Agreed, If I am going to keep it I will buy it from iTunes, If not I will find a library and get it for free.
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Apple to Debut 'HD+' 1080p iTunes Movie Services Later This Year?
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Agreed, If I am going to keep it I will buy it from iTunes, If not I will find a library and get it for free.
They can and most likely will. I can easily see them tacking on an extra $1-2 for HD+1080pZOMG downloads. And all the while Data Caps from ISPs will continue to shrink.
Ha ha. I'm with you.
I love all the "Apple is late to 1080p!" comments that don't mention who beat them.
Netflix? Hulu? Seriously, who?
Surely people aren't comparing physical disks and pirate-sites to an official movie streaming service. I mean, that would just be stupid, right?
So I'm still curious who, exactly, has beaten Apple to 1080p streaming. So many snarky comments here, so few answers to that question!
I hope they don't really call it HD+. 1080 is a standard HD resolution (as is 720).
And not to nitpick, but there are six major movie studios: Disney, Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, Fox, and Sony.
And not to nitpick, but there are six major movie studios: Disney, Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, Fox, and Sony.
Thanks. That's actually a helpful comment.
I still don't think it means Apple is late to the game (seeing as how so many others aren't there yet either) but at least you gave us a real answer to the question.
they said the bitrate was averaged at 10mbps, which I would choose over the 720p movies without a doubt
Why is everyone making this sound like an insurmountable task or that their disks/networks can't handle it?
My guess is that the porn sites have been streaming 1080p for a while.
Heck, YouTube/Vimeo/whatever has been streaming 1080p for a couple of years. It's 2011. It's okay if the iTunes Store starts streaming 1080p.
My guess is that the porn sites have been streaming 1080p for a while.
Heck, YouTube/Vimeo/whatever has been streaming 1080p for a couple of years. It's 2011. It's okay if the iTunes Store starts streaming 1080p.
HDD's are cheap, 3TB for less than $150.
Right now an average HD movie from iTunes is about 4GB. Even if Apple doubled the file size to 8GB that is still over 300 Movies on one 3TB drive.
Storage space hasn't really been an issue for years.
The ISP's on the other hand will probably not be very happy about this.
And where would this "competition" be that streams movies at 1080P through an online service that has the same library selection that iTunes does? (Hint: Vudu doesn't come close in terms of selection).
Its amazing how many negative people just crawl out of the woodwork anytime something new and interesting is announced.
Did you ever think maybe its not Apples choice? Perhaps its the IP holders who make the rules?
Give me a Retina iPad. That resolution bump would be quite noticeable. Watching movies, not so much, unless you have a really big TV and sit close to it. I forget the exact figures, but something like if you have a 50 inch and sit closer than 8 feet, you can tell a difference. Sit further than that or have a smaller display, and you can't. (1080P vs. 720P)
Agreed. I've read that the average bit rate in BD movies is much closer to 18Mbps and not the theoretical AV max of 48Mbps that the purist like to throw around.
Being frugal is wrong? I have better things to spend my money on than disposable media.
Still not cheap enough.
Then buy damn Bluray disks. The bandwith that quality would need is simply unfeasible at this point. You want 25-50GB downloads or streaming? Most people, myself included are completely satisfied with 720P content. It's the fringe geeks that need ultra high bandwidth 1080P, and bitch and moan if they cant get it through all mediums.
Huh? Do a search before you post -- there a few providers.
Netflix, for instance, does 1080p. plus 5.1 sound. Here is a list of the titles available:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1297186
I don't know why anyone in their right mind uses Apple TV to buy movies, when there are better and cheaper streaming alternatives.
Unrelated, but I'd like to see some innovation in the rental and purchase area. I doubt Apple will ever go to an unlimited streaming model and the studios don't like doing that for new releases anyway, but would it really be too much to ask for a discount on the purchase of a movie if you've already paid to rent it earlier? It would sure make renting for evaluation purposes a lot more attractive.
It's great on Xbox 360 (Xbox Live)
I don't use it much (only three movie rentals so far), but Xbox Live has been streaming 1080p movies for a while now. The quality is excellent, but obviously not quite BluRay quality.
As far as worrying whether the end user has enough bandwidth to stream 1080p without massive buffering, I wonder how MS deals with it for Xbox Live.
I don't use it much (only three movie rentals so far), but Xbox Live has been streaming 1080p movies for a while now. The quality is excellent, but obviously not quite BluRay quality.
As far as worrying whether the end user has enough bandwidth to stream 1080p without massive buffering, I wonder how MS deals with it for Xbox Live.
My "search" has been what I call "Using Netflix."
It's nice that they're adding titles but I have not come across any as I use Netflix so I consider that more theoretical than practical. Once I start encountering 1080p on Netflix I'll start counting them.
At any rate, I find it all a bit pointless. I would much rather have a higher-bitrate 720p file thath looks sharp than a squishy 1080p file at a lower bitrate. It remains to be seen what Apple would be providing.
2 questions:
1. Doesn't Sony already do this with the PSN Store? I was watching the movies I got through the Welcome Back program and checked the info on the videos, and I vaguely recall the bitrate being at 10 Mbps or close to it. Just wanted to mention another possible source already doing the "HD+" thing.
2. Has Apple fixed the gamma bug in their H.264 encoder yet? I'm still finding TV shows (and more notably cartoons and animes) with the gamma being off on the iTunes Store. I reported the shows and episodes to Apple, and they seem to fix later episodes, but they probably had to manually adjust settings to get that. When will we get a properly fixed encoder, Apple? (After the FCP X mess, I really wonder...)
1. Doesn't Sony already do this with the PSN Store? I was watching the movies I got through the Welcome Back program and checked the info on the videos, and I vaguely recall the bitrate being at 10 Mbps or close to it. Just wanted to mention another possible source already doing the "HD+" thing.
2. Has Apple fixed the gamma bug in their H.264 encoder yet? I'm still finding TV shows (and more notably cartoons and animes) with the gamma being off on the iTunes Store. I reported the shows and episodes to Apple, and they seem to fix later episodes, but they probably had to manually adjust settings to get that. When will we get a properly fixed encoder, Apple? (After the FCP X mess, I really wonder...)
