Posts by matthewbuchanan
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Okay, I guess I'd at least like a play with Apple TV now.
This may work to get the files playing in iTunes, however if the Apple TV specs are to be believed, the device itself won't play them unless they're H.264 or MPEG-4. I guess we'll find out soon enough once they start shipping. The NZ Apple Store lists them at NZ$498, shipping locally next month.
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Mind you they'll have most of the bugs out by then.... :/
Well said.
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More talk on the iPhone and Apple TV in this thread on Vista DRM.
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This page from the US Apple Store lists TVs supported by the Apple TV device, they all appear to be widescreen flat panels, no CRTs in sight. Presumably PAL CRTs only do 576i not 576p, so this may be the reason?
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ahhh the elusive iPhone is here... except NZ.
Actually, it's not even close to here anywhere. No FCC approval means it won't be seen in the US till June, and Europe in Q4 2007, with "Asia" to follow next year. The pricing in the US includes a two-year Cingular contract, no idea if they will sell phones without contracts, perhaps we might be able to pick one up second hand on eBay.
From the aforementioned specs page for the Apple TV unit, its supported video formats are:
H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): 640 by 480, 30 fps, LC version of Baseline Profile; 320 by 240, 30 fps, Baseline profile up to Level 1.3; 1280 by 720, 24 fps, Progressive Main Profile. MPEG-4: 640 by 480, 30 fps, Simple Profile
So, no mention of anything other than H.264 and MPEG-4, which means re-encoding all torrent files, as Russell says, it's a deal-breaker surely.
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New TV3 site up this morning too.
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Does any one know how / where to start one?
Try Petition Online...
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The Listener covered the PJ story last year, attributing all the fuss to, allegedly:
pre-emptive deals made by New Line that were not fully opened to market competition but apportioned instead to other “vertically integrated” companies within the Time Warner empire to which New Line belongs.
In other words, if they'd shopped around for companies to sell LOTR ancillaries, PJ would have been $100 million richer. New Line offered to settle if Jackson agreed to direct The Hobbit, however he has said those terms would be ''the worst reason in the world to agree to make a film.'' Primer here.
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It's worth noting that both DVD Region Free and Videolan are likely to be outlawed by the new legislation.
Well, they seem to be making an exception for DVD region-coding, but it's hard to tell.
It's further worth noting that, at least in the case of Apple's portable machines, they're now using DVD drives that cannot be circumvented using the software mentioned above (VLC, etc), and I suspect this will become the norm. The drives themselves are locked down to the point where, if the region codes don't match, it's not even possible to access the encrypted data stream on the DVD in question.
I believe this is a move made to appease the film studios, but to me it seems retarded, especially for a portable machine which can reasonably be expected to be legitimately used in different regions on an ongoing basis.
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I noticed 3 News running an extended promotion for the new iTunes store, which included cheerfully telling us it will sell albums for under $20 without once mentioning the restrictions that will apply to them.
Actually, with the exception of the Campbell Live interview with Chris Hocquard, 3's coverage neglected to even mention it was a "store" that had launched. They simply reported that iTunes was now available in New Zealand, as if we hadn't been able to use iPods until this week...