New iPods - Video Support, TV Episodes, Music Videos

[nagromme]

I notice the 60GB iPod has 20 hours of battery life compared to the 14 hours of the 30GB. Why is that?

Making the case thicker for the larger HD would create some free space--so they must have made use of it

Since .mov supports .swf playback, can you now play .swf's on your iPod?!!?!?!?!

I'd guess that with QTPro (or maybe even without) you might be able to convert SWFs to an iPod-playable pre-rendered-frames format. But no interactivity.

so you are saying that i dont need to purchase the dock separately?? im co sonfused...

The dock's not bundled (hasn't been for a while now), but it DOES work with both the nano AND the new iPods, as I understand it.

 

[thejedipunk]

Front Row + Mac OS X Tiger = Microsoft Windows XP Media Edition

vPod - FireWire = Failure.

amirite guize?

 

[jiv3turkey748]

wow these things are sweet i just wish it looked diffrent, the click wheel doesnt look right under a screen that big
i cant belive theyre only $299 ill be ordering one soon

 

[autrefois]

Video page works now, yay!! Just clicking on Bono's picture (where it says 2,000 videos) on the Home page worked for me.

EDIT: TV shows is now accessible too. (If you've clicked on Bono first, the link on Home still hasn't appeared for me.)

They only have five different programs?? Lost, Desp. Housewives, Night Stalker, the Suite Life, and That's So Raven. Hopefully more will be added soon...

 

[agreenster]

But no interactivity.

Thats what I suspect too....

 

[lawrencewinkler]

150 Hours of video? Only near the speed of light!

2.5 inch screen
320x240
260,000 colors
MPEG4, h.264 Video Support
Video Out to TV
Holds over 150 hrs of video



150 minutes, maybe, but not hrs. Yeh, Apple's website says this!

Anyone care to explain why this is not an error?

 

[mk_in_mke]

Just ordered my V-Ipod

Black, 60Gb

I am soooo excited


Michel

 

[nagromme]

vPod - FireWire = Failure.

Who is demanding Firewire on an iPod???

Me! I want to be able to boot from my iPod! And FW is faster than USB2 for big backups. (Hardly makes a difference for small music syncs though.)

But I don't think we have a failure on our hands here You and I want FW, but I'm sure Apple is very aware that we are the exceptions.

Remember, in order to be worth adding cost (and maybe size) so the iPod could keep FW, Apple only has to care about one group: not just those who WANT Firewire, but those who would REFUSE to buy without it. And who who would truly buy one WITH it. (A lot of people with older Macs would like to have Firewire--but how many were in the market for a high-end iPod anyway?)

There ARE some of those people out there, but the business reality is, not enough to be worth putting it in the iPod.

It will remain on Macs, iSight, camcorders, external drives, etc. etc. Fear not.

 

[williedigital]

i exported a dvd resolution h264 movie (1hr 15 min) to ipod in quicktim 7.03 in well under 5 minutes (1.5 mac mini). i was really shocked and surprised, expecting it to take hours. Also, the h264 was from a nero digital encode, so that confirms they aren't blocking that content out... they need to merge quicktime and itunes though. seems weird to have to use two programs to do this one thing.

 

[ATD]

Nice but disappointed. I make money working on my computer so that I can buy and enjoy things like an iPod. Not the other way around. Pro systems Please!

 

[phishndave]

The dock's not bundled (hasn't been for a while now), but it DOES work with both the nano AND the new iPods, as I understand it.

Okay, so if it doesnt come with it then what is the mention of the "dock adapter on the buy iPod page?

 

[agreenster]

Is it just me, or can you hook in an old iPod cable to make it firewire?

??

 

[nagromme]

Okay, so if it doesnt come with it then what is the mention of the "dock adapter on the buy iPod page?

The adapter is the piece that allows different shapes of iPod (nano vs. today's models) to work with the same dock. It's a simple plastic insert.

