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Apple Set to Debut 99-Cent iTunes TV Show Rentals From Fox and ABC
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Having this for Fox News is one of the only reasons I'd consider this. I'd likely use it so much that I'd soon pay Apple more than it would cost me for a Beck extreme premium membership.
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I have not watched network TV for decades I have Zero interest in ABC, Murdock, or Disney.
I have not watched network TV for decades I have Zero interest in ABC, Murdock, or Disney.
I always did think owning the TV shows was pretty silly, rental is the way to go!! I am much more likely to spend money on rental.
Whatchu talkin' bout fool?
Everybody know Murdock was howlin' mad and super interesting.
Also: I don't care that 720p episodes cost a dollar more than SD episodes, $.99 rentals have to be 720p to be appealing to the majority of the audience who likes the idea. It's 2010. You're living far in the past if you aren't watching all your content in HD. I cringe when people save a dollar and watch SD videos on their Mac, and slightly cringe when people watch DVDs on the 1280x720 display that's available as the lowest resolution display of any Mac, most are much higher. Of course, people watching SD channels on their HDTV, especially when HD channels are usually available, is cringe-worthy as well.
Ok, It's nice to know apple thinks we can all waste money.
I think apple could REALLY do something revolutionary and make a device that replaces the cable box, game system, and HD player into one small device.It should have an AFFORDABLE pay-per-episode (like a quarter per episode) as the main source of viewing along with live streaming for talk shows and news. But only live broadcast would not be pay-per-episode. It might be pay-as-you-go based on time or maybe a monthly rate. But for things like that I hope apple would let one choose individual stations. All of the programs would be available in a store like the app store, along with games, movies, and other forms of applicable entertainment. And maybe they could include a phone that uses wifi and wala the device replaces land lines too. And maybe every "i" device could connect with this device in a sort of virtual world and any aspect of any device in this virtual world could be interchangeably and simultaneously controlled, viewed, and written (with permission from each device, of course) in a quick and seamless way. That would be the ULTIMATE home entertainment/computing system.
Done, the next big revolution. Unfortunately, I think apple is ignoring the potential an "iTV" holds.
I think apple could REALLY do something revolutionary and make a device that replaces the cable box, game system, and HD player into one small device.It should have an AFFORDABLE pay-per-episode (like a quarter per episode) as the main source of viewing along with live streaming for talk shows and news. But only live broadcast would not be pay-per-episode. It might be pay-as-you-go based on time or maybe a monthly rate. But for things like that I hope apple would let one choose individual stations. All of the programs would be available in a store like the app store, along with games, movies, and other forms of applicable entertainment. And maybe they could include a phone that uses wifi and wala the device replaces land lines too. And maybe every "i" device could connect with this device in a sort of virtual world and any aspect of any device in this virtual world could be interchangeably and simultaneously controlled, viewed, and written (with permission from each device, of course) in a quick and seamless way. That would be the ULTIMATE home entertainment/computing system.
Done, the next big revolution. Unfortunately, I think apple is ignoring the potential an "iTV" holds.
I think we have no idea what's coming after ~8 hours and you already complain. Also it doesn't matter 99 cents too much or not if i can't rent because there is no iTunes Store here except App Store.
Ability to reach that content comes first, quality and supply second and price is only in the third place IMHO.
I have a job, a hobby and a family and i have little time watching "all i can eat".
Few bucks a week to watch 3 or 4 episodes of my favourite shows is more than acceptable IMHO.
99c rental? Ouch.
So for a half-hour show (22 mins without ads), at say $1.20AU each, would cost $9.60AU to rent 8 episodes, which is the standard amount on 1 DVD in a season box set. Pretty sure that's a $6 rental from a video store. Shouldn't downloads be cheaper?
In any case, by the time iTunes store or our networks down under finally sort out their licensing rights and all that rubbish, all the kids have already pirated what they want months earlier from US uploads.
Wouldn't it be a much greater incentive to just have the 99c as the buy tag? Or are they really expecting a single person to rent the episode more than once?
So for a half-hour show (22 mins without ads), at say $1.20AU each, would cost $9.60AU to rent 8 episodes, which is the standard amount on 1 DVD in a season box set. Pretty sure that's a $6 rental from a video store. Shouldn't downloads be cheaper?
In any case, by the time iTunes store or our networks down under finally sort out their licensing rights and all that rubbish, all the kids have already pirated what they want months earlier from US uploads.
Wouldn't it be a much greater incentive to just have the 99c as the buy tag? Or are they really expecting a single person to rent the episode more than once?
i dont rly get the point if u can watch it all for free on hulu.com ...
+ wtf 99 cent for a rental, this means 24$ for a whole season for which u can OWN the dvd after a while.
this is exactly the reason why downloads arent gonna replace physical media anytime soon cuz discs r still cheaper and offer more (quality, features). unless those greedy studios grow a brain, nothings gonna change about that
+ wtf 99 cent for a rental, this means 24$ for a whole season for which u can OWN the dvd after a while.
this is exactly the reason why downloads arent gonna replace physical media anytime soon cuz discs r still cheaper and offer more (quality, features). unless those greedy studios grow a brain, nothings gonna change about that
No duh.
IT WILL.
And thank God for that. Commercials in shows=hell; cable/sat prices are LOTTA money for 99.9% crap programming; most everything broadcast via antenna is cheap propaganda. TV is wilting on the vine due to lack of entertaining content, social programming content, and ridiculous commercialism within the content... TIME TO CHANGE: this is the change.
