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Apple Sells 1 Million Videos in Under 20 Days
olddotter writes "Apple has sold over 1 million videos through iTunes since the release of the Video iPod service. Personally I am surprised by this success, it raises many questions. Will this encourage more people to put their video content on the iTunes store? Is there a vast market for cheaper stuff at reduced prices? Why am I willing to pay more for music than I would for video?"
Something tells me that Kevin Pollak is owed a royalty somewhere.
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Will it be possible for comments to continue this decaying monologue of uncertainty and doubt? Will I be surprised? Should all comments not related to the article but the amusing questioning dialogue be posted herein?
Because you're an idiot. Next question?
Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.
Small video screen, less space than nomad, lame!
On the other hand, were Britney Spears more my thing, I'd likely want the videos, ideally without sound as, let's face it, her success was never about the music.
This is what happens when you recycle jokes from 1999.
Oh yeah...just like those MP3 player things. What a fad! Once those "gadget whores" filled em up they just tossed em aside...good thing they're not around anymore!
This could usher in a whole new era for TV.
Not really. (self goes and looks at the TV shows avaialble through Apple) Just as I thought. $1.99 and nothing's on.
I'd say a full half of the gadgets I buy are shiny, new and fun... for the first month. Then they're relegated to "eBay" pile. I'll be more interested in seeing how their sales fare in six months when having the latest teenage singer shaking her bottom in your hand is no longer enough to make you the "cool guy/gal" in school. I tried video on my iPAQ and trust me, there are better, more entertaining ways to go blind. Speaking which, time to go shave my palms.
Unless you're some obsessive weirdo, I doubt you'll watch the same movie a couple of times a week
So, not a Monty Python fan, eh?
Now go and bring me... A... HERRING!
Judging by your spelling of the words 'definitely' and 'any day', I think you could stand to be watching less TV. Dude, read a book.
Because music has far more inherent replay value than video.
So? Since when does the cost of an item relate to how many times the purchaser uses it?
Car salesman: This car is $20,000.
Man: But I'm not planning on using it very often.
Car salesman: Ok, in that case it's $15,000.
Holy shit.
I am scientifically inaccurate.
30 mb isn't much of a CD collection.
Same here. I thought you were supposed to be embarassed that your phone went off in a public place and disturbed everyone else. Hello? Vibrate feature? But no, every 12-yr-old hip-hopster gangsta-rapper wannabe just HAS to have his phone blast out the latest crap from M. C. Pee Pants whenever one of his "bitches" calls him.
Here's a tip: if I hear your phone sing (I use the term loosely) "pick up da phone, got some money comin' in" one more time, I'm going to introduce your phone to Mr. Sledgehammer. And then maybe your head, too. I figure I should get a medal for preventing all the crimes you were going to commit in the coming years.
-paul
Pistol caliber is like religion: everyone has their favourite, and theirs is the only right choice.
I think that most people who are surprised by this success aren't realizing that the majority of the population are not the slashdot nerd type. People want EASY downloads, sync and play with no hassles. They don't want Bittorrent downloads that they have to burn on to a memory stick and alter the video codec to perform on an incompatible processor. Sure, that's a made-up scenario but the point is that what most of you find easy to do on your computer is incomprehensible to the majority.
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30 mb isn't much of a CD collection.
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It is when you compress at 8bps!!! I swear, you can barely hear the compression artifacts, and it sounds awesome through those killer speakers I got from (now, don't tell anyone my secret) those guys in that white van. Luckily for me, their boss
that's because it's not finnished yet.
"I DARE you to make less sense!"
Thirty millibits, eh? I'm sure you meant thirty megabytes (30 MB), but we all make mistakes.
25 cents per episode of "Enterprise"?
That's a bit steep, isn't it?
"Live Free or Die." Don't like it? Then keep out of the USA
Well, yes, some people simply don't get multilayered humor. But don't worry, you'll always have Adam Sandler.
16,777,216 comments ought to be enough for any forum!
Frankly, most of the talented musicians are well...ugly. As one wit put it, rock and roll was created so that ugly guys could get laid. Given the postulation that talented musicians are ugly, why would I pay extra to get the video to go with the sound?
2 cents,
Queen B
HDGary secures my bank
I think I speak for everyone when I ask, "is she hot?"
I live in North Pole, Alaska. I STILL can't buy videos
Have you tried threatening to put Steve Jobs on your "naughty" list, Mr. Claus?