Apple to roll-out iTunes movies and 'one more thing'

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  • Reply 61 of 161
    It baffles me that iTunes and Quicktime on the PC and Mac does NOT always do the vSync properly. Which means even in fullscreen, you get those "flickering" type effects. That is, a lot of "page tearing" when playing back video in iTunes and Quicktime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vsync ...Unlike say VLC which plays back Divx/Xvid smooooth as butterrr... Hmm



    On the PC, I simply cannot play games unless the game has vSync on.
  • Reply 62 of 161
    I don't know if I'm the only one who sees the following problem with the "streaming" solution:



    -I have MacBook (mine) with Lost on it

    -Wife is at home

    -I leave on business trip with Lost on the MacBook



    Wife has no way of watching Lost



    What then?
  • Reply 63 of 161
    Wife gets pissed at you.
  • Reply 64 of 161
    Wife does not "put out" for a few months.
  • Reply 65 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by alexluft


    I don't know if I'm the only one who sees the following problem with the "streaming" solution:



    -I have MacBook (mine) with Lost on it

    -Wife is at home

    -I leave on business trip with Lost on the MacBook



    Wife has no way of watching Lost



    What then?





    Divorce?
  • Reply 66 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by alexluft


    I don't know if I'm the only one who sees the following problem with the "streaming" solution:



    -I have MacBook (mine) with Lost on it

    -Wife is at home

    -I leave on business trip with Lost on the MacBook



    Wife has no way of watching Lost



    What then?



    Seriously, streaming is fun but if you only have one copy that's not very convinient particularly if the one copy is on a portable that goes walkabout with you.



    You'll need to have another copy on the Mac mini hooked up to the Widescreen LCD/ Plasma to keep wife/ spouse/ teenage child happy.
  • Reply 67 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by tikiman


    Divorce?



    Only after wife gets pissed, does not put out for a few months, and alexluft has a little "fun" on his business trip, with pictures/ video delivered back to wife by evil coworker.
  • Reply 68 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by alexluft


    I don't know if I'm the only one who sees the following problem with the "streaming" solution:



    -I have MacBook (mine) with Lost on it

    -Wife is at home

    -I leave on business trip with Lost on the MacBook



    Wife has no way of watching Lost



    What then?



    Burn Lost episodes onto DVD to play in regular DVD players. DRM issues you say? Muah hah ah haah h ha hahaha ha ha
  • Reply 69 of 161
    Then i guess I will need to find something else on the computer screen... never mind.8)

    SSSSHHHHHH, you never saw me on that bus. trip.



    If the Apple solution does come out as described, it is a very (VERY) early step towards IPTV on Macs. I'll be waiting for the time when I can sit down on the couch, turn on my LCD and have the option to watch what I want any time I want - Lost, Armageddon, or Flinstones. Just type it in and hit "play". If I don't feel like watching it on the LCD in the living room, then I can grab my MacBook and watch the same stuff by the pool.



    I'm dreaming, I know... But give it oohhh say 5-8 more years, I think we'll be there, and hopefully Apple will too.
  • Reply 70 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by alexluft


    I don't know if I'm the only one who sees the following problem with the "streaming" solution:



    -I have MacBook (mine) with Lost on it

    -Wife is at home

    -I leave on business trip with Lost on the MacBook



    Wife has no way of watching Lost



    What then?



    I really should shut up now but I will whisper in your ear: B*tTorr3nt
  • Reply 71 of 161
    And then my ISP whispers in my ear: "illegal content... we would like to give you a heads up to stop"
  • Reply 72 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by alexluft


    Then i guess I will need to find something else on the computer screen... never mind.



    If this does happen as described, it is a very (VERY) early step towards IPTV on Macs. I'll be waiting for the time when I can sit down on the couch, turn on my LCD and have the option to watch what I want any time I want - Lost, Armageddon, or Flinstones. Just type it in and hit "play". If I don't feel like watching it on the LCD in the living room, then I can grab my MacBook and watch the same stuff by the pool.



    I'm dreaming, I know... But give it oohhh say 5-8 more years, I think we'll be there, and hopefully Apple will too.



