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Apple to Offer MGM Movies

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the roaring-on-the-mac dept.

UnknowingFool writes "Apple announced today that it will be adding MGM movies to its movie catalog. With Apple already selling Disney and Paramount movies, how long will it be before the other studios work out a deal with Apple?"

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  1. Classic Movies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So, does this mean we will finally have access to all those classic movies which never made it to DVD?

    MGM started in the 1920s. That is a lot of movies that have not seen the light of day in may years. And, will the silent movies (which I don't believe for a second we'll ever get) sell for as much as the modern movies?

    The article says they "own" 4,000 (which would be about 50 per year since the 20s). Where is the list of those movies?

    How about the UA collection? MGM bought UA in 1981. That means all the Bond movies, and the Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, etc. What of that will we see?
    And who knows what rights got suffled around int he whole Turner buyout.

  2. Re:no hd? by timmarhy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    with a decent codec like h264, a 720p movie only comes out at 750megs or so. whats so hard about that?

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