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Apple and Fox Set to Announce Movie Rental Deal

mudimba writes "Apple and Twentieth Century Fox are about to announce a deal that will allow users to rent Fox movies over iTunes. The deal will allow people to download movies that will only play for a limited amount of time. 'Pali Research analyst Stacey Widlitz said the deal follows a trend of Hollywood studios selling directly to consumers and cutting out the middleman. "It's just a sign the studios feel ... that another distribution channel is where they are choosing to go, and incrementally it hurts Blockbuster and Netflix," Widlitz said.'"

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  1. Re:Bandwidth and the TV by bizard · · Score: 4, Informative

    You do know that your macbook pro has digital optical audio which will send dts surround don't you?

  2. Re:Bandwidth and the TV by Swampash · · Score: 4, Informative

    the Macbook pro had DVI out, but for audio, i have to use a USB to composite (red/white) cable. So even if the media is Dolby5.1, the laptop sends it to my stereo in.. 2channel stereo.

    What are you talking about? Every Macbook/Macbook Pro has audio OPTICAL OUT. It'll do 6.1 DTS.

    Don't blame the hardware if the problem is that you don't know how to use it.