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Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

Gelangweilt — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:11:43 EST

when will they ever learn?
customers dont want to pay almost the same price for a digital download compared to a *real* product they can put on a shelf. plus you get minor quality to the dvd product and can only watch it with fricken itunes/quicktime. boo!
keep your stuff, but stop blaming pirates for bad business

Gelangweilt

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

Amazing-Steve — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:46:30 EST

Anybody who forks over $15 for a downloaded movie should be outted, dragged into the street and beaten to death with a claw hammer along with his/her family as an example to the rest of the idiots considering it.

Amazing-Steve

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

b1gn — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:31:42 EST

This is complete BS! I thought Apple wanted to market to consumers, not the damn movie studios!!!

b1gn

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

DocHoliday — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:58:09 EST

For $15 I'll pay Kevin Costner to come to my house and act one out for me.

DocHoliday

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

novacthall — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:13:20 EST

What will the resolution be?

novacthall

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

RobotVampire — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:39:09 EST

Way to minimize your profits Apple/movie studios! Who makes these kinds of decisions, Bizarro Superman?

RobotVampire

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

ecobore — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:11:02 EST

at $9 I MIGHT consider paying for a downloaded movie - at $15 NEVER EVER!!!

ecobore

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

JoshS — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:23:36 EST

Color me skeptical, because these things are often wrong. But if it is true:

You can kiss my sales goodbye, iTunes. I'd much rather buy a DVD that I can do what I want with (though it's a pain to convert) than have a small, DRM'd "movie".

I would take rentals, or DVD-like purchases - meaning I can watch them where I want them - on a dvd, maybe a zune :)

JoshS

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

doinka — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:57:03 EST

Rip Off! No pun intended. You might as well by the DVD and rip it yourself. You can use "HandBrake" for free to rip them.

doinka

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Jelster — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:36:12 EST

A movie should be max $5, you have zero overheads and you're nobbing the traditional retailer and manufacturer in both cost and profit. Yet you think that shaving off a few bucks is going to fly as you double or triple your profits. Oh please do go f*ck yourselves.

So would it hurt so much that people could easily and without great thought download a movie at such a low cost. Is it beyond comprehension that if every movie on the planet is one click and $5 away that people would go the easy path rather than running through websites and torrents to save $5.

Here's a neat idea you can have for free if you stop your insane pricing. Want to maximize your profits? Offer the extras AS EXTRAS then charge $1-2 for them.

Phew. :)

Jelster

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

GOKOR — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:38 EST

Let me get this right; no overhead, no rent, no physical items changing hands, just packets of data, no retail staff to pay...their only bill really is to keep their server up, and that is nowhere near as expensive as running several thousand Best Buy's across the nation.

This is a purely dick move.

GOKOR

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

txturbo930 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:59:52 EST

they can keep that shit

txturbo930

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

NeoPoliticus — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:01:12 EST

From now on, every time I download or copy a movie that's on iTunes, I'm going to send an "I Don't Owe You" letter to the studio head.

NeoPoliticus

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

Pepper — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:34:48 EST

*****Loads up favorite Warez website and wonders why the Movie Industry deals with piracy in the first place. Come on, it was hard enough to pay the price it was at, but now its just pointless. I'll take my chances with the RIAA, and all that good stuff

Pepper

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infinitespecter — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:57:30 EST

This is absurd. I've paid less than that for high def BluRay movies. Asking $15 for a less than DVD quality release saddled with a ton of DRM is insane.

infinitespecter

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

bobdobbs — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:49:03 EST

This smells to me like a concession to the studios to either expand the itunes movie catalog or to allow rentals. Hopefully, both.

bobdobbs

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

ibelli — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:01:20 EST

Rumor: People stop buying movies via iTunes due to movies being too 'spensive.

ibelli

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

justrick — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:42:45 EST

Yeah, that'll help convince me to buy more movies. At the current price point, I buy zero. Make 'em $5 or so and I'll consider it.

Is it just me, or is Apple getting more and more stupid with their handling of iTunes content?

justrick

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

diabolusunknown — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:32:47 EST

With all the in-movie advertising, they should be paying us to watch it. At least TV shows indicate to you that it is a good time to tune out and make a snack.

diabolusunknown

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

Rand — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:06:58 EST

I've no desire to own most movies I see. Not saying they are bad, just the number of movies that I would watch multiple times is small compared to the number of movies I watch as a whole. If they had rentals at the same price as brick and mortar stores, they would make much more money off of me over the long term than raising the prices on movie purchases. Rentals....where I don't have to go to the fricking video store and go "damn....all the good stuff already rented, nothing but crap left".

