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From: Kevin McMurtrie on 2 Mar 2010 01:11 In article <student-57ECCE.13072126022010(a)isp5.newshosting.com>, Meerkat1 <student(a)invalid.edu> wrote: > The Itunes faq says that rented movies can be watched on a TV through an > Apple TV. > > Does this mean that I can't rent a movie and watch it on my TV which is > connected to a MacBook Pro through its DVI and sound ports? > > Thanks I don't know why, but online rentals are a mess. Apple only rents low fidelity (VHS quality) movies to computers. Amazon and Netflix have HD rentals. My Panasonic TV has Amazon rentals built-in but it can't do surround sound. All three have spotty selections. -- I won't see Google Groups replies because I must filter them as spam
From: John McWilliams on 2 Mar 2010 11:40 Kevin McMurtrie wrote: > In article <student-57ECCE.13072126022010(a)isp5.newshosting.com>, > Meerkat1 <student(a)invalid.edu> wrote: > >> The Itunes faq says that rented movies can be watched on a TV through an >> Apple TV. >> >> Does this mean that I can't rent a movie and watch it on my TV which is >> connected to a MacBook Pro through its DVI and sound ports? > > I don't know why, but online rentals are a mess. Apple only rents low > fidelity (VHS quality) movies to computers. Amazon and Netflix have HD > rentals. My Panasonic TV has Amazon rentals built-in but it can't do > surround sound. All three have spotty selections. If you include AppleTV - or even if you don't, it's possible to get 720p content on one's computer or ATV, from Apple. -- John McWilliams
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 2 Mar 2010 13:43 Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie(a)pixelmemory.us> wrote: > I don't know why, but online rentals are a mess. The industry is still in its infancy. Licensing red tape from the rights holders I'm sure isn't helping. Give it time. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: Kevin McMurtrie on 3 Mar 2010 00:20
In article <hmjf2s$7du$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Kevin McMurtrie wrote: > > In article <student-57ECCE.13072126022010(a)isp5.newshosting.com>, > > Meerkat1 <student(a)invalid.edu> wrote: > > > >> The Itunes faq says that rented movies can be watched on a TV through an > >> Apple TV. > >> > >> Does this mean that I can't rent a movie and watch it on my TV which is > >> connected to a MacBook Pro through its DVI and sound ports? > > > > > I don't know why, but online rentals are a mess. Apple only rents low > > fidelity (VHS quality) movies to computers. Amazon and Netflix have HD > > rentals. My Panasonic TV has Amazon rentals built-in but it can't do > > surround sound. All three have spotty selections. > > If you include AppleTV - or even if you don't, it's possible to get 720p > content on one's computer or ATV, from Apple. I haven't found a single 1280x720 rental for computer playback on iTunes. I've only seen resolutions in the vicinity of 640x360 and 640x480 with stereo sound. Some older videos are 320x240. Got a title? -- I won't see Google Groups replies because I must filter them as spam |