Archive for May, 2008
Apple TV Movie Purchase Titles Gone? Updated!
Update - According to site member matrix6028 all purchase options are back.
Site visitor Cole sent us the heads up that Apple TV Purchase titles appear to be gone from Apple TV. We are no where near our Apple TV due to Mothers Day weekend so can anyone else confirm what Cole is seeing?
If There Was An Apple TV Junkie Podcast, Would Anybody Listen?
I’ve been contemplating for a little while now the idea of an official ATVJ Podcast. But the big question is, do you want one? The more the site grows, the more content there is on Apple TV, the more Apple does with Apple TV and movie downloads in general, the more I think there is [...]
4 More HD And 4 More SD Titles Tonight - Updated!
Updated - One more HD title found was the documentary Jimmy Carter Man from Plains.
Not all are Oscar winners but it seems as though Apple has stepped it up a bit. In HD additions we get Shaun of the Dead, The Scorpion King, Awakenings and Carlito’s Way: Rise To Power. In SD additions we get [...]
5 New SD Titles To Rent
A few new SD titles showed up for rent this afternoon including The Mummy Returns, Pitch Black, El Mariachi, Music Within and The Muppets Take Manhattan.
5 More HD Titles Released Tonight Including Lions For Lambs
As predicted earlier in the week when Apple showed Lions for Lambs temporarily in the iTunes Store, it’s now back for rent in HD. Other new HD titles for rent are The Baby-Sitters Club, Kingdom Come, Tamara and Two Girls and a Guy.
What’s In A Name Or Acronym? I Want My AVD?
I’ve been thinking. Now that Apple will be releasing titles same day as the DVD release, what do I call the type of movie Apple is releasing. Technically it’s no longer a Digital Video Versatile Disc release. Is it an AVD (Apple Video Download)? A DDV (Digital Video Download)? A ADV (Apple Digital Video)? I [...]
Apple TV Movie Rental Video Formats - Does This Hold True For Purchased Movie Also?
According to Apple’s support page on Rental Video Formats the resolution for Standard Definition movies is 720 x up to 480 pixels. If you rented the same movie directly from the iTunes Store the resolution would be 640 x up to 480 pixels. Now, I have yet to purchase a movie through Apple TV. Really [...]
3 New HD Titles Tonight Including Reservation Road
Reservation Road was a DVD release the same week as There Will Be Blood, so I hope to see that title turn Rental and hopefully HD soon. The other two HD titles released were Heartbreak Ridge and The Taking of Palham One Two Three.
One More HD Title For Tuesday - 2 Fast 2 Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious is now in HD on Apple TV.
ATVJ Gets Mentioned As An Apple TV Resource At Peachpit.com
Peachpit Press provides an excerpt from their book The Apple TV Pocket Guide at www.peachpit.com. When you reach page five of the book excerpt online, Buy and Rent Media Using the Apple TV, Apple TV Junkie is mentioned as a resource which tracks all the new movies and TV shows that are available on the [...]
4 More HD Titles For Today - Update
Update - It looks as though Apple has removed Lions for Lambs from the iTunes Store completely. I assume this is temporary and we will see this title return soon.
Well, it might not be 300, but Gerard Butler makes his return to an HD title on Apple TV with P.S. I Love You. Other new [...]
A Fish Called Wanda is the $.99 Movie Of The Week
The $.99 movie of the week for 5-6-08 is A Fish Called Wanda.
Ars Techinca Reports That iTunes Finally Reaches 1,000 Movie Mark
It took them squeezing every once out of the definition “Movie”, but Ars Techinca is reporting that Apple has finally done it and reached the 1,000 mark. Wow. At this point, a few months late, is it really a mark to even bother following anymore? Call me when they hit the 1,000 HD movie mark [...]
The Week Ahead In New Rental Titles
Listed below are a few titles we might expect to be released as rentals this week. Seeing that The Kite Runner was just released for rental, and it was a March 25th DVD title, I would expect to see the rest of some or the March titles released this week.
On a side note, Spiderman 3 [...]
Two New HD Titles For Monday Morning, Two New SD Rentals Found
We have two new HD rentals to choose from this morning, The Kite Runner and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959). The two new SD rentals which we discovered were Dragon Wars and Southland Tales.
