Is Apple TV for NZ just an expensive audio and photo streamer? Hard to believe with global TV and movie rights that anything useful would be provided for the NZ market? Am I missing something?
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P.s Stevenz, There are now "soft mods" for the xbox, no more soldering on your $25 mod chip :)
My take on the ATV (as previously blogged) is that it is too heavily reliant on iTunes and the iTMS for its content, and should be able to create its own content like a PVR. THis means you're still subject to the limitations of iTMS and your broadband connection.
We already know that not all record labels or bands have bought into iTMS (Tool anyone?) and who's to say how many film companies or distributors will come on board - especially for a small market like NZ. The last bit I read said that Sony Pictures definitely won't jump on the iTMS wagon (and why woudl they?) and their holdings include Columbia Pictures (The Da Vinci Code, the Spiderman movies), TriStar Pictures (Jerry Maguire, Silent Hill), Destination Films, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (the Rocky series, the James Bond series, Stargate), not to mention their television production holdings. Without a company that size on board, how is ATV expected to deliver a good service? Also, what's going to happen with the Apple FairPlay DRM?
Now, I haven't actually downloaded a movie form the internet but I hear tell that a DVD-quality movie is upwards of 1GB. I get decent download speeds at my place but that would still take roughly an hour for me. Who sits at home of an evening and thinks, "I fancy watching a movie tonight. If I start it downloading now, I can sort out dinner, get lotto, and put the kids to bed, then I can sit down and watch my movie." What'll happen once they start offering HD-quality movies? I get visions of NZ's aging copper network grinding to a halt.
That's my 10 cents (plus GST)
lokinz: Limited? Have you looked at that site? I hardly think running firefox or playing WoW on it is limited.
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Who sits at home of an evening and thinks, "I fancy watching a movie tonight. If I start it downloading now, I can sort out dinner, get lotto, and put the kids to bed, then I can sit down and watch my movie."
On a apple tv appliance?
lugh:The last bit I read said that Sony Pictures definitely won't jump on the iTMS wagon (and why woudl they?) and their holdings include Columbia Pictures (The Da Vinci Code, the Spiderman movies), TriStar Pictures (Jerry Maguire, Silent Hill), Destination Films, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (the Rocky series, the James Bond series, Stargate), not to mention their television production holdings. Without a company that size on board, how is ATV expected to deliver a good service?
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