Lionsgate Movies Added To iTunes

[zap2]

Woot Woot...good new, making iTunes more of a possible one stop shop place for more!

 

[Ugg]

I'm sure one reason Apple doesn't sell HD movies is just size. I downloaded a few movies, each being about 2 hours long. Each one was over a gigabyte. Even on a cable/dsl modem, that takes a while to download, not to mention what it's like for dial-up.

The lack of HD is due to the US' lack of high speed broadband rollout. If we were like, Japan, England, Norway, Estonia, South Korea, etc, downloading movies would be a breeze. Due to download speed throttling by the telcos and breaking their contracts, it could be years before HD is a viable download for most Americans.

 

[The Toon Master]

I'm Betting MGM next, since it won't hurt them

I'd like to see one of the studios sell a movie for free and learn how that goes.

 

[EagerDragon]

I don't buy movies, quality is too low and price is too high. Besides I rather rent.

 

[Ha ze]

the new iLife?

so i was thinking about what people were saying about iTunes not being music only anymore, and how the iPhone will be using iTunes to sync and i think iTunes should be the new iLife because it's doing your media life and your contacts/email life...



but it'll probably never happen or work

 

[Project]

To the people worrying about iTunes, stop. iTunes doesnt manage your content, it just syncs it. Be it a Photo folder/iPhoto, Address Book or whatever. Those are the apps that manage that data. iTunes just puts it all onto the iPod./

Its a better solution than loading up iPhoto, Address Book, iCal, iTunes etc individually to get everything onto the iPod.

 

[bendejo]

I share your sentiment. iTunes movies still seem a little pointless to me until they start to sell HD res movies. Especially with TV on the horizon. I can't image how awfull the iPod sized movies will look streamed via to a HDTV.

Until Apple start to sell HD movies, I won't be purchasing either movies or the TV, as I just don't see the point of the whole product release. However once they do - I'm heating up my credit card! lol

I am however, loving bigger catalogues, will no doubt push the release of HD movies - 720p at least.

I currently have my iMac Core Duo with the DVI Out hooked to my 46" Samsung DLP HDTV and I have the season pass for Battlestar Galactica. The resolution when it gets sent to the TV is excellent... very crisp and clear. It may not be HD quality, but it is at least as good as DVD quality. So the quality of the picture is not really a big deal in my mind. Especially given the length of time it would take to download 720p movies.

The bigger problem is that the movies (a) can't be rented; (b) don't include extras/commentary tracks; and (c) at $9.99 are no cheaper than what you can find in discount bins at pretty much any Walmart/KMart type store.

 

[Porchland]

lionsgate is by far my absolute favorite film company
all there films are twisted weird adult mind set titles

they are the ones who make saw, ju-on, total recall, stargate, terminator 2, crank, rambo first blood, american psycho, young guns, resivoir dogs
just to name a few
you are almost guranteed to never get a teen flick from lions gate
which is great

"Reservoir Dogs" was independently produced and premiered at Sundance, where Miramax picked it up for North American distribution. Lionsgate distributed the DVD, but I don't know whether Miramax or Lionsgate has online distribution rights. (For iTS purposes, it probably doesn't matter, since Miramax and Lionsgate are both in the store.)

 

[daferrisda]

UK Availability

All very well but when is the UK going to get movies and TV, getting fedup with hearing about who great it is being able to dowload TV. Come on My Jobs get it sorted !!

 

[daferrisda]

UK Availability

Thought first post didn't go through

 

[phytonix]

I have bought maybe 100 songs, almost 10 TV shows but not a single movie. Because they are totally overpriced. Even TV shows, $1.99 is too much. For the restriction, resolution, movies at that price is totally ripoff. No matter how many studioes are in, I'll never buy any.

 

[Maccus Aurelius]

I find more value in the TV content than the movie content on iTunes. I much prefer renting the movie, ripping it in handbrake for my ipod then using MactheRipper and Roxio Toast to um..archive the media

 

[mazurka]

Out in the cold

'The iTunes Store'? - I guess you mean the US iTunes store.

Too right. Over here in Ireland, (and indeed the rest of Europe, as far as I know), all we get on iTunes is music, music videos, and a few short films from Pixar. No tv, no proper movies. We know there must be copyright or licensing problems, but why is it taking so long, and why would you buy a video iPod if there's virtually nothing to play on it?