Renting movies from iTunes is actually kind of awesome?

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So Apple released movies to Canada and the UK today… so I thought I’d try it out…
And to my surprise, its actually really convenient, and I can totally see myself hitting up movie rentals more and more as their collection grows and grows.

:chinaman:

But… the browse utility hasn’t been rewritten for showing videos, looks like they just molested the music browse function into showing videos titles

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I just watch em online where I can find it =/

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About freaking time. I’ve been waiting for this ever since I got my touch. I’ll comment once I’ve looked around a bit.

Hey they actually have some pretty decent movies on there. The browse does suck balls though; you can’t even select movies from the ‘album’ pane.

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I plan on getting an AppleTV soon and doing this.

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b-b-b-but the quality and sound is soooooo dependably crisp!

The browse does suck balls though; you can’t even select movies from the ‘album’ pane.

i know right ? you click any title from Album (wtf ??) to load the list below which shows the same thing…

Sloppy Apple!!! Sloppy!!

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I’d still rather buy the film and have the nice art and such that comes with it.

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I agree!! BUt its all about the renting!! and not having to go anywhere to watch a wiiiiide variety of movies at your disposal!

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[quote=fasterthanlight™;2337021]I agree!! BUt its all about the renting!! and not having to go anywhere to watch a wiiiiide variety of movies at your disposal![/quote]That’s true, but I’m also kind of a special features type of guy. And, correct me if I’m wrong but, I think itunes doesn’t offer anything like that currently. I also should note that I work part time at a video store so renting is just a matter of grabbing something on my way out.

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^^ Sign on iChat so I can get that file! =p

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you jerk, that is awesome

There’s this amazing second hand DVD/VHS store near where i live called Film Fiends… That place is great. I only buy new DVDs if I really really really enjoyed the movie, for example, I bought the Superbad 2 disc special edition.

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I actually never really watch the special features, so this would probably be a good option for me (never tried it yet though). Something like this is good though because if you want a movie you can just browse and select a movie, then watch it. No need to drive and waste gas or deal with lines.

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Sounds nice. 4USD to rent a movie thats pretty nice… (its 2.50USD down the street though).

Too bad I live less than 100 feet from a Family Video (its basically the same thing as Block Buster).

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I have a blockbuster literally around the corner from me… but a computer is closer, easier, and cheaper

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Its STILL not true HD. YouTube, Metacafe are sometimes offering “HIGH QUALITY” captures with the video, it sucks as its not HD, this is not HD. But the new Sony Vaio BD kits coming out with those laptops… the monitors will be HD Screens so true BD will be generated from the Quad SLi, Quad Core, HD Monitor LCD and the BD Rom… bye bye Apple.

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Um, until people actually buy those new vaio’s (enough to rival itune’s user base) itunes movie store isn’t going anywhere.

and where is this “true HD” content supposed to come from anyways?

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True HD on a PC

HDMI Support Card with Tru Buffering and HD 1080i resolution. Tri Trillion and Anti Liasing … hard on coming…
LCD HD ready monitor which supports the colors
And a quad kit SLI, four graphics cards and the BD rom…
Thats raw quality HD for a computer.

Otherwise, PS3+BD+HD1080iTV

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Can i have some of your drugs please?

This is an online movie rental service, if you want true HD movies, then go rent one at blockbuster

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The drug is called. Vista Certification Manual…

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Right… I still don’t know what the point you’re trying to make is

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I am waiting for Sony to launch the Vaio Next generation which support BD True / HD true and the next generation of HD streaming