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time bandits

Confirmed: Change Your System Time, Watch Your iTunes Rentals Forever

Update: That was fast. It's busted—or fixed, depending on your POV. See the jump. Movie rentals from iTunes 7.6? Awesome. That pesky 24-hour viewing window once you've started the film? Not so much. And even if you get a little trigger-happy and click play only two MB into the download, the self-destruct timer activates. What if you need just a little bit more time? Or maybe a whole lot more time. We'd heard you could extend the doomsday clock by toying around with your system's date/time. We tested it and it's true. There is, of course, a catch or two.
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Feature

10:30 AM on Thu Jan 17 2008
By matt buchanan
122,497 views, 103 comments

Latest by fumunda69: I downloaded a movie, then transfered it to my 5th generation and watched it. Before 24 hours had elapsed I more »

apple

iTunes Rentals Adds Disney to Stable, Might Not Get Others

It comes as no surprise when we hear that Disney has just joined Apple's movie rental service (following Fox, late last week) seeing as Steve Jobs says "I"m hittin' that" to both companies, but it does surprise us when Variety reports that Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. would not participate because of "various competitive reasons." More »

12:00 PM on Mon Dec 31 2007
By Jason Chen
4,083 views, 30 comments

Latest by Technofreak: you could also check out amazon's unboxed movie rentals. you can download the entire movie from them for a good more »

huge price increase

Blockbuster Online Members Socked With Christmas Price Hike

Isn't this a fine little Christmas present from our friends at Blockbuster? Maybe the movie rental company figured since it's this close to the holidays, no one would notice a price increase at Blockbuster Online, announced in a letter to subscribers yesterday. The most painful hit will be taken by those with a "three-out unlimited" plan, taking a huge price boost up the butt, from $24.99 to $34.99, an astonishing 40% hike. Those with the two-disc unlimited plan won't be too happy to see their $21.99 rate suddenly increasing to $29.99, a 35.3% increase. It wasn't quite that bad for other members, most of which saw plan prices raised a couple of bucks. Netflix, anyone? [Hacking Netflix]

9:24 AM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Charlie White
9,127 views, 118 comments

Latest by rocksta: The prices were raised to $34.99 for those with 3 at-a-time rentals and UNLIMITED in-store exchanges. Those on the $19.99 plan more »

movie rentals

Blockbuster Gimps Total Access Plan, Now Only 5 Free Exchanges a Month, $1.99 Each After

One of the main selling points of Blockbuster online vs. Netflix is the fact that you can take your online mailers into brick and mortar Blockbuster stores and exchange them for in-store movies. In fact, that's the reason we give when we recommend people choose Blockbuster over Netflix. It's too bad that they're now totally cutting the plan off at the knees and limiting $17.99 plan to only FIVE free in-store exchanges a month, and charging $1.99 per exchange after that. More »

12:45 PM on Fri Jul 27 2007
By Jason Chen
25,768 views, 55 comments

Latest by execrationist: @greysky: In the event that I don't get one day turn around with Netflix its due entirely to the terrible mail more »

it's just a flesh wound

Blockbuster Deals Blow to HD DVD Camp By Choosing Blu-ray

After testing out both Blu-ray and HD DVD rentals in 250 of its 1,450 stores, movie rental chain Blockbuster has gone with Blu-ray as the format it's going to widely deploy next month. The decision comes as customers in those 250 stores chose Blu-ray 70% of the time, obviously more than doubling the amount of HD DVDs rented. That's a pretty big margin this early in the format war. More »

4:00 AM on Mon Jun 18 2007
By Jason Chen
5,431 views, 32 comments

Latest by ,Comedian: @Czechxican The problem with your reasoning is that there is still a format war going on. Just because Blockbuster shelves more »

reality check

Rumor Battered: Hollywood Poo-Poos on Apple's Movie Rental Plan

The briefly ballyhooed iTunes movie rental store did sound a bit too good to be true. While multiple sources confirm Apple's feeler, the flipside is that the movie studios aren't exactly smitten, according to Reuters. $2.99 for 30 days? Preposterous, sneers Hollywood. Easy portability to your iPod or iPhone? Poppycock. More »

8:15 PM on Mon Jun 11 2007
By Matt Buchanan
5,929 views, 18 comments

Latest by marvenp: Wow! I think you guys are missing a very important point here. This deals shows once again how Apple is more »

appleflix?

Breaking: Apple Launching Online Video Rental Store

Financial Times is reporting that Apple is in "advanced talks with Hollywood's largest movie studios" to launch an online video rental service. Flicks will cost $3 to rent for 30 days and can be moved to at least one other device, such as an iPod or iPhone. More »

10:30 PM on Sun Jun 10 2007
By Matt Buchanan
5,964 views, 24 comments

Latest by saman82: the idea of movie rent can't compete with chepa movie downloads. tpday you can find many websites that offer you more »