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New iPods - Video Support, TV Episodes, Music Videos

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How Exceptionally Lame

I cant believe how lame this is. Everyone at MS must be laughing their asses off right now. "Only 6 buttons to WMC's 40" might have something to do with the fact that this imac doesn't do 10% of what WMC does. And i hate MS products!

Why in god's name would I have this imac in my living room if I can watch TV on it? Where would it be? Propped up on my TV? STUPID!

And the ipod is also worthless. I really stood behind Steve when he said they were lousy devices for watching video. He was right, and now he looks like an idiot. I was really hoping for a rethinking of the ipod. Either a tablet-like interface or something more similar to the PSP, but they really took the easy way out on this.

I am sure this is only the first step towards media integration but this release looks pathetically half-baked to me. This reminds me of the lame stuff Apple's comp usually dishes out. I really hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
 
I VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!!

This is a Joke. These 2 new items are pathetic. These deserve the silent update from Apple, not a fully dedicated Media Conference. Now the Dual-Core's have less than a month to release quietly or they just won't happen period.

I'm so unhappy! I was ready to drop Five Grand into a new PowerMac Setup with software...

the last few weeks of spending time in Forums and harrassing the Apple guys in the retail stores, all in anticipation of some decent upgrades of PowerBooks and PowerMacs..

What happened to all the stores that were empty on inventory, what happened to my FRICKEN upgrades?!!!!!

RAHHHHHH! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
Andy C said:
FrontRow looks good, but it needs to be able to stream wirelessly to my plasma, or to run from a box like the Mac Mini. My iMac is in my study, so I doubt I'll be using it to watch many videos!

I'm sure the software is just the beginning.
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My thoughts exactly. This has to be the first step to true Video on Demand. Being able to select movies, TV shows and sporting events to watch on your HDTV on your time table. Computers are for computing. TV's are to be viewed from the couch. Steve is compromising his own beliefs to get this ball rolling, IMHO.
 
A little underwhelming.
The bigest bit of news is the movie store.
Does anybody else feel that the dial should be wider and a little more porportianal?

Now if they had ditched the dial, and gone with a touch interface screen that took up the majority of the iPod face, that would have been really cool.
 
I know new the iPods will playback h.264 and MPEG4, but I wonder if they will playback varients such as divx and xvid?

Think I'll go order one anyhow, it's about time my old 3rg gen went to pastures new. It's just a shame firewire has gone bye bye on the new models.
 
Eniregnat said:
A little underwhelming.
The bigest bit of news is the movie store.
Does anybody else feel that the dial should be wider and a little more porportianal?
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Yes, the wheel looks a bit small stuck in the middle.
Now if they had ditched the dial, and gone with a touch interface screen that took up the majority of the iPod face, that would have been really cool.
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That's the only thing I still like about my 3rd gen iPod, the touch wheel and buttons.
 
Andy C said:
FrontRow looks good, but it needs to be able to stream wirelessly to my plasma, or to run from a box like the Mac Mini. My iMac is in my study, so I doubt I'll be using it to watch many videos!

I'm sure the software is just the beginning.
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I hope you're right

I really want front row for my power mac. And the remote sounds perfect

gimme gimme :D
 
Apple's behavior has been really strange lately...

*Pulling Mac Mini test drive
*Not having Expo keynote...which I guess this thing today is the final death kneel for using the Expos to introduce new products
*Making us wait for a long time to jump from iTunes 4 to 5...then having 5 around for just a few months.
*Blocking all Wi-FI and cell phone service from the event today (must be punishment b/c of ThinkSecret). AppleInsider said they were using cell phone blockers....which I think is illegal under Federal law. (I don't think they could have found a site in San Jose that doesn't have cell service...they were obviously blocking it).
*Pulling out a half-ass Media Center PC-type thing....either do it all the way (TV-in) or don't do it at all. I mean, the iMac updates are nice, but it seems like a "we want a Media Center PC, but we don't" type of thing.


I really don't think pulling the eMac was a good idea. $499 with no monitor, keyboard, or mouse to $1299 for an iMac with 160GB hard drive and iSight is a big jump for some people. The eMac was great for people who wanted a simple, Internet appliance with having to buy extra stuff.
 
