Comments on: Rental Movies Coming To Apple

By: TechCrunch en français » La VOD arrive officiellement sur iTunes d'Apple

TechCrunch en français » La VOD arrive officiellement sur iTunes d'Apple — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:21:25 +0000

[...] sur la location de vidéos sur iTunes vont bon train depuis pas mal de temps. Nous rapportions en Juin que iTunes loueraiti un film pour $2,99 pour 30 jours mais les détails n’ont pas été [...]

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:47:29 +0000

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: Apple TV is weak and old news. Who cares? I’ve had Apple TV since 2001 when it was called “S-Video Cable.”

By: Just a random blog !

Just a random blog ! — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:34:41 +0000

[...] service contrasts with Apple TV, which requires the use of iTunes to download, buy and then sync content to an Apple TV unit. Apple [...]

By: TiVo Users Get Amazon Movies Direct From Box

TiVo Users Get Amazon Movies Direct From Box — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:44:27 +0000

[...] service contrasts with Apple TV, which requires the use of iTunes to download, buy and then sync content to an Apple TV unit. Apple [...]

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By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:06:14 +0000

Fingers are very crossed for this new iTunes rental service. There are other good services out there like Movielink and Vongo, but iTunes would be a great boon for the business – then hopefully they would move to subscription based…Otherwise I’ll stick primarily with Blockbuster Total Access.

By: Concrete Stain

Concrete Stain — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:00:32 +0000

- downloading movies is a little off /

– $2.99 / movie makes it a little closer …..

– The question is who can hack the 30 day? file?

-RB

By: gman

gman — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:54:35 +0000

Hmmm,

No HD = no sale for me at least

Also, my cable provides INSTANT on demand HD movies. No waiting hours for the movie to download like say XBox 360 and I assume iTunes

Whether the masses are happy with non SD rentals remains to be seen. I guess for their iPod that might be okay but on their TV? I don’t know.

By: Kewtr

Kewtr — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:48:39 +0000

I can see where this could be good for Apple, but I’m a little surprised at the excitement. It’s not like these services don’t already exist in a bunch of different forms.

I mean, even if it’s perfect, the price is worse than the 10+ rentals you can get from Blockbuster for $9.99 a month.

And if it’s not great quality, then the cable box stays the best on-demand option for legitimate viewers and BitTorrent for illegitimate.

By: Gnet

Gnet — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:18:35 +0000

OH SWEEEET!
this is gonna be awesome!

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:16:40 +0000

The price is great (if it stays that way) and they might as well leverage all they can, they have the traffic and technological infrastructure already in place. Add a few servers and voila… video store!

Jon

By: Juuso

Juuso — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:14:09 +0000

Wayne, price could be one option, even though “convenience” is probably one of the biggest factor – if Appe doesn’t make it smooth (or smoother than cable) then they have a problem. DRM can become crucial issue, as will pricing schemes.

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:09:18 +0000

This sounds like an interesting idea. There are so many what ifs and law suits that will come of this. If one person break the Drm and puts it on the internet apple is screwed they get sewed for money. Because they went over there contracts agreements. Then they will be sewing the person who broke it. Overall it’s a good idea just needs to be thought through very well.

By: Wayne Mulligan

Wayne Mulligan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:03:56 +0000

Why would you give up your cable subscription? Cable already has OnDemand services which are rapidly expanding. With a reliable delivery network, an existing set top box and an established user base wouldn’t it be smart to place bets on companies like Time Warner and Comcast?

Just my two pennies.

By: Apple May Soon Offer Movie Rentals

Apple May Soon Offer Movie Rentals — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:01:14 +0000

Apple May Soon Offer Movie Rentals…

Apple May Soon Offer Movie Rentals…

By: Juuso

Juuso — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:58:12 +0000

As long as Apple can make sure “no need to play around with DRM”, then you can add that into the PRICELESS category as well.

By: DotComGuy

DotComGuy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:55:53 +0000

If it weren’t for Arrington blogging about Desktop Tower Defense, I would be getting a huge return on our one year “experiment” without cable. Aside from that little detour playing DTD, it’s been an incredible year.

No land line at home…
… save $50 per month
No cable or satellite…
…save $60 per month

No calls from telemarketers and quality time with family?
…PRICELESS!!!

By: Juuso

Juuso — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:32:55 +0000

Hmm, I wonder if they will come up with “monthly subscription” (like… “watch everything you want for $50 per month”) or something like that. Cable televisions are “kind of” doing that, so why not bring the model in the net as well.

By: Louis Gray

Louis Gray — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:28:27 +0000

The introduction of iTunes movies for rent does a few things beyond the obvious addition of new revenue streams for Apple. It also helps the Apple TV reach its full potential, making that device a must-have for anybody who wants VOD through iTunes to the big screen, and it also makes my need for Netflix go away. Once this debuts, assuming an oustanding available video library, we’ll be unsubscribing from Netflix. Can’t wait for this.

By: Gadgetize

Gadgetize — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:18:43 +0000

I tried to give up the cable box last month and switch to slightly cheaper DSL. Then I tested the speed at 25+ Mb/s, and the ‘up to 1.5 Mb/s’ wasn’t quite worth the $20/month I’d save.

Even so, I am down to just the bare minimum cable at this point. With Joost and something like Netflix or Blockbuster it’s great.

As for Apple rentals, unless something gets a lot better in the quality and speed, no thanks. The only movie I got that looks decent downloaded was when AOL was giving them away free and I got Zoolander.

By: Search Engine WEB

Search Engine WEB — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:17:08 +0000

There is so much entertainment available that it just is not practical to hold on to anything but the creme of the crop.

You watch it once as tonight’s entertainment, and if it does not hit home, you watch something new tomorrow.

If something REALLY triggers something inside, you hold on to it to watch again or show to others who may be affected by it.