While I’m generally pleased that the iTunes movie rental store is getting more lovin’, I’m not really all that worried about movies coming out on the same day as dvds.
If I’m not in enough of a rush to see a movie in the theatre, and I don’t want to actually buy the disc, then an extra month of waiting for the AppleTV release isn’t going to worry me.
Update from MacNN: this only applies to movie purchases. I bought one movie from the iTunes store, and honestly the quality really isn’t worth it when I can simply rip my own dvds (drm-free, no-less) at the same or better quality.
Apple iTunes to compete “day-and-date” with DVD releases — Wal-Mart weeps – Engadget:
by Thomas Ricker, posted May 1st 2008 at 2:06AMHollywood Reporter says that Apple is expected to announce today an across-the-board deal to sell new release films at its iTunes Store. The deal is said to allow Apple to offer a “broad slate of top-shelf films” day-and-date with home video releases — a long time sticking point with brick-and-mortar interests who want to keep their early-release edge on digital downloads. The deal includes Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, New Line and more — all of which are currently inked to deliver rentals through iTunes. MGM is not part of the deal. That puts Apple in direct competition with Wal-Mart’s DVD empire after having pushed Wal-Mart from the top spot in music sales for the first two months of the year.