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cableties
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| Re: who cares? $9.99?? Make it $2 and I'd think about it.
Wait. No Thanks. I get Netflix and at the rate I watch films, it has to be "" $2 a movie.
OT-We still need an 80Gig Nano Vidipod to store all the movies they want you to buy and access quickly. Which reminds me, just how many people really watch movies more than once? (excluding babysitting excuses and the trekkie)  | |
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GOLFnSUN
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| Re: who cares? said by cableties  :$9.99?? Make it $2 and I'd think about it. Wait. No Thanks. I get Netflix and at the rate I watch films, it has to be "" $2 a movie. A rental in the $2 to $4 range is the max it should go. Between Netflix, Blockbuster, cable PPV, etc. offering these movies, anything higher than that from iTunes and the renters would be dummies for paying it.
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kamm
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1 edit | Re: who cares? said by xmrocks :said by GOLFnSUN :A rental in the $2 to $4 range is the max it should go. Agreed about the price. However, I still think it'll be a big success down the road. At first, I'm thinking iTunes/Apple will get slammed with criticism about it but still be a pioneer in that respect of bring movies to your desktop for a price (at least I know of know Mac-compatible sites for movie rentals/downloads at the current time though I'm sure there are Windows-based sites). And people will rent the movies -- that's the thing. I agree they'd be dummies for doing it, but I have a hunch it'll be successful. Call me crazy  Ummm please, stop right here. Don't start another fake 'being-first' urban legend about Apple (like CD-ROM, DVD, gigabit, Firewire etc), please.
There are numerous online movie stores out there:
»www.movielink.com
»www.vongo.com
»www.cinemanow.com
»www.atomfilms.com - this one offers FREE downloads including Atomfilms Hi-Def
And of course, there are lots of free movies already available on Google Video, Veoh or other existing video sites. | |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
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| Re: who cares? said by xmrocks :Maybe if you actually read my post, you would have read that I said I don't know of any other sites. Thanks for the flame! I'm sorry, it wasn't about flaming. 
I just simply hate all of those false Apple-related urban legends and wnated to set the record straight. | |
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mbnt
join:2002-06-22
Clifton, NJ
| What an ignorant answer, those sites don't even cater to Mac users with their Windows Media DRM garbage.
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1 edit | Re: who cares? Whatever. Posting replied on here is like talkin' to brick walls. Everyone's out to just flame each other.
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join:2000-05-11 | Not catering to 5% of the market? Big loss there... 
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cbrigante2
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| Re: who cares? said by RadioDoc :Not catering to 5% of the market? Big loss there... I thought I read that Apple now held closer to 10% of the market now somewhere? | |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
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| said by GOLFnSUN :said by cableties :$9.99?? Make it $2 and I'd think about it. Wait. No Thanks. I get Netflix and at the rate I watch films, it has to be "" $2 a movie. A rental in the $2 to $4 range is the max it should go. Between Netflix, Blockbuster, cable PPV, etc. offering these movies, anything higher than that from iTunes and the renters would be dummies for paying it. Exactly. Even $4 is ridiculously high compared to PPV which you can record. | |
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join:2003-02-16
Ingersoll, ON
| 9.99 to OWN is what he's talking about. Renting would obviously be cheaper cause who would pay 10 bucks to rent a downloaded movie. I'd say the success will be based on the quality of the movies. If they're the iPod resolution of 320x240 then I can't see a lot of people buying them. TV shows can get away with this quality because they're usually not "action" like a lot of movies are. You want a large screen for a movie but not necessarily a TV show. | |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN | Who wants to bet that you can *only* play them on the iPod? That way you have to watch the movie on the little screen, LOL. | |
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join:2003-02-16
Ingersoll, ON | Re: who cares? You can already play the TV shows you can buy on your computer or your TV if you hook your computer up to your TV so LOL you don't know what you're talking about. | |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN | Re: who cares? Your sarcasm detector is broken, so LOL all around. | |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | Steve... is it you?
FYI: $9.99 would be hilarious, a granted failure.
You can buy movies on DVD from $9, let alone that Netflix starts at $6/mo.
They have to price it at $2 or less otherwise it won't fly. | |
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jwsmiths4
Part Man, Part Mac
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join:2003-10-25
Savannah, GA | Re: who cares? You mean guaranteed? So was the iPod when that was launched | |
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sporkme
drop the crantini and move it, sister
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Morristown, NJ
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| said by AnonProxy :A huge failure waiting to happen...iron out purchase agreements for $9.99 per move and I'm in. "Apple's decision to implement a rental model for movies will be a major departure for the company and Jobs. Apple had been trying for months to persuade the movie studios that the a-la-carte model of buying individual titles, as the iTunes Music Store offers with music, was the way to go. The studios, however, have been fixed on offering only a subscription or rental-based model."
The movie studios are idiots.
The iTunes music store thrives even though many, many people still steal music. By giving consumers an option of buying movies online they are basically getting "Free" money that would normally be lost.
While I'm sure many here prefer piracy, there are always people that want to be legit, and currently no one wants to sell downloads to them.
If this rumor is true, I would have to imagine the other announcement is an iPod designed for movie viewing...
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| said by AnonProxy :A huge failure waiting to happen...iron out purchase agreements for $9.99 per move and I'm in. Are you nuts, $9.99 is the price of a full dvd with its quality and extra content. Just the barebones movie, try 5 bucks tops. | |
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Jonbo298
join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA
| Now.. if only I had a video ipod Stuck on my ol nano for now.
But its good to see that they are doing this. I think Apple/iTunes will be the thing that really jump starts online renting. Like how Netflix did with online renting but via mailing a DVD.
Hopefully these companies aren't too greedy to Apple on how much to pay  | |
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beaudot
@frb.org | HD? If they offered them in decent bit rate HD, I'd be in. But don't think that will happen any time soon, I guess. | |
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OldschoolDSL
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Indian Orchard, MA | iTunes -vs- Movielink.com I'm hoping they make a stake at Movielink.com and their option to buy movies can be played on normal DVD players. Movielink.com only lets you play your stuff on a PC.
Does anyone know if they can do this already? | |
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BuriedCaesar
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join:2004-03-27
Richardson, TX
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| I'll believe it when... I hear it come out of the mouth of one person and one person only - Steve Jobs.
Until then, this is way, way high up on the BS/smokescreen scale for me.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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Hercules, CA
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| Movies? »www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html
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320 x 240 pixel resolution, .156-mm dot pitch
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tapeloop
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| Re: Movies? Hmmm...that's about half an inch wider than Keira Knightley is in real life. 
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join:2003-02-16
Ingersoll, ON | No one says they're going to be selling exclusively for iPods. Maybe they could have a higher resolution download at the same time as an iPod formatted movie. Then you can watch it on your computer at higher res or your iPod. | |
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@comcast.net | fasdfasfaf For $10 a movie it has to have the ability to burn to dvd. I'm assuming for 10 that is what I would get, they aren't renting for 10, no way. | |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
3 edits | What player? Quicktime doesn't full screen. So how will this work?
And no one has it, unlike media player which everyone has and offers features like fullscreen. | |
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jwsmiths4
Part Man, Part Mac
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Savannah, GA | Re: What player? Quicktime Pro does do full screen and there are hacks to make the non-pro version do it too. You're just being a troll though. | |
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