By: hmurchison

hmurchison — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:05:04 +0000

I’m with Danny here. I kind of think Apple’s hand was forced because the assumption is that iTunes and ipods are such a big hit certainly that popularity will carry over to movies. Franky I don’t see it happening. Music comes in nice 4 minute(avg) snippets and can be consumed while doing other tasks. Movies require your eyes and your ears to be engaged. I just don’t know if people really need to purchase a sub-DVD quality movie on a whim. Netflix sends me discs very quickly and I can keep them as long as I need to.
The iTV product as it has been shown to me is completely overpriced. It’s a fairly dumb box that simply accepts a signal wirelessly and sends it to the TV. Knowing Apple it’ll have a limited amount of codec support. I think 3rd party options will be better from companies like Slim Devices. Apple’s solution will look slick but in the end the more functional device will be from a 3rd party. Mark my words.

By: Blaine

Blaine — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:21:20 +0000

I think that a primary reason as to why its only 640×480 is that bandwidth may cost too much if they would go to HiDef content. Also, who would want to sit there and download the movie they want to watch now for 2+ hours? It’s already going to take 30 mins on a 5 mb conn to download the movie.
Personally, I think they’ll push HD movies when Hi Def DVDs are more popular, although now would be a great time ‘ to push it and get the market early… I’d pay $1 or $2 more for a higher quality movie… especially if its in HD.
Also, Apple doesn’t care about videophiles just as much as they care about audiophiles, its just not where the market is at.
Side Note: I’m aware that although videophiles are the minority, they are totally more prevalent than audiophiles…

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