Rand

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Padriac — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:06:35 EST

Still not clear why digital downloads cost less than the "manufactured, shipped, and stored" DVDs. Seriously, economically don't digital downloads eliminate a ton of costs? Why not charge the same as DVDs and just be happy making more profit? Is there something I'm missing here?

Padriac

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

jagowar — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:59:25 EST

kinda funny when the whole reason nbc left was over something very similar (except apple wouldnt let them charge more)

jagowar

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

JakCrow — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:54:24 EST

I picked up 7 DVDs for 5 bucks each out of various bargain bins over the weekend. 4 of them were special editions. Now, why would I want to pay $15 each for itunes only copies?

JakCrow

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ghmlco — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:51:55 EST

"...a pre-encoded version isn't that huge of a deal."

Depends on your Mac, I guess. Ripping can take an hour or two or three, depending upon processor speed, output size, and quality level, whereas reading a gig from a DVD can probably be done in about five minutes.

As to movie prices, I can understand the relutance to pay more, but then again DVD prices have remained flat for years now, while prices for nearly everything else have increased.

ghmlco

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

Nintenboy01 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:07:26 EST

Why are these movie studios so greedy? $15 for a digital download pockmarked with DRM is sheer insanity.

Nintenboy01

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

MikeBahooski — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:02:50 EST

Like fun I am paying $15 for a digital version of a movie.

MikeBahooski

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:51:15 EST

I kinda like buying a few movies from them, since I know that I'll probably never buy the solid DVD version of it, such as Pirates of the Carribean, which releases tomorrow.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

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daftrok — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:50:16 EST

They're movies are the weakest selling point. Why in the hell would they increase the price? They're not NBC.

daftrok

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:35:22 EST

I'll believe it when I see it.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

DJJS — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:17:52 EST

Lame.. Hope its not true..

DJJS

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

mullingitover — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:14:35 EST

The more you tighten your grip, MPAA, the more people will go back to bittorrent.

Seriously though, where do they get off raising the price? They're making users pay for their distribution, there's no materials...what are they offering anyone, except a special magic integer?

They must have a combination of balls the size of atom bombs and an IQ lower than Bush's.

mullingitover

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

Bantam — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:11:02 EST

I cant see this happening like Dirk says its a bone-headed move. I mean hell how many people truly buy movies now at the current rip off prices...

Rentals wont go over well unless its based as a monthly fee like netflix.

Bantam

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

Dirk — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:10:00 EST

If this is true, then it's a bone-headed move.

Dirk

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

smitty1123 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:06:29 EST

HA!

smitty1123

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

jim — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:04:39 EST

I think it is the movie studios pushing prices up to make up for lost revenue. They still have the backward view that if people aren't buying our stuff we should raise prices so we make more money on the few that do sell.

I don't buy movies now and won't buy them when they go up. I would buy them at $5 per show.

jim

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

gadgetchic — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:55:39 EST

highly doubt it

gadgetchic

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

kyledwards — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:52:21 EST

Rentals, Rentals, Rentals!!! I hope they anounce that during Mac World. Bye bye block buster/netflix. Well, as long as they have new movies.

kyledwards

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

drdroo — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:51:38 EST

Exactly why would I bother doing that when DVDs and CDs are so cheap on Half.com, usually in shrink wrap even?

They're out of their mind.

drdroo

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loadedthorn — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:44:41 EST

That's a pretty hard sell for Apple. I can go to WalMart and get a DVD for $15, which I can put (special features/commentary and all) on my computer or iPod in higher quality than I can download from the iTunes store.

Songs - yes, TV shows - maybe. But I really can't get behind selling movies online. I'll be all about the iTunes rentals, though.

loadedthorn

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cayton — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:43:14 EST

Boo to that crap!

cayton

Rumor: iTunes Movie Prices Going Up to $15 Per Movie

youknowit — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:43:11 EST

why am I paying more when distribution has been stripped out of the equation and material costs are non-existent. Like hell I am paying $15 for movie.

youknowit

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stonefry — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:42:45 EST

Somebody tell iTunes that I just bought The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring extra special extended schnazzy 4 disc edition this weekend for $9.99.

stonefry