http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/ Engadget Comments for Switched On: Why it's time for an iTunes TV subscription http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 4th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
It's good for portable movies on a plane, train, or automobile...that's about it. No thanks to a TV subscription.

]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
death to television, huzzah for Netflix!! ...HUZZAH!]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/it's just sarcasm i'd rather have my satelite and netflix instead :) ]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
It's not about the iPad, but rather iTunes TV.. Something you could watch on your regular TV with the proper setup. I personally wouldn't want it because I don't like to load the bloated iTunes to any of my computers, but I could see it being better than cable.

Technically, TV should be free with the abundance of commercials they make us watch.. I would gladly pay the same, if not more for a TV experience without commercials. ]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
Why? Apple TV is easily the best way to get your itunes library on the TV. While not as good as Vudu in terms of picture quality it's far ahead of Netflix streaming and Amazon VoD.

While not as successful as other Apple products, it's generated more software revenue on an annual basis than Hulu, YouTube, Amazon VoD, Xbox Live (movie and Tv sales and rental), Vudu, Cinema Now etc etc. Netflix is a different beast since it's free with a subscription. But, Apple TV beats Netflix handily when it comes to video and audio quality.

Apple TV with 35% growth and easily the #1 platform by software sales in it's market is a hobby only because it is an Apple product. Apple has a different standard when it comes to margin, profitability and revenue targets for a product.]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/sure, but ONLY because of apple's DRM. there is, in fact, no other way to watch that proprietary content, other than buying a licensed ipod dock with video out. in every other respect, the apple tv is definitely one of the worst values for putting digital content on a TV. it's overpriced, under-featured, and was technologically obsolete the day it came out.]]>Mar 5th 2010 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
Ha, Engadget commenters are so damn cheap...

Steal steal steal...]]>Mar 5th 2010 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/I'm confused when you say " it's overpriced, under-featured, and was technologically obsolete the day it came out". Certainly the $200 price range for the QUANTITY of things you get with an ATV is better than the $99 you pay for a Roku box no? So Overpriced? I dunno.

Underfeatured? Movies, TV Shows, Music, Podcasts, YouTube, Pictures... What is underfeatured about that? Roku gives you NetFlix-PERIOD.

Technologically Obsolete? Uh... It is a set top box, guy. It is supposed to be simple.

I dunno I have my entire Movie Library streaming from my tower to my ATV (over 750 films) as well as all of my TV episodes and all of my music and pictures. Its pretty impressive, actually, when friends come over and they have immediate access to all of that with just a click of my remote control. Again, for $200... I just can't agree with you.]]>Mar 5th 2010 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
I'd rather see Apple go back and focus on selling hardware and software only. ]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
If I am going to BUY something, then I want to play it on any device I own. The idea of being forced into buying Apple hardware in perpetuity should deeply offend EVERY ONE HERE. Physical media may have it's problems. However being trapped into a single monopoly vendor is not one of them.

Once I get video, whether it be in the form of cable TV or a download or a DVD, then I want to be able to use that video in any manner I choose.

Of course the Apple fanboys with nothing meaningful to say will scream piracy. I don't need to pirate in order to dramatically undercut Apple prices, get access to more stuff and play it on a wider range of devices.

Some stuff, I can just get off the public airwaves.]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
I would assume they would]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 4th 2010 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
Anyone that desires for one company to be the singular distributor of all digital content is a fool plain and simple.

In the past, the internet would have gone basaltic at the prospect.]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/I upranked you solely because you used the word "basaltic."]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Also that's not how you spell "ballistic."]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
Indeed a nice lettuce dressing should be free for all! ]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
I think you're mistaken. We're talking about good quality rice here, no?]]>Mar 5th 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
Apple isn't going to censor movies and TV shows.]]>Mar 5th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
No one faults Apple if there is graphic content in an R-rated movie, but if an App made with Apple's API, sold through Apple's proprietary store and promoted through Apple's top app rankings, they do get blamed for what makes it in.

