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Television Shows Now Available on UK iTunes
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What about Canada dammit!! We're still waiting up here. Damn CRTC!! 
What wrong with you?!? I'm more interested in the TV shows then the movies because I would never buy a movie online like that I would always buy the DVD. Nonetheless I want these other features in Canada. Also I want the entire music library. I think we're missing a few million songs.
One thing i don't understand though is why there is a seperate show for each country. Why not have one store with everything on it accessible from any country?!?! That would make more sense to me. Anyways that's my two cents!
What wrong with you?!? I'm more interested in the TV shows then the movies because I would never buy a movie online like that I would always buy the DVD. Nonetheless I want these other features in Canada. Also I want the entire music library. I think we're missing a few million songs. One thing i don't understand though is why there is a seperate show for each country. Why not have one store with everything on it accessible from any country?!?! That would make more sense to me. Anyways that's my two cents!
I've waited ages for this..........what a terrible choice of programs though. Most of the shows are unfamiliar, and a ridiculous charge. Come on 
- SORT IT OUT.
Before I turn to the BBC
- SORT IT OUT.Before I turn to the BBC
from a students point of view.... who will pay £130 (?) a year for a TV licence... this equates to:
68.7 shows a year
5.7 shows a month
not really that cool:|
68.7 shows a year
5.7 shows a month
not really that cool:|
All the people complaining about high prices are missing a trick.
Head over to MSE, follow the instructions and voila - £100 iTunes vouchers for £21.
Redeem the vouchers through Quidco (pays 8%) and your videos will actually cost 27p.
And this isn't spam
Have you bought from them? Are they legitimate?
Seems to good to be true.
Not worth the money and poor selection
Twice the price and a pitiful line up, oh yes I just have to rush onto iTunes Dora the little Explorer. Who are Apple trying to fool with this? I just wonder when the Apple apologists are going to turn on the RDF and call this a 'breakthrough' One is not amused.
Twice the price and a pitiful line up, oh yes I just have to rush onto iTunes Dora the little Explorer. Who are Apple trying to fool with this? I just wonder when the Apple apologists are going to turn on the RDF and call this a 'breakthrough' One is not amused.
Yeah I've bought from them before.
Yes they're legit. He had a few problems with his old website & Apple but that seemed to be because he'd pinched some of their copyrighted graphics rather than the vouchers themselves. Plus there's plenty of testimonials on the thread I linked to.
Actually, to see any of those shows you have to pay a TV licence. A few years back they changed the law to include internet conectivity as qualifying for the need to have a licence too.
I have to say, faced with the choice of iTunes (limited selection and a bit of a rip off), and the BBCs efforts (no Mac support yet, DRM, 7-day window), I'll stick with option 3 - eyeTV and a DTV receiver. No DRM. No time window. Got to pay for the TV licence anyway. Excelent image and sound quality. Wide selection of programs. Can convert to just about any format I want...
OK - so there are a few shows I'll have to wait for - but with so many channels on Freeview most of what I want to comes up eventually - or again if I missed it the first time around. Perhaps not perfect solution, but I can almost always find something I want to watch when I have the time for it - either live or from the stash of programs and films I've added to the schedule.
Well, at least we're getting somewhere.
However, until we get some British content on there, I don't think anyone will pay it much attention.
The price? Well, to be honest, that was the sort of price I was expecting.
However, until we get some British content on there, I don't think anyone will pay it much attention.
The price? Well, to be honest, that was the sort of price I was expecting.
National Insurance is exactly that, an insurance policy. If you work, you pay for it. If you do not work, then somebody else pays for it. I have been very lucky in that I have never been treated in a hospital and rarely ever see my doctor (although I have to pay for prescriptions). When I retire I doubt that I will get a state pension because there will be no money left in the fund. As I stated before nothing is free.
Definitely better to have something on offer than nothing - a step in the right direction.
However, there is nothing at all on offer that I would be willing to buy. I've just bought Lost on DVD for less than the cost of the downloads, and the rest doesn't interest me.
Lets hope films follow shortly - and hope they really work hard to quickly improve the selection. Over time the music selection on the UK iTunes site has gone from very limited to quite reasonable, so hope the video downloads follow suit.
However, there is nothing at all on offer that I would be willing to buy. I've just bought Lost on DVD for less than the cost of the downloads, and the rest doesn't interest me.
Lets hope films follow shortly - and hope they really work hard to quickly improve the selection. Over time the music selection on the UK iTunes site has gone from very limited to quite reasonable, so hope the video downloads follow suit.
Yes but as many have said before the cost of living in the UK is much higher. For example : Packet of 20 cigarettes 5.23 GBP ($10.50), Bottle of half decent wine 6 GBP ($12). As for property, don't even go there. All I can say is thank god I no longer live in the UK.
