This is great news. After buying my 3G iPod I told myself I would NOT buy another one until a video version came out., The nano tempted me, big time, but now everything might pay off for me and I can get a iPod video for Xmas! 
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Jfischett,
Glad you see the bigger picture. As far as renting vs buying downloads of feature films goes, Jobs always says people want to own their music not rent it. But I think with movies you are dealing with different habits. Apple will need to compete with Netflix. For a very small amount of money a month people can get what ever movies they want using Netflix. For this reason I think having movie files temporarily is the way to go. It keeps you from using too much hard drive space as well. But there are also people who become fans of certain movies and want it with them at all times. This is where a purchase option would be good. For 15 or 20 dollars maybe you could get the film with the same 5 device license you get with purchased music. Otherwise you have a file that disappears after 3 days. Also if they got the interactive abilities of quicktime really being put to use they can add incentive to buying the download to own by having the entire interactive experience of extras and other content that is on the DVD. But then if you are renting or have an unlimited rental subscription then you just get the film.
I'm a filmmaker and am waiting for apple to do to indie filmmakers what they have done for indie musicians which is solve the age old distribution dilemma of advertising risk. Right now it is very hard for films that are not a sure thing to get released. For this reason mainstream movies really suck and the box office and DVD industry are suffering. So in the long run this is going to mean more interesting movies will be available.
One hope I want to throw in. I hope that there will be a dock for the iPod Video that has a DVI output so that you can watch HD content on a HD TV set, monitor or Projector. The HD dock could have a hardware H.264 Decoder so that the iPod video could stay thin and use a much lower quality but extremely small h.264 hardware based decoder built in.
Bring on the iTunes Video Store, Video podcasting, airport A/V, and iPod video.
Arin
www.foureyedmonsters.com
(recent feature film I co-directed and hope to be able to make avialble as a download, we are also creating a video podcast series as we speak that will be used to promote the film. Search iTunes for "Four Eyed" and subscribe to get the episodes when they start going up, who knows maybe you'll be able to watch them on a Video iPod)
Jfischett,
Glad you see the bigger picture. As far as renting vs buying downloads of feature films goes, Jobs always says people want to own their music not rent it. But I think with movies you are dealing with different habits. Apple will need to compete with Netflix. For a very small amount of money a month people can get what ever movies they want using Netflix. For this reason I think having movie files temporarily is the way to go. It keeps you from using too much hard drive space as well. But there are also people who become fans of certain movies and want it with them at all times. This is where a purchase option would be good. For 15 or 20 dollars maybe you could get the film with the same 5 device license you get with purchased music. Otherwise you have a file that disappears after 3 days. Also if they got the interactive abilities of quicktime really being put to use they can add incentive to buying the download to own by having the entire interactive experience of extras and other content that is on the DVD. But then if you are renting or have an unlimited rental subscription then you just get the film.
I'm a filmmaker and am waiting for apple to do to indie filmmakers what they have done for indie musicians which is solve the age old distribution dilemma of advertising risk. Right now it is very hard for films that are not a sure thing to get released. For this reason mainstream movies really suck and the box office and DVD industry are suffering. So in the long run this is going to mean more interesting movies will be available.
One hope I want to throw in. I hope that there will be a dock for the iPod Video that has a DVI output so that you can watch HD content on a HD TV set, monitor or Projector. The HD dock could have a hardware H.264 Decoder so that the iPod video could stay thin and use a much lower quality but extremely small h.264 hardware based decoder built in.
Bring on the iTunes Video Store, Video podcasting, airport A/V, and iPod video.
Arin
www.foureyedmonsters.com
(recent feature film I co-directed and hope to be able to make avialble as a download, we are also creating a video podcast series as we speak that will be used to promote the film. Search iTunes for "Four Eyed" and subscribe to get the episodes when they start going up, who knows maybe you'll be able to watch them on a Video iPod)
jfischetti said:
Video iPod Commercial..
It there a new Video iPod and is this the new commercial?
A must see....
http://www.jmsdigitalmedia.com/newipod.mov
It there a new Video iPod and is this the new commercial?
A must see....
http://www.jmsdigitalmedia.com/newipod.mov
jamesmotion said:
Are you trying to suggest that this is a leaked iPod commercial? I hope not. I think you are just trying to get an audience for this little video clip you made. It is kind of neat but please don't try to pass it off as something it is not. You made it, not Apple. Right?
Squire
That would have been slightly convincing if they had 3D views of the (rather bulky looking) thing..... maybe.
about time!
& it couldn't have come @ a better time, i just lost my 3G ipod
i don't really care if it doesn't have tv output
i just wanna play more games!!!!!!!!
