Will the iPod with the video output options, output video at full screen? They don't seem to advertise this, but can you buy a TV show, and then display it on your TV via iPod?
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New iPods - Video Support, TV Episodes, Music Videos
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dan-o-mac said:
It's QVGA - quarter VGA. A US non-HD NTSC TV has VGA resolution. Basically, it will have about the quality of a VHS tape on low speed, I imagine (I haven't tried it yet, but soon will).
fordlemon said:
No. I just spent $1.99 on Season One, Episode One.
Seriously, Apple could have announced full-resolution HD with 5.1 sound of every TV show currently in the Nielson top 25 and every catalog season of each of those shows, and someone would get on here to complain about the price.
If I had bought Season One of Lost, I would at least be able to watch it everywhere I go with the new iPod. I suppose you could do the same thing if you have the right software and about 20 hours to rip and encode the 6-8 DVDs to get to the same place.
It's cool. Enjoy it.
I will buy as soon as the 60gb drives are swapped out for 80gb, i think they are trying to get rid of the remaining stock they have 
Porchland said:
For the record, I was just complaining about the quality, not the price. I think the price point is great but for a 1/2-3/4 dvd quality product would be fair...
Superdrive said:
I just got Madonna - Vogue to sample and got perfect image on full screen off G5 PM with 20" cinema display. Albeit 4:3, but its an old video.
One thing tho, iTunes doesn't allow continual play between videos and stops after each one. The loop/shuffle button is greyed out. Annoying for music videos & tv shows if your watching 24 or summin Anyone noticed this, know if there is an option!?
tny said:
Wow that sucks. Maybe 6th Gen will have better resolution. Gonna go off and start a 6th Gen iPod next Tuesday thread, or is Wednesday the new Tuesday.
If I didn't buy that damn nano my wife would let me get the 60gb video black. I want that sucker for many reasons the main being my kids can watch their favorite tv shows on it when we are away. I think this is the greatest gadget yet.
Maybe I sneek that 60gb black onto the credit card tonight when she is asleep. Shhhhhhh.
Maybe I sneek that 60gb black onto the credit card tonight when she is asleep. Shhhhhhh.
skwoytek said:
Then open two different accounts and use one for buying video and the other for buying music. Would be easier to muster with different OS X users.
man nevermind what i said about good "export to ipod" speed in quicktime 7.03. I'm trying a different h264 file now and at the speed it's going now, i'd estimate maybe a 4-5 hour encoding time for a one hour and 15 minute file. x264 encoded dvd with aac 128. yeesh.
Interesting find
Wonder if the designer for the web pages let slip something they shouldn't have. Many links seem to work and link to areas in Apple's website, except for the small computer links up in the corner and a few others. They ask if you are looking for something on Apple's site. The Buy Now links to the current Powerbook setup. Very interesting.mikev said:
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I am having a slight amount of buyers remorse and i don't have anyone to rant to so feel free to disregard.
I told myself if they released an iPod Video I'd buy it especially if it came in the color black.
I also needed an external HD to back up all my pics and music so i can do a fresh install and then put all that stuff back on my drive.
I bought a shuffle but I have just not been happy with it because i can't change songs to ones I want.(I know the fun is hearing a random song, but i put gym and walking music on it, so when it goes from Rage Against the Machine to the Garden State Soundtrack to Nirvana......it kinda kills the mood)
I had a 3rd Gen(I had just replaced the battery myself) stolen from me in August so I've been stressing without the Rating option, Calendar and Screen
I went into the Apple Store and was blown away by how much i liked the nanos size color and screen.
So what happens Apple releases an iPod at 1pm(my class gets out at 1)i go to the computer lab check it out and so my whole time at my internship and on the city bus it's all i can think about how much i want one. I walk in my door sit down at my Powerbook look at it one time and without really thinking select black 30 gig and click proceed to check out then boom, all of a sudden i hear the ding in my Mail program that says i got new mail which is a receipt for the iPod...........why do i feel like Apple has made me addicted to their product line.
Anyway i got the external HD i wanted, I got the color I wanted, I got the video support i wanted, and i'm feeling a little better about not having the 20 gig anymore.....I'm feeling better about my purchase already! I wish i bought a 1:30 when i checked it was still shipping within 24hours now i gotta wait at least a week!!
