c'mon guys... I find it hard to believe that paying $9.99 for a new release on iTunes is such a big deal. Some of you complain bitterly while you sit in front of your 21" flatscreen monitor with RAID 0 hard drive system that cost you hundreds of dollars... now you say "10 dollars? wtf"
I guess it's where ever your priorities are. For the average consumer who loves movies a $9.99 price tag won't be much of a burden. DRM? It doesn't matter too much, since you can take your iPOD anywhere - in a car, on a plane, hell even into a bathroom -- if they wanted to show the movie on a TV they would simply use the video-out port on the iPOD.
If the lack of "port to DVD" option is such a big problem, then you obviously need to buy the DVD, not the iPOD edition. An iPOD is a portable device that compromises technical quality in exchange for ultimate convenience. A DVD is a first generation "home theater" media designed to be played on an expensive TV and sound system.
iPOD downloads are not meant to replace DVDs or other media -- it's merely "another" format for a targeted group of users.
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Even worse -- imagine films where the grain is MEANT to be there ... plenty of film makers use the grain as a style trademark.
c'mon guys... I find it hard to believe that paying $9.99 for a new release on iTunes is such a big deal. Some of you complain bitterly while you sit in front of your 21" flatscreen monitor with RAID 0 hard drive system that cost you hundreds of dollars ... now you say "10 dollars? wtf"
I guess it's where ever your priorities are. For the average consumer who loves movies a $9.99 price tag won't be much of a burden. DRM? It doesn't matter too much, since you can take your iPOD anywhere - in a car, on a plane, hell even into a bathroom -- if they wanted to show the movie on a TV they would simply use the video-out port on the iPOD.
If the lack of "port to DVD" option is such a big problem, then you obviously need to buy the DVD, not the iPOD edition. An iPOD is a portable device that compromises technical quality in exchange for ultimate convenience. A DVD is a first generation "home theater" media designed to be played on an expensive TV and sound system.
iPOD downloads are not meant to replace DVDs or other media -- it's merely "another" format for a targeted group of users.