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

i exported a dvd resolution h264 movie (1hr 15 min) to ipod in quicktim 7.03 in well under 5 minutes (1.5 mac mini). i was really shocked and surprised, expecting it to take hours. Also, the h264 was from a nero digital encode, so that confirms they aren't blocking that content out... they need to merge quicktime and itunes though. seems weird to have to use two programs to do this one thing.

I think the VIDEO aspect of the new iPod will be more useful than people think. I have a Palm Zire 71 with a display similar to that of the new iPod. Photos look GREAT on it. WHy cant video look great as well? Once i have a chance to look and play with one, I may buy it.

That being said, I may hold out a little longer until more comes out

 

[DellIntosh]

No it hasn't. Have a look at the bottom of the specs page

Indeed! You're a better man than I...

Voice recording settings:
Low (22.05 KHz, mono)
High (44.1 KHz, stereo)

STEREO!

 

[dan-o-mac]

What I really hope is that HBO gets involved. I can watch standard cable/broadcast shows through other means, but don't get HBO. Curb Your Enthusiasm, anyone?

HBO boxing baby!

 

[mongoos150]

And I just downloaded iTunes 5 a few weeks ago... such is life on dialup.

So, I guess that means no 40/80 GB iPods.

So sorry Altivec - my download took 25 seconds! You seriously need cable internet man...(DLS doesn't hold a candle to the 4mbps down 768kbps up stream speeds I get on cable).

 

[autrefois]

No it hasn't. Have a look at the bottom of the specs page

I see the specs do say this. I guess it's through the headphone jack?! But in any case, looking at the pictures I can see that accessories like iTalk or Belkin's voice recorder won't work anymore.

 

[snowmoon]

Where are the damn 80GB iPods already???? Esp. now that they want us to save video? Uh, DUH!!! Definitely not happy or impressed with this.

Yep, I'm a little dissapointed, but I think Apple will pull another mac mini on us. The new toshibas come with 40GB platters... so it's stupid to have 30/60 units... i think when they run out of stock of the 30 and 60 gb drives they will suddenly become 40/80. I bet this will happen in the next month or so timeframe. Same prices, but until all retail units are sold no change in merchandizing.

They will change over BEFORE thanksgiving to give the christmas shoppers a boost.

 

[fordlemon]

This is just more crap

Ok, everybody on the planet knew they were going to release a video iPod so nothing new there, no big news. A video iPod is the stupidest thing I can think of, but hey there are a lot of stupid people out there that will probably spend $300 on one. Apple use to make computers didn't they? Oh yeah, they became a slave to Intel so they gave up on being the forefront innovators of the pc market. Where is the commercial for the Apple switch to Intel? Like I've been saying since the announcement of the SWITCH, Apple has just become another DELL. What am I going to use for live recording now? x86 processors just can't handle the bandwidth. Apple is dead. AppDell lives.

 

[whooleytoo]

Thats what I suspect too....

Technically, I can't think of any reason why Flash interactivity would be troublesome apart from the input method - how do you click a Flash button with just the wheel and buttons?

My guess is they won't include Flash support in whatever "QuickTime Lite" is on the iPod for this very reason.

 

[MontyZ]

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[reybart]

I hate apple for making me want everything they make.

We are on the ssame boat! Apple is making me poor everytime they release a new product

 

[Bengt77]

So sorry Altivec - my download took 25 seconds! You seriously need cable internet man...(DLS doesn't hold a candle to the 4mbps down 768kbps up stream speeds I get on cable).

What about 20Mbps DSL2? You can get it here in Europe for extraordinarily low prices. About €25 including free VoIP internet telephony and with some ISPs even with digital television. Can your cable connection hold a candle to that?

 

[wPod]

finally!!! an iPod update that i want to upgrade to!!!! this is some seriously added functionality that apple really needs. and right in time for the holiday season!!! im going to be first in line to pick one up at the store when they are availble!!! or im at least going to try my best to get one when they are first availble.