If News Corp. wants to go back to the luxurious days of old, they need to reverse content and framing of content to the way things were when people enjoyed entertainment on television more. Out of all the broadcast stations, FOX does the best stuff on the whole, but it is still pretty crappy in the main.
At least $.99 in pocket for a view (or two) is better than no audience. Channels should start doing online-heavy content and perhaps online-only content to test the viability and possibilities.
just use "Hotspot Shield" and it isnt
That's what i'm saying. The problem is not the price, but availability and accessibility. Price can always be reduced in no time.
P.S. I will try that shield.
Why would I pay for this service? We already have netflix which gives us virtually everything we want, for ten dollars a month. We actually canceled our $40/month cable TV because it's a ripoff and we don't use it as much as netflix.
edit: as I typed this, there's a netflix ad on the bottom banner of macrumors
edit: as I typed this, there's a netflix ad on the bottom banner of macrumors
No kidding? 'Course the disruption has already taken place - it's called Hulu, Netflix, and a dozen other resources. The cat got out of the bag about 3 or more years ago...
At this point I would think they should be excited that a company like Apple is offering them another potential revenue source, instead of worrying about the antiquated 'traditional' business model, which is already over...
I'm one of those people who has already pulled the plug on cable/sat TV. I get all my media from iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu (+ other web sites), and arial TV for local news & such (and it runs thru EyeTV so I can skip all the crap). I am willing to pay for TV shows in order to eliminate commercials, but only if the show is good. $.99 is a good starting point. They also need to put together deals for season packages. For example, I would not buy a 24-episode season for $24, but I would buy that season package for $9.99.
reasons why you might want one
) If I want to watch a show once, how am I being ripped off if Im paying half the price that Id have to pay today to watch a TV show from iTS once?
2) Do you take your cable box or satellite with you when you leave the house? With iTS can you can take your videos with you.
3) Network shows are not free. You pay for them with your cable and with your time by sitting through commercials.
4) If one isnt a heavy TV watcher then Id say that $60/month for a service you arent using is a waste of money and a ripoff. Dont you agree?
5) If one doesnt have a PVR, if that PVR for some reason doesnt record a show, or if you are not at your home then catching up on a show youve missed by renting it for 99¢ sounds pretty reasonable. Dont you agree?
6) If you were taking a long flight and wanted some video content for the flight would you pack your PVR and TV, would try to stream it at home and hope if decides to save a local copy in RAM for your flight, or would you rent it from a service that allows you to keep a local copy on your device for a month? The latter sounds the most reasonable to me.
6) I dont understand this concept of a service should be free or shouldnt exist at all simply because it doesnt suit ones particular needs. I probably wont be using this TV show rental service much if at all (I dont use the iTS as it is) but I can certainly find reasons and scenarios why this would appeal to certain consumers.
) If I want to watch a show once, how am I being ripped off if Im paying half the price that Id have to pay today to watch a TV show from iTS once?
2) Do you take your cable box or satellite with you when you leave the house? With iTS can you can take your videos with you.
3) Network shows are not free. You pay for them with your cable and with your time by sitting through commercials.
4) If one isnt a heavy TV watcher then Id say that $60/month for a service you arent using is a waste of money and a ripoff. Dont you agree?
5) If one doesnt have a PVR, if that PVR for some reason doesnt record a show, or if you are not at your home then catching up on a show youve missed by renting it for 99¢ sounds pretty reasonable. Dont you agree?
6) If you were taking a long flight and wanted some video content for the flight would you pack your PVR and TV, would try to stream it at home and hope if decides to save a local copy in RAM for your flight, or would you rent it from a service that allows you to keep a local copy on your device for a month? The latter sounds the most reasonable to me.
6) I dont understand this concept of a service should be free or shouldnt exist at all simply because it doesnt suit ones particular needs. I probably wont be using this TV show rental service much if at all (I dont use the iTS as it is) but I can certainly find reasons and scenarios why this would appeal to certain consumers.
) If I want to watch a show once, how am I being ripped off if Im paying half the price that Id have to pay today to watch a TV show from iTS once?
2) Do you take your cable box or satellite with you when you leave the house? With iTS can you can take your videos with you.
3) Network shows are not free. You pay for them with your cable and with your time by sitting through commercials.
4) If one isnt a heavy TV watcher then Id say that $60/month for a service you arent using is a waste of money and a ripoff. Dont you agree?
5) If one doesnt have a PVR, if that PVR for some reason doesnt record a show, or if you are not at your home then catching up on a show youve missed by renting it for 99¢ sounds pretty reasonable. Dont you agree?
6) If you were taking a long flight and wanted some video content for the flight would you pack your PVR and TV, would try to stream it at home and hope if decides to save a local copy in RAM for your flight, or would you rent it from a service that allows you to keep a local copy on your device for a month? The latter sounds the most reasonable to me.
6) I dont understand this concept of a service should be free or shouldnt exist at all simply because it doesnt suit ones particular needs. I probably wont be using this TV show rental service much if at all (I dont use the iTS as it is) but I can certainly find reasons and scenarios why this would appeal to certain consumers.
My good man, you're making too much sense!
Don't you realize the
Fanboys only think with the sense?My good man, you're making too much sense!
Don't you realize the
firstly i don't consider myself as an
fanboy, more the admirer of better technological products that make everday use much easier and simple. i not using
sense more of what certain peole on this forum to should be using common sense