The Official "Showtime" Thread

$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)

Near DVD quality eh? Mmmmm

The new iPod is 30GB and 80GB not 60..

iTunes 7 available today

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!

What is Steve wearing today? Interesintg.

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....

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.

so much for airport express video, or the 'true' video ipod

and iPhone..:'(

Bob Iger openly masturbating on stage....

 

oh no, hang on, i might have imagined that

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."

Why do i get the feeling Iger is up there now to buy time...

 

Steve has more..

he already used the 'one more thing' line...

 

i think its over.

 

EDIT: yay! i made rogabean gag hee hee

Video ipod, video ipod video ipod...come on video ipod....

Dont tell me the new iPod toda is called the iPod 6G

 

Ok Thtas it.

another last thing - a sneak peek!?

Video WiFi Bluetooth iPod... come on!! Make it happen. I want streaming and I want no wires!

"Q1 2007 completes the story"

 

here comes airport express video

Haha see i WAS right..."One Last Thing"

I'm on the edge of my seat.....

"apple is releasing its long-rumoured set-top box in Q1 2007 - it will be wireless"

SET TOP BOX!

 

 

Wooooo Hooooooo

 

Best. News. Ever.

 

Excuse me.. I have to go ummm clean up.

 

heh. iTV

I cant believe this tension

 

iTV??!

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: