Re: Some iTunes Video user opinions

[Simon McCaughey <simonmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

How much do you pay for episodes of series like lost and desperate hws?

Simon

On 14/10/05, Ward, David <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Richard Numeroff
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> Downloaded iTunes 6 yesterday, purchased the pilot episode of
Desperate
> Housewives and was watching it full screen on my 1680x1050 (Dell)
display
> within 10 minutes. Picture quality - VHS, Sound quality - very very
good.
> Altogether very satisfying experience all things considered and have a
sense
> of excitement of another revolution having just occurred. This all on
a 1.33
> GHz 1.25 GB RAM 12" PowerBook running 10.4.2 with cable modem.
Wow.
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> Marty Blase
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> I just bought and watched the fourth season 2 episode of
"Lost" -- Apple
> stuck it online the day after it broadcast, just as promised. I'd
already
> upgraded my PowerMac to iTunes 6 and QuickTime 7.0.3 last night, and
was
> hesitant based on some reports as to how good it might look.
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> Well, after watching the entire episode full-screen on my 17"
monitor (and
> why, pray tell, can we view video full-screen in iTunes but not in the
free
> QuickTime Player?), I can testify that the quality is plenty good. Not
DVD
> quality, but nobody promised or expected that -- I'd say it's on par
with a
> high-quality home VHS recording. All text in the credits was readable,
all
> the faces were sharp, colors were great, and only when there was a lot
of
> detail (like tree leaves moving slightly in the breeze, or tiny
> nutrition-fact text on the candy bars) was the lack of resolution
really
> noticeable.
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> Yeah, those video iPods may have a tiny screen and not be well-suited
for
> playback, but the iTMS (iTunes Media Store?) will have a good audience
in
> people who don't mind storing and watching shows on their computer.
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> Only gripe: as promised, there's no DVD burning of episodes (except as
> archived data). I tried importing it into iMovie, which wasn't
updated, but
> the QuickTime update apparently blocks it. Probably Toast 7 will allow
it,
> but it's not that important enough to me right now. Perhaps further
> negotiations with Disney will impress upon them the common sense in
letting
> us archive low-quality video to standard DVD, the same way we can
archive
> downloaded iTunes music to standard audio CDs.
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