The statement about the time limit for content isn't correct. Jaman manage it quite nicely - http://www.jaman.com
Free at the point of use is what I put.
The UK government has never refused to "insure" me either. A medical insurance company has every right.
You generally find that people who are ill and use the NHS actually have nice things to say. It's not perfect but I'd rather be here than in the US.
1) The UK price includes sales tax, the US one does not
2) Apple (as with every company) has to set their prices to take in to account future exchange rate changes. So there's a buffer there.
3) The price for music videos has been 1.89 for ages now, why are you all surprised?
4) Other similar (online to download) services are more expensive.
2) Apple (as with every company) has to set their prices to take in to account future exchange rate changes. So there's a buffer there.
3) The price for music videos has been 1.89 for ages now, why are you all surprised?
4) Other similar (online to download) services are more expensive.
LOL this is funny. I get those shows, plus hundreds more for FREE!!! And no its not from torrent sites. Its a streaming site. I will admit some of the episodes for shows don't work but usually its cos there quite old. But for example they have all the Andromeda Series and the episode from series one works lol (admitedly the resolution isn't great on this episode but the majority of it is good stuff, specially for free!!)
Anyway have fun wasting ur money with Apple.
Anyway have fun wasting ur money with Apple.
I am pleased to see TV shows on the UK iTunes, and I am hoping the amount of content will increase week by week as it rather disappointing at the moment (but not a bad start). Hoping they can also do a deal with the BBC.
£1.89 is steep and I would think twice about buying individual episodes but I might go for a series or two, like Lost which doesn't seem like bad value.
But if Apple want this service to be a real DVD-boxset killer then they will have to allow burning to DVD. Not everyone has an Apple TV and not everyone wants to watch shows on their computer. Burning to DVD would be ideal and they already allow burning to CD with the music tracks so what's the difference, really?
£1.89 is steep and I would think twice about buying individual episodes but I might go for a series or two, like Lost which doesn't seem like bad value.
But if Apple want this service to be a real DVD-boxset killer then they will have to allow burning to DVD. Not everyone has an Apple TV and not everyone wants to watch shows on their computer. Burning to DVD would be ideal and they already allow burning to CD with the music tracks so what's the difference, really?
The BBC iplayer is a joke for the following reason l ;
Does anybody actually watch TV on their computer ?
Apart from the fact that 70% of PC's are 'junk tech' in call centres I would be surprised if anyone is actually going to sit and watch hours of TV a their computer screen least of all BBC licence payers on PC's...
I mean really watch TV - not surfing clips, news items or the odd 30 min mpeg you have 'acquirred' once or twice a week...
This is the whole point of Apple TV isn't it - to get digital media content into your living room where you can sit and watch it from the couch comfortably with your friends and family on the big screen.
All this crap about TV is dead is just bollox. The content delivery options may be changing but the 'sitting down in comfort' and watching the content will NEVER change...People aren't going to sit around the computer screen to watch TV.
So as far as I can tell Apple are the only players around that actually have a genuinely effortless and refined web to living room solution going on right now.
So why BBC doesn't partner up with Apple and offer a genuine 'catchup' viewing system via the Apple TV - with perhaps a dedicated menu like they have for Youtube is frankly stupid and in all probably only blocked by the microsoft gimp...
This is why I say the BBC iplayer is part criminal and part ill-conceived.
Apple TV integration would have been seriously sweet...
Does anybody actually watch TV on their computer ?
Apart from the fact that 70% of PC's are 'junk tech' in call centres I would be surprised if anyone is actually going to sit and watch hours of TV a their computer screen least of all BBC licence payers on PC's...
I mean really watch TV - not surfing clips, news items or the odd 30 min mpeg you have 'acquirred' once or twice a week...
This is the whole point of Apple TV isn't it - to get digital media content into your living room where you can sit and watch it from the couch comfortably with your friends and family on the big screen.
All this crap about TV is dead is just bollox. The content delivery options may be changing but the 'sitting down in comfort' and watching the content will NEVER change...People aren't going to sit around the computer screen to watch TV.
So as far as I can tell Apple are the only players around that actually have a genuinely effortless and refined web to living room solution going on right now.
So why BBC doesn't partner up with Apple and offer a genuine 'catchup' viewing system via the Apple TV - with perhaps a dedicated menu like they have for Youtube is frankly stupid and in all probably only blocked by the microsoft gimp...
This is why I say the BBC iplayer is part criminal and part ill-conceived.
Apple TV integration would have been seriously sweet...
1. If you remove VAT the price is still £1.60 which equates to $3.20 at current exchange rates. That is a full $1.21 more that the US non taxed price.
2. Taking the above £1.60 price, the exchange rate would have to fall to $1.24 = £1.00, a rate that has not been seen for many, many years, if at all!!
3. I was surprised at the cost of music videos as well.
4. So what? Other music stores are cheaper!