Jump to content

The Official "Showtime" Thread

Swad

By Swad

 Share

As has been our tradition with Apple events in the past, I'm starting our dedicated thread for Apple's "Showtime" event. It's here that you'll find live updates (posted by our members from all the vast corners of the Web), pithy commentary, and a darn good time.

 

Check out The Mac Observer's live feed for all the latest.

 

InsanelyMac's "Almost Live Commentary Thread" - It's like being there. Only you're not actually there.

 Share
Go to articles

User Feedback

Recommended Comments



rogabean
$12.99 preorders and the first week, then $14.99 after that

 

most will be $9.99

 

(does this make no sense or what?)

 

 

makes sense and seems very reasonable.. a little too reasonable in fact compared to the other online movie stores (cinema now / movielink)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
rogabean

movie summary:

 

near DVD image quality

Dolby surround audio

Same day as DVD

Pre-order with one click

Usage rights = same as TV shows

Parental controls extended to include MPAA ratings

International in 2007

 

The suprise for me being they will have the movies available the same day as the DVD's are released!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
munky

anyone else find the fact that the new ipod boxes feature the pirates of the carribean film, given how many pirated movies are likely to end up on people's ipods? ;)

 

btw: apple *HOPE* to make the movies international in 2007....

Link to comment
Share on other sites
rogabean

here is the writeup from MacWorld:

 

"But there is one more thing," said Jobs. "And that is movies. Today I want to talk about adding movies to the iTunes Store and the whole iTunes-iPod experience. Today we're starting out with films from Disney, Pixar, Touchstone and Miramax -- four studios owned by Walt Disney Co."

 

The service launches with more than 75 films online, starting today. Apple is adding more, including Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and Cars. New releases are priced at $12.99 for pre-orders and during their first week of release, the same time they're available for purchase on DVD. After that they increase to $14.99, though older "library titles" will be priced at $9.99 every day.

 

Movies available for download from the iTunes Store are shown at 640 x 480 resolution in "near-DVD quality," according to Jobs. Jobs said that if you have 5 Megabit per second broadband service -- not uncommon for cable modem users -- you can expect to download a full-length movie in roughly a half an hour. What's more, you can start watching the movie in as little as a minute, while it's still downloading.

 

To ease that process, iTunes now has a Download Manager that lets you watch items you're downloading from the store, and you can switch priorities if you're downloading multiple files.

 

Jobs described the audio quality as "Dolby Surround." Usage rights for movies purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store are the same as the TV shows -- so you can't burn them to disc, though you can share them among multiple authorized computers and video iPods. And parental controls have been updated with MPAA ratings.

 

"We hope to take this international in 2007," added Jobs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
rogabean
Bob Iger openly [verbally] masturbating on stage....

 

oh no, hang on, i might have imagined that

 

 

Bob Iger of Disney takes stage, and recaps what Jobs has already said.

 

 

*GAG*

 

Insert one word and you haven't imagined anything.

 

Jobs then introduced Disney President and CEO Bob Iger. He called Disney and Apple's first partnership to bring TV shows to the iTunes Store last year "a breakthrough," and added that "the marriage of great content and great technology -- and of great user interface -- is truly a killer application."

Link to comment
Share on other sites
munky

iTV (name to be finalised) - looks like a Mini

 

EDIT: i gotta shoot - enjoy the rest of the show. someone page me if a merombook arrives ;)

 

EDIT: one last update - half the size of the mini, USB, ethernet, 802.11, wireless component video, optical audio, HDMI plus RCA stereo audio, apple remote, next gen Front Row :censored2:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

×
×
  • Create New...