I told myself if they released an iPod Video I'd buy it especially if it came in the color black.
I also needed an external HD to back up all my pics and music so i can do a fresh install and then put all that stuff back on my drive.
I bought a shuffle but I have just not been happy with it because i can't change songs to ones I want.(I know the fun is hearing a random song, but i put gym and walking music on it, so when it goes from Rage Against the Machine to the Garden State Soundtrack to Nirvana......it kinda kills the mood)
I had a 3rd Gen(I had just replaced the battery myself) stolen from me in August so I've been stressing without the Rating option, Calendar and Screen
I went into the Apple Store and was blown away by how much i liked the nanos size color and screen.
So what happens Apple releases an iPod at 1pm(my class gets out at 1)i go to the computer lab check it out and so my whole time at my internship and on the city bus it's all i can think about how much i want one. I walk in my door sit down at my Powerbook look at it one time and without really thinking select black 30 gig and click proceed to check out then boom, all of a sudden i hear the ding in my Mail program that says i got new mail which is a receipt for the iPod...........why do i feel like Apple has made me addicted to their product line.
Anyway i got the external HD i wanted, I got the color I wanted, I got the video support i wanted, and i'm feeling a little better about not having the 20 gig anymore.....I'm feeling better about my purchase already! I wish i bought a 1:30 when i checked it was still shipping within 24hours now i gotta wait at least a week!!
Why would you pay for subscription OR an indivdual episode if you have Tivo to record it? Or are you suggesting that Apple/ABC should provide it for free?
We're obviously on step 13:
http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/
noty said:
Apple will tell you that more people in America have iPods and iTunes than TiVo. TiVo has not gone out of its way to support Mac OS X in the past year, so I don't see why Apple would jump in to support them.
And I say that as a TiVo fan. But the problem is, TiVo is its worst enemy. They are sitting on the HD stand-alone TiVo for Zoroaster-knows-what-reason. Its been done for 1 1/2 years, and yet they won't bring it to market because apparently they think consumers will pass on it unless it is compatible with CableCard 2.0 because PPV and On-Demand is SOOOO important for some reason.
I'm really at the point that I believe Apple seriously should just buy TiVo and sack its management team once and for all. Bring out the HD models, integrate it tightly with iTunes/iMovie/iPod, and make it even more successful.
noty said:
Many people buy season box sets of tv shows, which end up at a bit more than $1.99 per episode. So, the price isn't outlandish. As with CD/iTMS, there are tradeoffs between DVD/iTTVS, but the general value proposition is in the right ballpark.
Mr Maui said:Wonder if the designer for the web pages let slip something they shouldn't have. Many links seem to work and link to areas in Apple's website, except for the small computer links up in the corner and a few others. They ask if you are looking for something on Apple's site. The Buy Now links to the current Powerbook setup. Very interesting.
Well this should please a lot of people. Good find indeed.
I wish I wasn't 17 and could afford a Powerbook.
barneygumble said:I will buy as soon as the 60gb drives are swapped out for 80gb, i think they are trying to get rid of the remaining stock they have
I think these are new hard drives. That's the only way the new iPods could be so thin. The new 60GB iPod is thinner than the old B&W 4G 20GB, which is thinner than the outgoing Color 4G 20GB model...unless the layout inside has completely changed somehow.
Mr Maui said:Wonder if the designer for the web pages let slip something they shouldn't have. Many links seem to work and link to areas in Apple's website, except for the small computer links up in the corner and a few others. They ask if you are looking for something on Apple's site. The Buy Now links to the current Powerbook setup. Very interesting.
Wow! 320x320 video downloads just in time for HD powerbooks! Hopefully, someone will come out with a download service to download content overnight...ie a Netfilx killer cause I can't see myself or anyone I know downloading 320x320 videos for $2 from the ITMS. I have 500 Gb of storage without anything legal to fill it up.
nxent said:
Ummmm ... because the video can't be burned to a CD or played in shuffle mode (so far as I can tell) ... even if the video soundtrack is the same as the song, I don't see the video as an "upgrade" from the song, but rather a related but separate item.
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