http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/ Engadget Comments for Apple, Fox join hands in iTunes movie rental deal http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/hey by the ways what happened to the apple ultra portable??]]>Dec 26th 2007 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
How many movies have you chosen to watch more than twice?

This is a key difference between music & movies!]]>Dec 27th 2007 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
still this is a good deal for itunes subscribers but if they dont have hd versions (like xbox live marketplace). they really need to get itunes upgraded to hd soon.]]>Dec 27th 2007 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
Forgetting the ethics of it, how is that different than what we can already do with conventional DVDs? I know I sure enjoy renting movies (for the large part) because of that functionality.

I guess my biggest question here is what the quality is going to be. iPod-size 320 x 240 is very subprime for desktop or even TV viewing. Especially in the day of HD...]]>Dec 27th 2007 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
But yeah, would def be nice to see it bumped up again to atleast 480p]]>Dec 27th 2007 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
However, there is no application that is able to strip protected iTunes video of DRM. The closest thing to this at the moment is:
http://www.topvideopro.com/guide/how_to_convert_protected_m4v_m4p_aa_m4b.htm

This however is a work around with the application recording the output and then creating a new file. This is NOT the crack we all desire. It is just a step above taking a video camera and filming your screen. I can't speak to the specifics of the technology, but I'm in the camp if it hasn't been cracked yet (which it's going on a few years now), it probably will not be hacked in the nearterm.]]>Dec 27th 2007 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
As far as why it hasn't been cracked, why on Earth would anyone bother to crack low resolution videos downloaded from a pay site, that will only play on Apple devices, when with less effort they can just download the same (and then some) content at better resolution as a Divx that will play on just about everything except Apple hardware? I don't think that the lack of a crack is a particular testament to the superiority of their DRM, but rather a testament to what a colossal flop the iTunes movie store and AppleTV have been.

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Unlike music, I don't wanna own every single show/movie I may happen to wanna watch.]]>Dec 27th 2007 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
Still waiting for movie studios to open up there legally.]]>Dec 27th 2007 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 28th 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/–noun, plural -lies.
1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices.

Is there anything in the definition of the word monopoly that applies to Apple? Does Apple have exclusive control over the sale of all music through the internet? Does Apple have exclusive control of any commodity or service at all, in any market? Since iTunes is not the only place you can buy music online, I would have to say no. Or have you not heard of Amazon?

]]>Dec 27th 2007 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
I want a subscription though...]]>Dec 27th 2007 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/I doubt anything less than the NSA could decypher it.]]>Dec 27th 2007 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
/ignorant michael bay hysterical rant
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/panasonic-whittles-thinnest-blu-ray-drive-for-laptops-down-to-9/

With MacWorld SF coming up in a few weeks, and Apple's long running history of using Panasonic optical drives, this one seems almost too obvious.]]>Dec 27th 2007 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/
Now back to your petty lives...]]>Dec 27th 2007 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/26/apple-fox-join-hands-in-itunes-movie-rental-deal/Dec 27th 2007 12:20PM