You people complaining about price are nuts. Its cheap. Considering theres no commercials, and if you watch, say 10 different TV shows that have 1 episode a week, thats $40 a month for your favorite TV shows, commercial free, in HD. Now, how much do you pay for those shows over cable, in HD? More than $40 a month.
The only people who are crying foul here are people who either steal all their content, or people whose parents are the ones currently paying the cable bill anyway.
@icase81. I get your point, but keep in mind the band costs too. Each 720p episode is like what, 600mb? So in the end that $1 should become a lot more. I'd rather just download torrents and we're good! As for music, $0.99 is a fair price, no complains here.
...just like clock work the fanboys trott out the piracy canard.
Anyone with basic cable and the freebie PVR already has a cheaper commercial free solution than what's on the table here. There are plenty of ways to legally penny pinch here. Claims to the contrary are simply out of touch with reality. Some people need to loosen their blinders.
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You people complaining about price are nuts. Its cheap. Considering theres no commercials, and if you watch, say 10 different TV shows that have 1 episode a week, thats $40 a month for your favorite TV shows, commercial free, in HD. Now, how much do you pay for those shows over cable, in HD? More than $40 a month.
@icase81
DING DING DING!!!!!!!!
The only people who are crying foul here are people who either steal all their content, or people whose parents are the ones currently paying the cable bill anyway.
@icase81
10 shows @0.99 an episode is $40/week or $160 a month.
@JamesR Might want to redo your math there. 10 shows X 4 episodes per month X $.99 per episode = $40 per month.
@icase81. I get your point, but keep in mind the band costs too. Each 720p episode is like what, 600mb? So in the end that $1 should become a lot more. I'd rather just download torrents and we're good! As for music, $0.99 is a fair price, no complains here.
@crawdad689
...just like clock work the fanboys trott out the piracy canard.
Anyone with basic cable and the freebie PVR already has a cheaper commercial free solution than what's on the table here. There are plenty of ways to legally penny pinch here. Claims to the contrary are simply out of touch with reality. Some people need to loosen their blinders.
Pay per view models simply don't scale well.
@crawdad689
Or people who things this is a crap deal.
@crawdad689
or people who wouldn't give anything Apple has to offer a chance, just because it is Apple.