bad, watching it on that small a screen. You're closer to the screen anyways, so if you think about it, it's sometimes the same as watching TV from a good distance. Of course, it's not the same, but it's not THAT bad either.
- TechCF, on 01/17/2008, -3/+9and will it cost money like the touch upgrade?
- joshuaer, on 01/17/2008, -1/+7but i still can not get the videos to play on my shuffle so i am pissed off!
- adooga, on 01/17/2008, -3/+9I believe this is the point.
It's not a priority to look after their loyal customers. What a bunch of *****. - XxtraLarGe, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5Why would anybody buy Chuck & Buck???
- digggggggggg, on 01/17/2008, -5/+10My goodness do you people love to whine. Let's just look at some of the front page articles that have appeared in the past 2 days.
- Macbook Air thinning my expectations
- MacBook AIR: Apple Fails to Understand Needs of Laptop Users
- MacBook Air doesn't have a user-replaceable battery
- WTF? MacBook Air SuperDrive can only be used w/ MacBook Air
- Survey Finds Apple Users Have Sense of Superiority
and now
- Will iTunes rentals play on a 5G iPod? Nope.
How do these things affect us? How many of you who are having a field day bashing Apple even own, or plan to own, any of these new products? Can we stop with the insanity and irrelevance of this stuff now?? - Loonacy, on 01/17/2008, -2/+7If you don't buy a new iPod just for rentals, you're not a loyal customer.
- SouthsideIrish, on 01/17/2008, -1/+6The update came out yesterday, so do not say that it will not do something until you update it with the firmware that should allow you to play it.
- inactive, on 01/18/2008, -0/+4$4 is extortionate now is it? You are an absolute cretin.
- Matrixsjd, on 01/17/2008, -4/+8people don't seem to understand, that the new iPods output progressive video, and have that lock out that requires apple approved cables to hook up to the tv, which guess what? Were more then likely required by the studios to rent movies. So either your iPod works with your old video accessories that don't have the Apple Chips, or it'll be able to play rented movies. But you can't have both.
- Spuy767, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4They're still ***** scared of anyhting resembling a new paradigm. The 5G iPods do not have the same copy-protection chip that the Current Gen iPods have and therefore the MPAA has forced apple to limit payback to the new models.
- mannymix03, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4I was pretty sure they said with a software update the iPod would be able to play back rentals, The update is probably going to add stuff to track the amount of time on the movie, blah blah blah DRM stuff
- adooga, on 01/17/2008, -1/+5Yes iHate that too
- adooga, on 01/17/2008, -3/+7It's apple, it will cost money.
- Netrilix, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4Sure, I like watching a movie or TV show on my iPod once in a while, but what I usually end up doing is putting movies on it, and then using AV cables to connect it to a TV wherever I happen to be. I'd love to be able to rent a movie for $5 and then bring it with me.
- DoTheFandango, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4you can still buy the movies, you just can't rent them.
- digggggggggg, on 01/17/2008, -1/+4How does this make it "obsolete"?
Stop being so melodramatic. - Urkel, on 01/17/2008, -1/+4Is anyone really paying $3-4 to rent a movie and watch it on a 2.5" screen?
I've got a 13" Macbook and a 24" monitor but if I'm going to rent a movie Ive never seen before then I'm watching it on the 37" HDTV. - SuperVepr308, on 01/17/2008, -5/+8Will I care? Nope.
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