This is speculation on my part, but the point is that you almost certainly won't see the same kind of heavy handed policies for TV and movies, as is demonstrably the case today with the wealth of graphic video available for purchase through the iTunes store.]]>Mar 5th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/


I dunno whether to be happy about that or Sad?]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
If radio isn't dead yet, TV isn't going anywhere soon.]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
well, you look pretty happy anyway so..............]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 4th 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/ LOL!


@The Geek
Yeah that sounds about right. Especially if it's coming through in HD!


....i guess Apple is on the right track. As long as Steve doesn't try to say he invented TV and tries to sue the networks. ;-]]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
TV stations are already irrelevant.

Many of them have long ago abandoned their programming genres for whatever sells.

A&E now shows trash reality programming when in the 90s it was actually about "arts and entertainment". What's the point for it now?

]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
Radio isn't dead because it's free. If it means a better product for a cheaper/reasonable price, people will rush to kill cable TV as we know it.]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/let's not get carried away: the best case scenario is that cable gets some serious competition (and/or regulation), and adapts to a new reality, bringing us better prices and service. cable companies own major networks now--they aren't going anywhere, and aren't about to roll over and die without a fight. they can afford to lower prices, if they need to.]]>Mar 5th 2010 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
what kind of whacky definition of purchase-to-own do you guys have?

I dont call purchasing a song then only being able to use it on an ipod or itunes as owning it. Perhaps you meant Apple has enjoyed great success for itunes because a bunch of people already have ipods so they use it, and the only reason they gave up on DRM is because amazon was gaining market share because they didnt have shitty drm plastered all over their music service.

I think thats what you meant. ]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
I walked away from iTunes when they went DRM free and wanted to charge me 30 cents a song to get the DRM off my stuff. Having purchased around $1k from iTunes, I saw the ~$250 price tag and almost cried. As much as I would LOVE to be screwed over again, I'll pass on this one.]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Still have to buy the discs. Cheap now, but back in the day could get pricy. Regardless, defeats the point of having an iPod]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
If Apple had a TV subscription service of purely on-demand shows for a reasonable monthly fee (or tiered, consumption-based month-to-month pricing), I think they'd have a very compelling story for video, with access to shows on TV at the touch of a button via Apple TV, and portable experiences with iPhone and iPad.

My family keeps kids movies on the iPhone and the kids watch them all the time in waiting rooms and at restaurants, etc. The iPad would be the perfect device to hand to them to watch cartoons on the way to Grandma's house.]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
They do like books at bedtime, but they climb out of their high chairs in restaurants if they're finished eating and have nothing to keep them occupied.]]>Mar 5th 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Seriously dude I am with Luxury Guy on this one.]]>Mar 5th 2010 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
We let them watch movies while Mom and Dad finish dinner, or we don't get to go out. We equally use vocabulary games we downloaded from the App Store if it makes you feel better.]]>Mar 5th 2010 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/Mar 5th 2010 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/switched-on-why-its-time-for-an-itunes-tv-subscription/
We're not the type of family to set the kids in front of the TV all the time because we'd rather do something else. My wife only works part time to be home with them as much as possible and they all tend to be pretty active.

All I said was that we have portable video players (iPhones) that we sometimes use when we go out as a family to restaurants, doctors appointments, etc. Most families with as many young kids as we have just don't go out because of the difficulty of wrangling them all up, but our kids like getting out and we have a good solution to make it work where my wife and I don't have to skip meals.

It's a bit insulting to be lectured by people who are probably just kids themselves about how it's a mortal sin to let my kids watch any sort of movies or cartoons. Guess what? In the real-world, people take portable DVD players to keep kids occupied on a two hour drive to Grandma's house or the three hour plane trip to Disney World. The iPad has to potential to be a replacement device for what was the portable DVD player, app player, and even e-book reader and packs a lot of promise into a device that can fit in a diaper bag.]]>Mar 5th 2010 3:28PM