Nickname: Paul

Review: I think its awesome because instead of carrying around a portable DVD players you can have all your favorite shows and your movies right in your pocket so I agree with the idea. I see nothing wrong with letting people put TV shows and movies on an iPod.

Date reviewed: Oct 17, 2005 4:54 PM

Nickname: AD

Review: For the iPod, TV shows are more important than movies. Think about how consumers use iPods. Like a lot of people, I use my iPod in short bursts, when I'm on the go. I don't want a full-length movie, but it would be great to catch up on an episode of my favorite TV show when I'm at the gym or waiting for a friend to show. If I want to watch a movie I'll wait until I'm at home and watch it on a bigger screen.

Date reviewed: Oct 17, 2005 10:00 AM

Nickname: Mark

Review: Once again you applaud Apple's moves into a market. It is so very sad when this publication takes on the role of an Apple Polisher (the Slate). Innovative? It doesn't have nearly the functionality of the Archos, RCA, Samsung, and iRiver products. Additionally you go on to talk about how Apple's "new" remote turns a Mac into a "home entertainment appliance." I suppose you didn't compare the features of this to the current version of the Media Center PCs. The offering doesn't even have the capabilities of the original Media Center when it was released in 2002. With my Media Center PC I record the shows and watch them on an iRiver without paying $1.99 per show or having to wait for it to be available sometime the next day. As ususal "Technology" reporter == person with no technological understanding. Apple must be paying the media off, otherwise I couldn't believe that you guys could get away with writing such stuff.

Date reviewed: Oct 15, 2005 2:02 PM

Nickname: Ed

Review: The studios are forgetting that digital piracy source material usually doesn't come from Rhapsody, or iTunes or Musicmatch, but from unprotected ripped CD's. And already TV shows and movies are digitally available on the web the same day (or even before) it is released, and many times are available in full resolution HD. Nobody is going to want to pirate an inferior 1/4 sized video from Apple, where you'd have to jump through hoops to get past the DRM. And also, most hour long tv shows are 40 minutes without commercials, so a 90 minute movie would download in 45 minutes, not 30.

Date reviewed: Oct 14, 2005 6:09 PM

Nickname: Dan K

Review: You have missed a key point. The video Apple is peddling is 1/4 screen resolution. It's a far cry from exposing full resolution MPEG2 files to piracy.

Date reviewed: Oct 14, 2005 8:03 AM

Nickname: OceanBlue

Review: I think it's very possible that Apple can make history again. One of the implication of the Internet is to make copying and distribution of information very easy. As music and videos can be digitalized on the PC, they are "shared" as easily as any other information on the Internet. Eventually, this kind of "share" actions among the consumers will force the intellectual producers to change their business model in sales and distribution.

Date reviewed: Oct 14, 2005 2:26 AM