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iTunes Store Now Offering HD Movie Sales in UK
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Well you can always buy one cheap now, starting from less than £60.
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-6218.aspx
Unless you have a PS3 of course.
Laughable prices... There can't be any Apple droids who would ignore common sense and lap this up. Can there?
And in Denmark we are still waiting for the ability to purchase movies and TV shows through iTunes. Get on it, Apple!
In Denmark, it is far easier to download movies and TV shows illegally.. And they come in higher quality, too. It's ridiculous!
In Denmark, it is far easier to download movies and TV shows illegally.. And they come in higher quality, too. It's ridiculous!
I wonder one thing though.
Everyone here takes it on Apple, but can I ask you if you do know whether Apple really decided the price or the film companies don't want to loose the leash on it?
Seriously, every time that Jobs talks about iTunes stuff he always mentioned that the industry(usually musical industry) don't allow Apple on doing lot of things, and I really wonder if this is the same case.
Does any of you know anything about it?
Everyone here takes it on Apple, but can I ask you if you do know whether Apple really decided the price or the film companies don't want to loose the leash on it?
Seriously, every time that Jobs talks about iTunes stuff he always mentioned that the industry(usually musical industry) don't allow Apple on doing lot of things, and I really wonder if this is the same case.
Does any of you know anything about it?
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What a rip off lol
Wait let me drink the apple koolaid.
Wow what an amazing deal apple
What a rip off lol
Wait let me drink the apple koolaid.
Wow what an amazing deal apple
While I don't think these prices are cheap, a degree of realism is also required. If anyone was expecting digital downloads to be cheaper than the physical medium then they are clearly living in a fantasy land (one that we'd all like to live in, mind) rather than reality. You're going to pay more for these because it's pretty much instant gratification and that always costs more because we are prepared to pay for it.
I'm honestly not that bothered about the price, although I confess that I wouldn't pay it myself but that's mostly because I'm not interested in owning movies. It's a rare movie that I think is good enough that I'd watch it more than once rather than watch something that I've not seen yet.
I'm honestly not that bothered about the price, although I confess that I wouldn't pay it myself but that's mostly because I'm not interested in owning movies. It's a rare movie that I think is good enough that I'd watch it more than once rather than watch something that I've not seen yet.
About Time -_- shame about the lovely Apple added value we get here in the UK, who can we thank the government or Apple 
Just to play the other side to keep things amusing...
The catch with the "just buy the Blu-Ray version already" line is that it's physical media which AFAIK cannot* be ripped to to an iOS-friendly format. Sure it's great for sitting in front of the 55" HDTV (which I don't have) and playing on the PS/3 (which I don't have) with the cubic-meter Blu-Ray disc library (which I don't have) nearby. If you're in the target demographic for Blu-Ray, great - get the disc. Some of us aren't.
What the iTunes model caters to is those of us with smaller screens (42" and under, esp. 9" iPad) for which 1080p is not a benefit, who want to cram an entire media library into a few cubic inches of storage, and who do want to move away from physical media. Bonus value for those who have bought into the Apple ecosystem, making transfer among iTunes/ATV/iP* trivial instead of annoying or impossible. It's the content that gets the price premium, esp. when higher resolution and physical format are of marginal value to the buyer. Appropriate + convenient + discount = win.
Hey, if it's not for you, it's not for you. It's for someone, else Apple wouldn't be making oodles of cash off it.
(* - at least easily/reliably)
The catch with the "just buy the Blu-Ray version already" line is that it's physical media which AFAIK cannot* be ripped to to an iOS-friendly format. Sure it's great for sitting in front of the 55" HDTV (which I don't have) and playing on the PS/3 (which I don't have) with the cubic-meter Blu-Ray disc library (which I don't have) nearby. If you're in the target demographic for Blu-Ray, great - get the disc. Some of us aren't.
What the iTunes model caters to is those of us with smaller screens (42" and under, esp. 9" iPad) for which 1080p is not a benefit, who want to cram an entire media library into a few cubic inches of storage, and who do want to move away from physical media. Bonus value for those who have bought into the Apple ecosystem, making transfer among iTunes/ATV/iP* trivial instead of annoying or impossible. It's the content that gets the price premium, esp. when higher resolution and physical format are of marginal value to the buyer. Appropriate + convenient + discount = win.