Anyone else disappointed with the fullscreen transfers of "Housewives" and "Lost"? These shows are filmed in widescreen for a reason...ABC should repsect that.
 
Firewire - no conspiracy theories please

Apple is NOT ditching Firewire, it just doesn't have a place on the iPod anymore. (Apple couldn't kill Firewire if they wanted to--digital camcorders use it.)

That's a shame on the full-size iPods. It means you can't boot from them, right? In which case I'm very glad I have the previous version, which I use to boot OS X via firewire.

But there's no dark conspiracy here. If firewire could have been included without adding size or cost, it would be there--at least via an optional cable. Most iPod users wouldn't care about it, but Apple wouldn't mind giving the option to those (like me) that do.

It's a business decision about what was worth adding size or cost to the iPod, when VERY few users demand firewire. It's a shame, but that's what it is.

The talk of class action suits over it is a little much :p
 
PCI-Express

Noticed the new iMacs are utilizing PCI Express and not PCI-X That's promising that we should have the new tech in a PowerMac Soon. Hopefully NOW and not Later.
 
Give Me A Break

I'm sorry but video on an iPod is not impresive, if I want to watch a TV program i'll just watch it on my regular non 2" screen, come on you'll end up going blind from squinting at the screen. Where are the real updates to the PB or the PM line, I want something that is going to wow me!
 
Has anyone used the new video stufF?

I just did.. and i imported all of my OC shows and family guy shows and 70s show shows into iTunes.. This is amazing..

Interesting that Apple kept the name of iTunes instead of something different..

The iPod is nice..
 
I am glad to see the iPod is Video and not just a new line of Video iPods. This will make the videos sell a lot better in the Store and push us toward video on demand and an Apple media center. I wonder if the nano will have a software upgrade for on screen video (obviously no video out).

Who's got a guess on the first announcement of Video sales.

1 million in a week? a month? a year?
 
after taking a closer look at the new video ipod i noticed that on the top there is only a headphone jack and hold switch so it looks like apple is getting rid of the controller jack next to the head phone jack.
 
One more thing...

I only had a few minutes to download and look at iTunes 6 and I am disappointed...

Aside from being disappointed in NOT having an 80 GB iPod (I have a current 60 GB and desperately need more room)..

The new iTunes doesn't have a lot of videos (ie: tv shows) available. I couldn't even browse a catagory of find ANYTHING that wasn't in a corner graphic on the main page of iTunes Music Store...

No Alias, no According to Jim, nothing but Lost & Desperate Housewives. ABC has a lot of stellar shows besides Lost & Houswives..

I couldn't even find those six Pixar shorts to download them!!

The new iMac is cool, moderate speed/memory bumps and I think a better graphic card. The large HD is definately a plus...

I just expected a larger iPod and a better video download selection!!

Chris
 
Ratboy said:
If I can get an entire TV show for $1.99, it makes paying more than 99¢ for a 3 minute song seem less reasonable.
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Yeah but you're probably going to listen to the song more times than you'll see the show.
 
This isn't quite what I was hoping for with regards to their media strategy.. the iPod video I'll take a raincheck on.. the iMac is quite nice but I see no signs of it acting like a media hub/server rather than a "tv".. here's hoping they'll release an airtunes-like device for the TV.. it will be interesting to see how they can compete with cable and satelite pay per view, I think they'll do better (because its more like buying a DVD than a single viewing) when super fast broadband takes off.

I think they've got some new colours going on with the iTunes visualizations as well.. would be nice if it were finally given a full overhaul though.. its not an important feature, few use it (probably).. i don't use it often, but it'd be nice to have something new, or the existing visualisations to be added to.
 
Why no TV shows in the German itunes store? Plus the video preview does not work (I have QT 7.3) in itunes.
Lame I wanted to watch the new lost without having to wait a whole day to download with bit-torrent. What is with the video size. Tv shows are made to be viewed on TV's. With that small resolution it would look crap on a TV. Not sure about watching it on a tiny screen either.

Frump.
 
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