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iphone

iPhone and iPod Touch Actually Support 720x576 Video Resolution

Officially, the iPhone and iPod touch support 640 by 480-pixel video running at up to 30 frames per second. But Ars Technica is reporting that it'll actually take 720x576-resy video churning at 25fps, which is the same resolution and frame rate that PAL (mostly Euro) DVDs run at. Obviously not all that useful if you're just catching flicks on your iPhone, but if you watch them on your computer too (like a rental), the higher res means less squinting on your big boy monitor. [Ars Technica]

9:15 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By matt buchanan
8,889 views, 20 comments

Latest by DurfDiggler: Oh, another reason I chose 720x405 is because the actual resolution of an ANAMORPHIC widescreen DVD is 720x480 (at 16x9). Anamorphic means it stretches the 720x480 to 852x480. 720x405 doesn't waste any space by stretching pixels, but you do lose more »

apple tv review

Apple TV 2.0 Review

Ever since our Apple TV 1.0 review decided that Apple's thrust into the living room wasn't pantsworthy, we've been waiting for them to step up and make a revision that was. Apple TV 2.0 is their answer. (Let's stop calling it Take 2, please!) It's everything Apple TV should have been when it launched, complete with audio and video podcasts, Flickr and .Mac integration and—most importantly—movie rentals without a computer. At $229, it's an essential part of any iTunes user's living room arsenal.

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8:30 AM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Jason Chen
90,186 views, 90 comments

Latest by n/a: @Melomel: I own a PS3, which I used with Window Media player to stream the content. It works pretty well. And lately I got the new Apple TV 2.0. It just works 1 or 2 notchs better than the other. more »

time machinations

Apple Lets You Keep iTunes Video Rentals Longer Than 24 Hours, No Hacks Required

Okay, so we tried basically every way we could think of to warp, twist and otherwise hack the laws of iTunes rentals time and space in order to give you guys more than 24 hours to finish a flick. Turns out, no black magic is needed. Apple knows an exact, single day just isn't enough (Hollywood's a bitch), and they've actually built in an extension—at least on an iPod nano. More »

7:20 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By matt buchanan
22,597 views, 32 comments

itunes video rentals

iTunes Video Rentals Rumor: Warner Bros. Onboard

Citing the ever-chatty "people familiar with the agreements" Bloomberg is reporting that Warner is the latest studio to climb aboard the iTunes video rental express. For and against breakdown: Warner has been pretty busy this week on the vid front—and it's a total "duh" that Apple has been/is talking with all of the major studios. But, 10 days ago, word was that Warner was abstaining for "competitive reasons." More »

1:15 PM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By matt buchanan
1,628 views, 4 comments