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iPod Video.. just in time for the Holidays!
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Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
Oli you whore wats up?
Anyway I don't like this, people just want to listen to music on the go, but if apple wants to expand who's to tell them no? Personally I believe this is gonna flop, who wants to watch movies on the go? I rather sit down and comfortably enjoy a movie thats not either in my hand or has me looking down to enjoy it. But if the PSP sales tell us anything, it's that I'm COMPLETELY wrong...meh.
Anyway I don't like this, people just want to listen to music on the go, but if apple wants to expand who's to tell them no? Personally I believe this is gonna flop, who wants to watch movies on the go? I rather sit down and comfortably enjoy a movie thats not either in my hand or has me looking down to enjoy it. But if the PSP sales tell us anything, it's that I'm COMPLETELY wrong...meh.
Leatherface
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Wow, that's pretty great. I hope it sparks a new music video revolution! 
It'll be cool if I tunes ends up offering music and videos. :rock:
It'll be cool if I tunes ends up offering music and videos. :rock:
The Faceless Master
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ipod video for xmas = tons of cash presents under the tree for steve jobs
Luscious LeftFoot
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Biohazard said:
You'd think folks would have learned not to underestimate the ipod line by now.
I'm not sure I see how video can compare to music on a portable platform. I'm never on the go, wishing I could watch a video of something. Also, a lot of people use portable music while they excercise, and I'm not sure you can really watch a video while working out. Still, it's pretty neat.
Beer Monkey
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Yawn, bring on the Rio Karma successor.
Well, music videos would probably be the cheapest to license and sell. They're essentially just an advertisement for the singer/band, and record companies would love to actually be able to sell ads.
Plus there's the benefit that you don't really have to watch music videos, and you could just add them to playlists like they were songs. $1 for the audio single or $2 for the video (that you could just listen to if you can't watch)? I think plenty of people would just grab the video.
Plus there's the benefit that you don't really have to watch music videos, and you could just add them to playlists like they were songs. $1 for the audio single or $2 for the video (that you could just listen to if you can't watch)? I think plenty of people would just grab the video.
radioheadrule83
Banned
They should make it DivX certified... or as unlikely as it is, get the lastest Windows Media standard on there.
God's Hand
Banned
This will be excellent only if:
1. It has a big beautiful wide screen like the PSP. Even make it a tad smaller with the more pixel density. OLED perhaps?
2. Allow WMA and WMV, DivX, and other video standards. The new iTunes now has hooks in place for WMA playback as well as OGG, so I expect iTunes 5.0 to playback WMA/WMV and other formats.
3. iTunes 5.0 should become the ultimate media jukebox. In fact, change the name to iMedia or something. Keep the same easy interface, the fast searching, and allow playback of every movie type known to man (like WMP does). But KEEP IT SIMPLE.
4. Don't make it out of the same terrible material that the PSP uses. Nor the current iPods. There are better (albiet a few pennies more) materials that prevent scratches and smudges.
1. It has a big beautiful wide screen like the PSP. Even make it a tad smaller with the more pixel density. OLED perhaps?
2. Allow WMA and WMV, DivX, and other video standards. The new iTunes now has hooks in place for WMA playback as well as OGG, so I expect iTunes 5.0 to playback WMA/WMV and other formats.
3. iTunes 5.0 should become the ultimate media jukebox. In fact, change the name to iMedia or something. Keep the same easy interface, the fast searching, and allow playback of every movie type known to man (like WMP does). But KEEP IT SIMPLE.
4. Don't make it out of the same terrible material that the PSP uses. Nor the current iPods. There are better (albiet a few pennies more) materials that prevent scratches and smudges.
I can't see myself watching films on the go, so I can't care less about a video ipod, but an iTunes store for video has so much potential. They will probably start with music videos, but then it should expand to include short films, selling them fairly cheap. Like music videos, short films doesn't have much commercial value at the moment, but they do so much for budding talents and for experimentation. It could create a whole new market that wouldn't eat into DVD/BRD sales and promote indie filmmaking at the same time.
when this happens (and let's face it, it's inevitable), it will play apple mp4 and anything else that gets wrapped in quicktime these days, and that's all. i can guarantee you it won't play WMV/divx/xvid/etc.
by xmas this year is way sooner than i thought though. i figured they'd milk the current music only ipods for as long as possible...
what may happen instead is they'll intro kind of a first gen video for a VERY luxo price as the top of the line ipod, and let it trickle down in the following year.
by xmas this year is way sooner than i thought though. i figured they'd milk the current music only ipods for as long as possible...
what may happen instead is they'll intro kind of a first gen video for a VERY luxo price as the top of the line ipod, and let it trickle down in the following year.
Teddman said:
Yeah that screen looks worthless after getting used to my Dell Axim.
I think Apple will actually support other forms of video like Divx, Xvid, etc. I mean I hope they are smart enough to know that quicktime is not the standard anywhere. I might have been interested in the video content they sell, but if it is formatted for that shitty screen no thanks. I will just stick to encoding movies myself.
Len Dontree
Animator. Respect knuckles.
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Ok, in all seriousness, its about time...but some of us have already been enjoying this.
+1...I just got a Gmini a month ago or so and have been loving every minute of it. I got Season 2 of Samurai Jack on it, a bunch of pics, hours and hours of music, and use it as a portable hard drive between school and home. Too bad the games on it suck though. >.<
DjangoReinhardt
Thinks he should have been the one to kill Batman's parents.
Video content isn't compelling with the current iPod design - perhaps if the iPod flipped open to reveal a proper widescreen?
Lemurnator
Banned
Wow! This hasn't been done before and better by iRiver!
The Faceless Master
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visual aids
The Faceless Master said:visual aids
How big is that screen?
That looks pretty good actually. Much better than most of the screens I have seen on HD players outside of Archos.
Then again, like I said you can't have it all. You stick a big ass screen on something like that and you are going to have shit battery life and a lot less portability.
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
I could see an iFilms, where you could purchase whole movies eventually...for maybe 10 bucks a film? Believe. Digital/Audio downloading is gonna be the wave of the future, I see in the next 5-10 years that hard copy CDs/DVDs will be ancient.
border said:
I think that's the most important feature...distribution of such videos, where people can buy them and not pirate them. It would be cool to be able to buy episodes of TV shows as they come out. I'm missing episodes of Family Guy this season...and so I get it off a torrent to catch up. I wouldn't mind buying these episodes at all, it's just that the option doesn't exist. Of course, it's highly unlikely FOX would sell episodes right after they've aired, they'd rather sell it as a DVD (though I think they can make a lot of money this way, and the pop on bonuses onto a DVD that's a bit higher quality anyways).
They've said they'll distribute music videos through iTunes because they already have agreements with record labels for music, so videos is a logical next step. Path of least resistance to allow them to 'legitimise' a platform.
If they are sensible, they will also support all the content people may already have in their PCs, like they do with mp3 on ipod.
If they are sensible, they will also support all the content people may already have in their PCs, like they do with mp3 on ipod.
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