Apple movies on ipod and iphone

Good news if you own an Apple device such as an iphone or ipod and like watching Apple movies. To promote its movie business Apple are now offering Weekend Movie Picks on its iTunes website. Apple are now offering its ipod movies on a special price of 99 cents which is a massive $3 off the usual rental fee.
A new movie will become available at the special price every Thursday, good until the following Monday. Once rented, you will have the standard 30 days to watch it in a 24-hour time period.

Amazon did something similar when it debuted Unbox, which is an Internet video on demand service (but only available only in the U.S.) It was launched in September 2006 and is compatible with Windows or a TiVo DVR, whilst the iTunes movie rentals can be downloaded using your Mac or Windows computer, or even downloaded to the AppleTV.

They haven’t got a great movie selection similar to Netflix, but it is as good as Unbox and the various video on demand services that are offered by cable and satellite companies. It will probably improve over time as they build up their library.

One good thing the AppleTV has going for them is its user interface is so much easier to use than the VOD menus.

To save space on your podcast, a good tip would be to add shows to your favourites rather than downloading a show directly to the AppleTV hard drive. When you want to watch a video podcast, click on My Favourites to see what’s new and choose the show you want to watch.

One thing that is lacking is that there is no indication of which shows you have watched and which ones you haven’t seen. It’s also difficult to manage subscriptions from the AppleTV.

At least with movie rentals, I don’t have to worry about knowing how to delete video podcasts downloaded directly to the set-top box.

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