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hoodwinked

Apple Falls 601 Movies Short of February Promise

Macworld did some follow-up on a promise made by Apple in a press release from January's keynote. In it, the company claimed:
iTunes Movie Rentals launches today and will offer over 1,000 titles by the end of February, including over 100 titles in stunning high definition video with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound which users can rent directly from their widescreen TV using Apple TV.
Now that February is over, a "Power Search" on iTunes reveals that only 399 rentals are available. More »

5:31 PM on Sat Mar 1 2008
By Mark Wilson
10,991 views, 50 comments

Latest by iomatic: The Apple-hatin' trolls, they are funny. more »

itunes

$0.99 Pick-O'-the-Week Comes To iTunes Rental Store

The iTunes rental store now offers weekend specials, just like your local RST Video. Thursday through Monday each week, one movie will rent for $0.99, or $3 less than usual. If we keep heading down this path, the next update of iTunes will bring streaming video of a crushtached geek who snickers at you when you bring You've Got Mail to the checkout. This week's special is The Hours. [MacRumors]

9:55 AM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Benny Goldman
2,555 views, 13 comments

question of the day

Question of the Day: How Do You Get Your Movies?

The recent Apple TV 2.0 update got me thinking about the myriad of ways that consumers can get movies in their home these days. There are numerous companies out there vying for your entertainment dollar in both brick and mortar stores and online. So our question to you is: how do you get movies at home? More »

7:30 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Sean Fallon
23,053 views, 116 comments

Latest by OneObuyan: DVDEmpire without doubt the Largest Collection of contemporary & classical in a variety of formats and edition releases, its the easiest to search, by any genre , or recordings, DTS-THX-etc... you name it they have it. more »

itunes movies

Apple Wheeling and Dealing For Movie Rentals From Multiple Studios?

According to the New York Times, Apple is in negotiations with multiple studios for iTunes movie rentals, not just Fox as was previously reported. The NYT sources did confirm the Fox deal but, not surprisingly, they declined to comment further saying only that more than one studio would be on the stage at Macworld. Wusses. [NYT]

6:40 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By Sean Fallon
986 views, 2 comments

Movie Gallery, the number two video rental chain, has been browbeaten into bankruptcy by the vast array of forces assaulting B&M rental outlets—the bloodbath between Netflix and Blockbuster, web video, VOD and so on. Quick and dirty takeaway: The picture's not looking pretty for your corner video store. [Crave]

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it's cool

Blu-ray Signs Profit Sharing, Ruffles Some Feathers, Probably Shouldn't

Last week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment signed an agreement with rental company Rentrak to offer revenue sharing on Blu-ray titles. Some are calling this an aggressive move by Sony, bordering on on anti-competitive. But as far as I can tell, it's a fair play that's probably pretty smart. More »

3:30 PM on Sun Jul 22 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,303 views, 6 comments

hd dvd on the way out?

Blockbuster's Blu-ray Endorsement Having Major Impact on HD DVD Player Sales

Blockbuster's decision to support Blu-ray in all of its 1,450 stores is having a bigger impact than it seems. A tipster at an unnamed retailer tells us they've had more HD DVD player orders canceled over the last few days than they've seen over the entire life cycle. The kicker? All of them were canceled because of the Blockbuster announcement. More »

4:00 PM on Tue Jun 19 2007
By Jason Chen
32,243 views, 80 comments

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
5,385 views, 32 comments

wireless

Hertz to try RFID Rather Than Keys for Rentals

A Hertz at the Nice Cote d'Azur Airport in France will begin using RFID to start up and check out cars, rather than keys. A group of 60 frequent Hertz customers will be guinae pigs in this test to see if using RFID-enabled cards for vehicles will speed the rental process. There are 10 Renault Megane cars equipped with the RFID technology. More »

5:30 PM on Thu Aug 10 2006
By Travis Hudson
452 views, 5 comments

software

iTunes to Get Movie Rentals

Think Secret has learned that Stephan Jobs himself will announce the availability of movie rentals via iTunes at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on August 7. It is also being reports that Walt Disney, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. have already signed on to offer content for the iTunes movie rental service. More »

11:33 AM on Tue Jul 18 2006
By Travis Hudson
317 views, 6 comments

deals

MovieBeam Price Drop

MovieBeam, that service where you download movies via a broadcast signal, has just dropped its cost of entry to $49. That's compared to its already-reduced priced of $199. More »

1:07 PM on Mon May 15 2006
By Charlie White
127 views, 3 comments

home entertainment

Netflix Adds HD DVD Rentals

We reported earlier that Netflix would support HD DVD at its launch this month, and while the launch of the players and disks is behind schedule, Netflix has quietly begun to accommodate HD DVD rentals on its website. If you go to the your account area, it gives you the option to set up your account for HD DVD, reminding you of the sharper images, better sound and more features of the new format. It then gives you the option of automatically placing the HD version of a movie in your queue rather than the standard DVD. Not that Netflix is actually offering any of the HD DVD disks yet, but it's ready when the disks are. More »

10:27 AM on Tue Mar 14 2006
By Charlie White
2,599 views, Comment