Hey, if it's not for you, it's not for you. It's for someone, else Apple wouldn't be making oodles of cash off it.
(* - at least easily/reliably)
Most Blu-Rays come with a Digital Copy or a DVD Copy which is ripable into iTunes. All of this for a cheaper price than what iTunes is.
Do not believe that 1080P is not a benefit for less than 42" argument. How is it that Apple sells PC monitors that are way beyond 1080P on less than 30" models? Because YOU CAN tell a difference. Your eyes are certainly not that bad.
My experience is the Digital Copy has undue limitations. I bought a iPad->VGA adapter and found my Digital Copy of Watchmen would not play thru it ("unauthorized device!") on a big screen. I'm now skeptical of Digital Copies as anything more than a sales gimmick.
A ripped DVD is, of course, much lower resolution.
You sit 1-2' from the monitor.
You sit 10-20' from the TV.
Difference is measuring MOA, not DPI.
Ooh, goody, schlock in HD!
For those complaining about the price, you do need to consider that as far as the film industry is concerned, why should they sell the downloaded version for much less than bluray? If you buy one version, you are less likely to buy the other.
From a users perspective, except for the DRM, I like that I do not have to bother with the ripping, tagging, and uncertainty that comes with trying make a good bluray rip.
For those complaining about the price, you do need to consider that as far as the film industry is concerned, why should they sell the downloaded version for much less than bluray? If you buy one version, you are less likely to buy the other.
From a users perspective, except for the DRM, I like that I do not have to bother with the ripping, tagging, and uncertainty that comes with trying make a good bluray rip.
Not for the dead guy part anyway, I find the dog part rather appealing (The chick is good looking).
Edited because my comment was hard to understand: If another dog can get a chick that good looking, there is hope for me!
I was dragged to the previous version of the movie. I agree they are over priced. You can get a hammer to bash your head in for half the price or use a brick wall for free. Why pay that much to torture yourself?
Not Apple, the British version of the MPAA.
Unfortunately there are, and some of them have already posted here.
I'll take quality over convenience any day of the week. Pass.
With regards to the triple play, I have yet to buy one however always struggled to find the information to if the digital copy is in HD or not (Even if only 720p)? I know that Bluray is currently the best way to get 1080p onto your TV but I do like the idea of all my movies being in digital copies on my Apple TV.
I have zero interest in a BR player as I have zero interest in BR. It's a dying platform. It used to be super expensive to get a player and now it's as cheap as buying a case of beer. Digital downloads are the way to go and as for 1080p vs. 720p, some of the people here act as if they are experts with eagle eyes, you can hardly tell the difference and they know it.
Because the term film is used in the UK while over in North America the term movie is used. A Brit will also say, "I'm going to the pictures" (or whats starting to get popular is cinema) while an American will probably say, "I'm going to the movies".Why have they recently started calling them Films in the UK, we do use the word Movie too over here. Feels inconsistent when it says Film on iTunes but everywhere else like on Apple TV and Front Row it says Movie. There's even a movie folder in my home folder.
They are expensive compared to Blu-Ray but they're no more of a rip-off than the US iTunes user pays. Twilight is $19.99 in the US which works out about the £12 ish. Pretty much the same it is here.
Not much choice either. Can't get Inception or TS3 in HD but can get the straight to DVD smash "Five Dollars a Day" Nice Apple/Film Studios.
Not much choice either. Can't get Inception or TS3 in HD but can get the straight to DVD smash "Five Dollars a Day" Nice Apple/Film Studios.
I guess if you're a die hard Apple fan you have to be satisfied with old technology.
The difference in the amount of pixels on the screen with 720p vs. 1080p is substantial and noticeable in plain sight. Those with better than average audio systems would also benefit in the sound department with the audio from the BD disc as well.
If you want the highest quality movie watching experience readily available to consumers, it wont be found in the iTunes store. It can be found for roughly the same price by buying the disc.
If you're happy with 720p, by all means, enjoy the convenience of the download. I surely wouldn't complain if I had to watch a movie in 720p.