http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/ Engadget Comments for Apple hundreds short of 1,000 movie promise http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/My whole world crumbles in front of me now, I have no idea what to do.]]>Mar 1st 2008 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
In other words, stfu. Just because you dont care doesnt mean someone else isnt interested.]]>Mar 1st 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
"$3.99: Rent"

"$4.99: Rent"

So, what's the difference?]]>Mar 1st 2008 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 2nd 2008 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
You fail.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
doesn't your Apple computer hook up to your TV already?]]>Mar 2nd 2008 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
Why the hell would you cancel something that is free itself, does absolutely nothing to you except just exist there in case theres the chance you want to watch a movie that Blockbuster has and you cant get elsewhere and of course occasionally sends you coupons for 2 rentals for the price of one, except just to make the point that Apple TV has replaced your need for Blockbuster.

This statement seems right out of an Apple script for marketing.]]>Mar 1st 2008 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
It's one thing to be an apple fanboy who won't listen to reason, another to bash someone because they sound like they could like an apple product.

You're an asshole.]]>Mar 1st 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
So he just cancelled a $18–20 a month service since he bought his Apple TV. That's his point Ruben. Read, investigate, think, then type you cornhole.]]>Mar 1st 2008 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
If he was talking about the subscription service, then i do apologize.

And your telling me to be calm? From reading your comment, it seems like theres now holes in your walls from the anger my comment caused you.]]>Mar 1st 2008 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
same thing?]]>Mar 2nd 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/The problem becomes, you set your deadline early as possible and miss it: people become upset. You set your deadline long: people are upset about the wait.

quite the pickle]]>Mar 1st 2008 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
In fact, I happen to know for a fact that you are completely wrong. The studios absolutely do not handle encoding their movies for distribution on the iTunes movie store. Hell, studios don't even handle encoding their Quicktime trailers on apple.com! Do you really think Apple would trust any other company to determine the quality of the video playing on an Apple service, for an Apple device? The movie encoding is handled just like it is for digital cable, and just like it is for Xbox Live. The studio provides a master, and the service encodes it to their internal specs, as they see fit. The problem here isn't some bogus "Apple wants to have the movies, but the stupid studios can't figure out how to encode them." It is the same problem the iTunes movie store has had from day one, which is that Apple wants such a large cut, and has such low market penetration in the video market, that the studios don't really have any great incentive to jump on the iTunes movie store bandwagon. The studios are making more money of cable licensing deals, DVD sales, and even Xbox Live rentals, so they aren't killing themselves to license content to Apple, just because Steve Jobs tells them to. If Apple TV rentals cannibalize DVD sales, or On Demand rentals, the studios loose money, because Apple takes a larger cut than either of those other two distribution channels do.
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Just tonight I was reading an article in the Economist about movies online, that indicated that the Apple TV's lack of non-rental movies had more to do with the writer's strike and uncertainty about actors striking as well, than a lack of desire on the behalf of the studios.

So, buying movies may be coming to the Apple TV. Maybe.

not sure if this is publicly viewable:
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10723360
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you can buy them through iTunes though and sync or stream to AppleTV, iPod etc.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 2nd 2008 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
Poeple touted this as the death of netflix. What a joke! I'm even an Apple fan, cmon. Even my local Movie Gallery (who is expensive for a vid store) is the same price or less, and I keep it for five days.

Then we come to something like netflix and this whole Apple rental thing looks absurd.

]]>Mar 1st 2008 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
Why would I want to purchase a $230(iTV)-$400(Vudu) device so that I can rent movies for 24hours (Blockbuster or Netflix is cheaper). Or to download a movie that costs the same as a DVD and be restricted by DRM be tied to the machine I purchased it on. For all the DRM whining about Blu-ray and DVD DRM I'm never restricted on when or what machine I play it on (or who I let burrow my copy of the movie).]]>Mar 1st 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 2nd 2008 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 2nd 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
@Temple: Netflix is great but it takes at least 3 days from the time you send a movie back to when you get it. Sometimes you just want to watch a movie now, and in that respect it costs about the same on Apple TV as it does to go to the video store.

Also, people forget that it does a lot more than allow you to rent movies. I can also watch podcasts, listen to my music, and watch my own tv and movie collection with it. I love my Apple TV. Makes it much easier to not have cable.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
Really? you must be far from a distribution center. If i get mine out for the first mail pickup i usually get it the next day.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
First of all your wrong. There's a local movie store here that rents gallery titles for .49. Since download content has virtually no overhead why should we pay more.

My beef however is not against Apple TV. I have though about getting one for the sake of podcasts.

As to getting is right now there is something to be said for that, although sometimes you have to wait some time ti be able to watch it as you wait for the download. Not only that Apple'd download selection is pretty small, and they don't get movies on release day.

SO basically your saying you trade every other benefit for being able to sit on your lazy but and get a movie without leaving the couch. Cool enough, but for less time, and more money it's still a joke.

For 5 bucks I should be able to OWN the downloaded movie. Heck in china they don't even pay that much for a whole DVD LOL]]>Mar 2nd 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Most of the movies we get now are from the public library for free.
The other thing is we torrent shows our cable doesn't carry, like stuff from the BBC or Showtime.]]>Mar 1st 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 2nd 2008 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/
If "by March" can mean "within March, in March, not later than March," Electronicat is right, and Apple is not late. If you trace the word back to its Greek and Sanskrit origins, it meant "about,around," which is still the basic definition today. ]]>Mar 2nd 2008 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/"ruh ruh" = uh uh.

I believe you intended the former.]]>Mar 1st 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/apple-hundreds-short-of-1-000-movie-promise/Mar 1st 2008 9:50PM