I couldn't agree more. If a series is on iTunes I buy it, if it's not I torrent it. If the producers want my money they need to have it available here (I'm in the UK) as soon as it's available in America. Like you said, how do they not understand that?!?
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Apple TV Software Update Adds Streaming of Purchased TV Shows, Vimeo Support, and More
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I couldn't agree more. If a series is on iTunes I buy it, if it's not I torrent it. If the producers want my money they need to have it available here (I'm in the UK) as soon as it's available in America. Like you said, how do they not understand that?!?
TV needs to add more support for video sites. A Showtime or HBO channel would be a major game changer and huge surprise. It'll probably never happen though
The cable cord needs to be cut!
HBO is requiring a cable service log-in to use HBOGo on any device, and CNN requires a cable service log-in to stream the CNN live feed to an iPad. I suspect the only way Apple would get the licensing to offer a comprehensive TV content package that includes new shows would be if it's tied to your cable service.
Not all shows
A lot of my purchased shows, not the least of which are all six seasons of Always Sunny, aren't to be found here. Looks like it might be FX/Fox related? My HBO and NBC shows are there, but nothing else (also missing Sons of Anarchy, The League, Louie CK, Walking Dead and whatever else I bought but can't remember)
A lot of my purchased shows, not the least of which are all six seasons of Always Sunny, aren't to be found here. Looks like it might be FX/Fox related? My HBO and NBC shows are there, but nothing else (also missing Sons of Anarchy, The League, Louie CK, Walking Dead and whatever else I bought but can't remember)
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Very curious to the jailbreak question too.... Hope it can be
please someone confirm!!!!
Very curious to the jailbreak question too.... Hope it can be
please someone confirm!!!!
I'll ask it.
Anyone with previous Netflix streaming issues (we all know who we are) was this addressed for us?
Thx.
Anyone with previous Netflix streaming issues (we all know who we are) was this addressed for us?
Thx.
This should knock around a TB or two off of my backup servers.
I am betting it is hardware limitations.
Being an early adopter who dropped 300 bucks on a 1st-gen Apple TV, it feels like a slight betrayal to see these updates (Netflix, Vimeo, etc.) available only to the users who paid $100 for a 2nd-gen ATV... I always told people that one of the (many) reasons iPods prevailed over other MP3 players was that Apple kep supporting/updating them long after you purchased it, but now I'm feeling the opposite with my Apple TV
I am betting it is hardware limitations.
Could be, but sounds unlikely; I mean, we can stream HD movies from our local-network computers, and stream HD trailers from the internet, and YouTube works just fine, etc, so I can't quite see why Netflix or Vimeo wouldn't work...
I all want is to be able to sort my movies by date added. It seems so simple, I have over 800 movies and I want to see the recent additions.
In my iTunes (on mac) I can right click on the headings in Date Added and insert a "date added" column and sort by that. Does this feature not actually work like it seems to?
Being an early adopter who dropped 300 bucks on a 1st-gen Apple TV, it feels like a slight betrayal to see these updates (Netflix, Vimeo, etc.) available only to the users who paid $100 for a 2nd-gen ATV... I always told people that one of the (many) reasons iPods prevailed over other MP3 players was that Apple kep supporting/updating them long after you purchased it, but now I'm feeling the opposite with my Apple TV
This isn't an iPod, where the software was hardly ever updated and when it was the OS on an old iPod classic was pretty bare bones.
To complain though that your 4+ year old original Apple TV is not getting the same software upgrades as the most recent release of the device is about as silly as someone with a 4+ year old original iPhone complaining about not getting iOS 5.
Excellent news
Comes just at the time I was having a few problems streaming TV shows from my Mac to AppleTV.
Able to access old 30 Rocks from 3 years ago which were backed up long ago! Ace!
Unfortunately it doesn't want to let me access everything just yet, like my current season pass for Breaking Bad only shows the first 2 episodes and recaps and not yesterday's which I've already downloaded and watched on my Mac.
Hopefully that will be fixed soon but still great stuff. This is a very powerful feature which makes watching stuff from the iTunes store way easier!
Comes just at the time I was having a few problems streaming TV shows from my Mac to AppleTV.
Able to access old 30 Rocks from 3 years ago which were backed up long ago! Ace!
Unfortunately it doesn't want to let me access everything just yet, like my current season pass for Breaking Bad only shows the first 2 episodes and recaps and not yesterday's which I've already downloaded and watched on my Mac.
Hopefully that will be fixed soon but still great stuff. This is a very powerful feature which makes watching stuff from the iTunes store way easier!
Amazon
It would be even better to see Amazon streaming support, particularly the free stuff included with Prime. Paying anything but a small flat rate for content seems absurd to me, and $3 for a TV episode is outrageous. I'd gladly watch ads if I could get a huge content library for free on my Apple TV.
It would be even better to see Amazon streaming support, particularly the free stuff included with Prime. Paying anything but a small flat rate for content seems absurd to me, and $3 for a TV episode is outrageous. I'd gladly watch ads if I could get a huge content library for free on my Apple TV.
Community season 2 - 20 episodes only. Thanks Apple, I didnt want to watch the exceptional paintball 2-parter anyway. Or the hilarious flashback episode. Also missing is every season of The Simpsons I purchased. Clicking on Fringe to see if they have all 3 seasons I purchased and it results in nothing more than CANT ACCESS ITUNES STORE every single time. Not putting their best foot forward. Also missing are my daughter's two seasons of Clone Wars. Not good, Apple. Not good at all.
Ditto, I also couldn't agree more. There are certain programmes I want to buy, I want to legally give the programme makers my money, but they don't want to take it. So I just download a torrent of it.
Their loss.
Great!!! I just discovered netflix streaming (lack of movie selection is downer) but my Apple TV is getting regular use now for movies and not just music or movies I have ripped! Can't wait to try out these other new features.
It would be great to have Amazon support simply to have a real alternative to the insanely stupid prices Apple charges. I wanted to get into the show Supernatural, so I checked yesterday and season one is on sale from Apple for 30 bucks. It's on sale at Amazon for 14. Amazon also has 1.99 HD movies of the day, and they tend to be hit movies. Whereas Apple has a 1.99 HD movies of the week, and it's more often than not a piece of crap.
Looks like they didn't make the deals with everyone. For example, Dexter isn't in my list, but The Sopranos is.
Me too, except I bought an ATV2 on release and like both systems for what they do. It seems now though with iCloud and the ability to stream previously purchased content instead of having to store it locally, I may be getting rid of the ATV1.Being an early adopter who dropped 300 bucks on a 1st-gen Apple TV, it feels like a slight betrayal to see these updates (Netflix, Vimeo, etc.) available only to the users who paid $100 for a 2nd-gen ATV... I always told people that one of the (many) reasons iPods prevailed over other MP3 players was that Apple kep supporting/updating them long after you purchased it, but now I'm feeling the opposite with my Apple TV
HERE! HERE! Please. I love the calls from my kids while I am at work. "Dad, I can't watch {insert show here} on the Apple TV. It says "no content".
Guessing it isn't Apple that is preventing you from doing so, but the studios. A strange example? We downloaded all of season 1 of iCarly (nickelodeon show, so Viacom). The only one I can re-download, however, is a random episode from one of the "Volume 1" type compilations.
Do you have the "Redownload HD content when available" option checked (from iTunes)?
Agreed. Give me all the options possible.