iTunes Store Begins Offering $.99 TV Episodes
It looks like Apple is really pushing these discount deals left and right now. The iTunes Store is now offering, for a limited time, current tv season $.99 episodes. Below is the list of season which are offered, with all $.99 episodes offered in standard definition.
Fringe, Season 1
CSI: Miami, Season 7
NCIS, Season 6
CSI: NY, Season 5
Numb3rs, Season 5
Survivor, Season 17
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Season 9
Head on over to our HD TV Shows page to see the entire list of available HD TV Shows.
Daily HD Rental Update 12-17-08
Below is the list of new HD Rentals that have been added to Apple TV.
A very quiet day for HD additions with only 4 new titles to choose from, and I use the word new lightly because our old friend American Pie 2 is back for another run, at least until late night Cinemax wants it back.
American Pie 2
The Devil’s Curse
Garden Party
Misery
Head on over to the HD Rentals page to see this weeks entire list of new titles.
* Not available through the iTunes Store as of this posting.
New Version Of Boxee Available With Minor Bug Fixes
Fans of Boxee will be happy to know that a new version is available which contains some minor bug fixes such as great improvement to Netflix streaming, skip forward/backward, pause in Netflix, clicking Menu = Back on Apple TV, TV Shows scanning is working again and more.
It seems as though the Boxee team is also working on a new version which will be coming out at CES on January 8th, 2009.
To get the entire lowdown on all the bog fixes head over to the Boxee Blog.
Daily HD Rental Update 12-16-08
Below is the list of new HD Rentals that have been added to Apple TV.
An interesting mix of 10 new HD rentals today. I’ll let you bet the judge of quality, mainly because I wasn’t even born when half of them were made.
Bandolero (1968)
Girl Happy
The McKenzie Break
Office Space
Peyton Place
Return to Peyton Place
Still of the Night
Tristan + Isolde
A Very Long Engagement
The World of Henry Orient
Head on over to the HD Rentals page to see this weeks entire list of new titles.
* Not available through the iTunes Store as of this posting.
$.99 Movie “Rentals” Of The Week?
Yes you read that correctly, it looks as though Apple is changing up how they offer their $.99 movies of the week and are now offering movie rentals, plural, of the week. Currently there is only one title listed on the page, As Good As It Gets, but it seems as though there is space for more titles. It’s hard for me to believe Apple would dedicate an entire section for just one title. Head on over to this new page in the iTunes Store and see for yourself.
Update - This page is now listing O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Lethal Weapon also as $.99 movies rentals of the week. I guess you can consider this the iTunes Store $.99 bin.
The Mummy 3, Mamma Mia! Are Now Available For Purchase And Download
New purchase titles The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Mamma Mia! The Movie are now available for purchase and download through the Apple TV and iTunes Store.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor will be available to rent on 1-29-09 and Mamma Mia! The Movie on 1-29-09.
This Weeks Great Movies Under $10
It looks like Apple is upping the ante a bit as far as the under $10 titles are concerned by adding a group of fairly recent movies. Now the quality on the other hand, I’ll let you be the judge. Below is the list of titles:
Be Kind Rewind
Over Her Dead Body
Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show
10,000 BC
Fool’s Gold
The ATVJ Podcast Has A Vacancy
As viewers of the latest podcast will know, I am now flying solo. And as much as I don’t mind doing the podcast by myself, I’m always in search of adding a different voice and opinion to the podcast. So, let the word go forth that the Apple TV Junkie podcast is in search of a new co-host. This isn’t rocket science. First and foremost it’s about fun, but if you’re a geek about digital media, you follow the industry on a daily basis, you own a media box or two, you feel like you have an opinion, and you want to express your opinion in front of a camera, then this could be the opportunity for you.
Sorry folks, but you must live in the general San Diego area. We are no Diggnation where we can fly you into San Diego on a weekly basis. But if you feel like you are within traveling distance and you can make it down once a week, then let’s give it a shot. So, man or woman, tall or short, young or old, we’re considering everyone. If your interested please shoot us an email at feedback at appletvjunkie.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
HD Podcast Episode 8 - Open That Window
The podcast returns after a few weeks off with one less host but still going strong. This week we keep things simple and only cover one news subject, the dreaded missing movies, so you get my rant on that along with the usual Movie and TV news. Click here to head over to our iTunes Page.
We apologize for the usually crappiness of the audio but it was a windy day.
So much for YouTube, we are back to Vimeo. Yes we know the video formatting is a little wanky.
Anime Distributor Viz Media added to Canadian iTunes Store
Following up on my previous post about free anime episodes I should have mentioned that Viz Media is
now part of the Canadian iTunes store (kind of obvious, I know). The following shows are now available:
How I Met Your Mother, Season 4 Now Available In HD
How I Met Your Mother, Season 4 is now available through the Apple TV and iTunes Store in HD.
Head on over to our HD TV Shows page to see the entire list of available HD TV Shows.
Daily HD Rental Update 12-15-08
Below is the list of new HD Rentals that have been added to Apple TV.
To start off the week we have a nice set of 12 new HD rental additions, all pretty much catalog titles. And we all know what that means, some broadcast network has opened their window for a bit, but I wouldn’t expect these titles to stay around forever.
Che!
Deck The Halls*
Dude, Where’s My Car?
Chicken Little
Notting Hill
The Rookie
Saturday Night Fever*
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ferngully: The Last Rain Forest
Happy Birthday, Harris Malden
Let’s make Love
Prince Valient
Head on over to the HD Rentals page to see this weeks entire list of new titles.
* Not available through the iTunes Store as of this posting.
New Rental/Purchase Titles To Look For:
12-15-08
Below is a list of confirmed rental and purchase titles, along with possible rental and/or purchase titles to look for coming to the Apple TV this week.
If our calculations are correct, and the studios are sticking to their 30 day rental window for Apple movie downloads, the Wall-E should be available to rent as of the 17th.
Confirmed Purchase Titles For This Week
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Purchase Release Date 12-16-08)
Mamma Mia: The Movie (Purchase Release Date 12-16-08)
Cheetah Girls 3 (Purchase Release Date 12-16-08)
House Bunny (Purchase Release Date 12-19-08)
Possible Rental Titles For This Week
Wall-E (Rental Release Date 12-17-08)
The Dark Knight : iTunes Version - Who Bought It, Would You Recommend It?
Inquiring minds want to know, or those of us who can’t wait until the 26th of December to rent the HD version, what did you think of the Standard Definition iTunes version of The Dark Knight? More specifically, who were the Apple TV users who purchased the download and what did you think of the picture quality on your HDTV’s?
Appaloosa, The House Bunny And Beethoven’s Big Break Now Available For Pre-Order
Three new titles have become available for pre-order through the iTunes Store, they are, Appaloosa (ERD* 1-13-08), The House Bunny (ERD* 12-19-08) And Beethoven’s Big Break (ERD* 12-26-08).
None of these titles have an estimated rental date attached.
*Apple’s Estimated Release Date
