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I guess my only question is... will the update break some/all of the hacks I'm currently running? I might occasionally buy an album or rent a movie, but I use the parts of it they never intended me to do every day.

The Dolby 5.1 is pretty attractive tho...
 
Is there anybody besides me that thinks 24 hours to watch a movie is too short? Many times my wife falls asleep while watching movies after our kids have gone to bed and we finish the movie the following night. That takes us out to maybe 27 hours after starting watching the movie. So that's a deal killer for me. Same with Netflix and I'm sure it's the movie studios being really anal about the whole download thing. :eek:
 
The 24 hours doesn't bug me too much. When we sit down to watch a movie, we watch it all the way through. The thing that bothers me is the release '30 days after the DVD release'.

Ugh. When I want to rent a movie (rare), it's usually because it just came out on DVD, and I am either really stoked to see it (again, if we saw it in theaters), or I want to see if it's worth spending money on purchasing.

So most of the time, I'm not really in the mood to wait 30 days after it's available down the street at Blockbuster to pick it up.

2 viewings would have been nice too, as movies like (insert any Pixar movie) the family likes to watch more than once before it goes back (and over more than a 24 hour period).

All told, I think it's a huge step in the right direction - the price is on par with what I'd pay if I drove to the store (well, $0.50 more, but I don't have to drive to the store, and save that much in gas, and don't have to worry about there being copies available). After apple proves that it is (or is not) a valid model, I expect to see terms slowly change.

We'll see.
 
Is there anybody besides me that thinks 24 hours to watch a movie is too short? Many times my wife falls asleep while watching movies after our kids have gone to bed and we finish the movie the following night. That takes us out to maybe 27 hours after starting watching the movie. So that's a deal killer for me. Same with Netflix and I'm sure it's the movie studios being really anal about the whole download thing. :eek:

That's a pretty standard industry limitation.

Kevin
 
That's a pretty standard industry limitation.

Kevin
I know but that doesn't mean I have to like it. :D

The Netflix model works well for me so I probably won't be downloading movies to my ATV but I'll try it just to test it out. The 30 days after DVD release is not good. Jobs spun that well like it was really cool but it's not.
 
The 24 hours doesn't bug me too much. When we sit down to watch a movie, we watch it all the way through. The thing that bothers me is the release '30 days after the DVD release'.

I think you misunderstood what Jobs said. The rentals aren't going to show up on iTunes 30 days after the DVD is released. You -have- 30 days to watch the movie you rented. Once you start watching it within the 30 days, you have 24 hours to finish it. I haven't done this, so I might be mistaken, but MS has the same 30 day policy with xbox marketplace downloads.
 
the feature i'm most interested in with this version is subtitles and HD support for movies.
now it might be a good time to replace my 1st gen XBOX with XBMC
 
I think you misunderstood what Jobs said. The rentals aren't going to show up on iTunes 30 days after the DVD is released. You -have- 30 days to watch the movie you rented. Once you start watching it within the 30 days, you have 24 hours to finish it. I haven't done this, so I might be mistaken, but MS has the same 30 day policy with xbox marketplace downloads.
I just watched the video again and he clearly states they will be available 30 days after DVD release. Then when he talks about the rules of renting he states you can watch the movies during the 30 days after the download.
 
I just watched the video again and he clearly states they will be available 30 days after DVD release. Then when he talks about the rules of renting he states you can watch the movies during the 30 days after the download.

You are correct.

Kevin
 
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