    That's the problem now. DRM is simply not sophisticated and bulletproof enough to know how to handle that. You get a piece of media, and you want to do various things with it - streaming to two computers at once, while streaming to an LCD as well. You'll also want to burn it to DVD/CD. Proper DRM would either give you "blanket" access to the media to do whatever the hell you want to do with it with up to 5 users, or you pay as much as you need depending on what you need to do with it as you go along with that DRM'ed file.



    What you describe is possible 5 years ago. It's the quagmire that is DRM that is holding things back at this stage, and it's great that Apple is the one that has really been able to punch through the mess to get us started on this vision of yours which really, is shared by many many people.
  • Reply 73 of 161
    Glad to hear that I'm not the onyl one, Sunilraman. Maybe to say, "bypass" the DRM and to not "clog up" our hard disks, this "version" can stream instead of download. Kind of like current TV but more-so on-demand...
  • Reply 74 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mrwilly123


    But all I want is a macbook pro. Rarrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhgghhghg, apple.....you're killing me.



    Luckily for you, they're selling them right now!
  • Reply 75 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DCQ


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oy_vey



    As long as we're doing this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazbot
  • Reply 76 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by futuretheory9


    Luckily for you, they're selling them right now!



    I don't think you understand.
  • Reply 77 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ireland


    If the device had a hard drive, and one could download the movie as they watched it, then a computer wouldn't need to be involved in the process. And you wouldn't fill you computers hard drive with movies either. Now that would be the complete solution. And that sounds like something Apple would do.

    Also even if they didn't make much money from selling such a device, they'd clean up with movie sales, and then later boom... the new video iPod.



    This makes a lot of sense... but, why build in a hard drive if you already have a hard drive readily available: your iPod.



    What you do with your iPod when you get home? You either...
    • Connect it to your computer to sync/recharge it

    • Drop it into your iPod speakers or connect it to the stereo in your living room

    • Leave it on a flat surface somewhere

    So if you think about it, if this mysterious wireless device can connect to your tv/sound system, recharge your iPod, and wirelessly communicate with your iTunes, then you'd be all set. And it makes complete sense to couple this with the other announcements: You download a movie from the new iTunes movie store for $9.99, sync it with your updated higher-capacity iPod via this wireless dock device that connects to your tv and speaker system. And when you leave the house, you just grab the iPod on your way out and you can still watch videos on the go. Bring the iPod over to a friend's, drop it in their wireless dock thingy, then watch it together.



    Everything's on the iPod. Like we did with our CDs, we sell our DVD player and all our DVDs and replace them with digital versions. iPod becomes the center of digital entertainment. Game over.
  • Reply 78 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jackcheng


    This makes a lot of sense... but, why build in a hard drive if you already have a hard drive readily available: your iPod.



    What you do with your iPod when you get home? You either...
    • Connect it to your computer to sync/recharge it

    • Drop it into your iPod speakers or connect it to the stereo in your living room

    • Leave it on a flat surface somewhere

    So if you think about it, if this mysterious wireless device can connect to your tv/sound system, recharge your iPod, and wirelessly communicate with your iTunes, then you'd be all set. And it makes complete sense to couple this with the other announcements: You download a movie from the new iTunes movie store for $9.99, sync it with your updated higher-capacity iPod via this wireless dock device that connects to your tv and speaker system. And when you leave the house, you just grab the iPod on your way out and you can still watch videos on the go. Bring the iPod over to a friend's, drop it in their wireless dock thingy, then watch it together.



    Everything's on the iPod. Like we did with our CDs, we sell our DVD player and all our DVDs and replace them with digital versions. iPod becomes the center of digital entertainment. Game over.



    Interesting idea...



    Who's to say you wont be able to plug the iPod directly into the new AirPort?
  • Reply 79 of 161
    if it is hd widescreen, you think it will support blu-ray?
  • Reply 80 of 161
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MacsRbetterthanPC


    if it is hd widescreen, you think it will support blu-ray?



    As an external add on later, yes. As a build-to-order option now, no.
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