& it couldn't have come @ a better time, i just lost my 3G ipod
i don't really care if it doesn't have tv output
i just wanna play more games!!!!!!!!
My dreams would come true
http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=10/2781555509.jpg&s=x7
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http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=10/2781555509.jpg&s=x7
hmm. the pic thing is not working
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iPSP - The new Ipod video
The new ipod is in fact a apple branded white psp with a 40GB HDD, a stripped down version of Mac OS X, and a dashboard with lots wigets. Sync's using iSync to iLife, iWork, iCal, Mail, and has iChat AV to chat with other iPSP owners using wifi.
I wish!
The new ipod is in fact a apple branded white psp with a 40GB HDD, a stripped down version of Mac OS X, and a dashboard with lots wigets. Sync's using iSync to iLife, iWork, iCal, Mail, and has iChat AV to chat with other iPSP owners using wifi.I wish!
iPod Commerical
Ok.. So yes I did create the commercial (http://www.jmsdigitalmedia.com/newipod.mov) but you have to admit that would be sweet... thoughts? other than the fact that I shouldn't have capitalized "Motion" or "Nano" or "Mini"?
Ok.. So yes I did create the commercial (http://www.jmsdigitalmedia.com/newipod.mov) but you have to admit that would be sweet...
thoughts? other than the fact that I shouldn't have capitalized "Motion" or "Nano" or "Mini"?That would be a very unapple product(plus its very ugly) I bet its gonna be like an ipod but not an ipod persay, whatever it is, its gonna be awesome!
Would an iPod AV make sense?
Without much thought most of us could make a decent case that the video iPod is going to come out sooner or later. Video playback is already built into iTunes, Linux hacks on the current iPod show it too is capable of video playback. The iPod photo showed that TV output was a viable option.
With the introduction of the PSP, handheld video playback became a real market, and the sheer number of UMDs coming out suggest that the PSP will be sticking around for a while (I'm ignoring the fact that it plays games too). If the iPod is ever going to make the leap to video, it had better do it before the PSP starts to make inroads into the music arena (if the PSP came with a hard drive, this would already be happening, consequently, with the limited capacities of the MS DUO format this won't be happening for a while).
Getting the iPod to play videos, any videos, would be a big step in the right direction. Of course, the PSP's success in the movie business was due in large part to its screen. The new iPod needs a similarly great LCD panel in order to make the move legitimate. This means rotating the iPod by 90 deg and increasing the screen area. To accomodate a widescreen aspect ratio, the proportions of the iPod might also be altered (the nano got away with it so why not the regular iPod). The controls wouldn't need to be changed at all.
The final piece of the puzzle would be to make it as easy to get movies onto the iPod as it is to rip audio off a CD and into iTunes. The new iTunes
will most likely allow you to move music videos (like the ones already given away with some albums) and movie trailers to your iPod. iMovie might get redesigned to handle iPod video, with direct control remaining within iTunes (sort of like how iTunes can grad iPhoto albums and sync them with your iPod). If QuickTime keeps going the way its going, it might merge with iTunes completely, eliminating the need for iMovie integration altogether.
We'll see soon enough.
Without much thought most of us could make a decent case that the video iPod is going to come out sooner or later. Video playback is already built into iTunes, Linux hacks on the current iPod show it too is capable of video playback. The iPod photo showed that TV output was a viable option.
With the introduction of the PSP, handheld video playback became a real market, and the sheer number of UMDs coming out suggest that the PSP will be sticking around for a while (I'm ignoring the fact that it plays games too). If the iPod is ever going to make the leap to video, it had better do it before the PSP starts to make inroads into the music arena (if the PSP came with a hard drive, this would already be happening, consequently, with the limited capacities of the MS DUO format this won't be happening for a while).
Getting the iPod to play videos, any videos, would be a big step in the right direction. Of course, the PSP's success in the movie business was due in large part to its screen. The new iPod needs a similarly great LCD panel in order to make the move legitimate. This means rotating the iPod by 90 deg and increasing the screen area. To accomodate a widescreen aspect ratio, the proportions of the iPod might also be altered (the nano got away with it so why not the regular iPod). The controls wouldn't need to be changed at all.
The final piece of the puzzle would be to make it as easy to get movies onto the iPod as it is to rip audio off a CD and into iTunes. The new iTunes
will most likely allow you to move music videos (like the ones already given away with some albums) and movie trailers to your iPod. iMovie might get redesigned to handle iPod video, with direct control remaining within iTunes (sort of like how iTunes can grad iPhoto albums and sync them with your iPod). If QuickTime keeps going the way its going, it might merge with iTunes completely, eliminating the need for iMovie integration altogether.
We'll see soon enough.
