Archive for May, 2008
The Ultimate Apple TV Hack On A Stick - Updated!
Update - Apparently the aTV is no longer available. If you head over to the Apple Core LLC website a message states that “Due to questions arising regarding the fair use of a particular file present on the aTV Flash, and conflicting opinions as to whether or not it falls under the fair use category, [...]
A Few Of My Childhood Favorites Come To Apple TV In HD Including Krull!
I have to say there are a handful of movies which I can look back on that define my child hood and Krull and Clash of the Titans are two of them. Both are now available as HD rentals. Two more titles including Weird Science and The Final Season are also now available as HD [...]
The Golden Compass Now Available To Rent In HD
The Golden Compass is now available for rent in HD or purchase on the Apple TV.
Movies Coming To Canada And The UK For Purchase And Rent
According to the Times Online Apple is ready to announce the availability of movie rentals and for purchase. Only the iTunes Movie Store is mentioned and no word wether this service will extend to the Apple TV, but I would assume so. You can read the entire article here.
iTunes TV Programming Comes To France
By way of Appleinsider, Apple announced Thursday that hit television programming is now available on the iTunes Store in France. Check out the entire post here.
Vudu Software Update Allows You To Extend Expired Movies
By way of a post over at Gizmodo, by installing the latest software update for Vudu, you are given the option of being able to extend your rental for another 30 days or an extra 24-48 hours. Apparently Independent Titles on Vudu are rented for 48 hours. The extra cost is $2 off HD movies [...]
27 Dresses Now An HD Rental Along With 7 More Titles
27 Dresses became an HD rental tonight along with 7 more titles including Assassination Tango, Cobb, Curley Sue, Fright Night, Little Shop of Horrors, Scooby-Doo in Where’s My Mummy and Unearthed.
Tech Ticker and Silicon Valley Insider Proclaim Apple TV Is All Hype
According to Tech Ticker’s Henry Blodget and Silicon Alley Insider Apple analyst Dan Frommer, the Apple TV is a bomb. Do you agree with their analysis? Did anyone let them know Apple TV does more then movies or play HD content like a Blu-Ray player?
Have You Rented These Titles? They May Be Leaving Soon
Below is a list of movies which are either coming soon are are currently playing on HBO and Starz. If my theory about Premium Cable Channels taking over movie rights is correct, we should see some of these titles disappear or become purchase only. As a matter of fact Ocean’s Thirteen is already gone. FYI, [...]
Four More Catalog Titles In HD
Apple sure is piling on the catalog titles. If anything it’s a guarantee they should stick around for a while unlike the newer titles which will probably disappear at some point.
The new additions are Brannigan, Office Space, Darfur Now and Shallow Hal.
Ghost World Is The $.99 Movie Of The Week - Updated!
Ghost World is the $.99 movie of the week for the week of 5-27-08.
ATVJ Podcast Now Available In The iTunes Store
Clicking here will take you to the ATVJ Podcast page in the iTunes Store.
Rambo Now Available For Purchase
Rambo is now available for purchase through the iTunes Movie Store and the Apple TV as an Apple Video Download.
Apple TV Junkie Podcast Episode One
Welcome everyone to Episode One of ATVJ’s official podcast. In episode one I cover some of the history of Apple TV and I try and answer some frequently asked questions.
New Titles To Look For This Week
Below is a list of possible new rental or purchase titles to look for on Apple TV this week.
March Titles (Rentals)
Bee Movie (3-11-08)
Love in the time of Cholera (3-18-08)
The Mist (3-25-08)
Possible April Titles (Rentals)
Day of the Dead (4-8-08)
Resurrecting The Champ (4-8-08)
Cloverfield (4-22-08)
Charlie Wilson’s War (4-22-08)
The Golden Compass (4-29-08)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (4-29-08)
Possible May [...]
