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Jan 15, 08 - 04:59 pm Comment from: nacheen

big deal... i want my (Apple)TV software update!

Jan 15, 08 - 05:01 pm Comment from: Ampar

I upgraded iTunes and QuickTime (and iMovie) but I can't find one rental on the iTS. I even checked the obvious ones (Disney and Pixar). Is there a secret to this?

where are the rentals ????

the secret comes in 2 weeks

I can't find a rental either. I've looked everywhere...tried to update iTunes multiple times too. What did Steve demo with?

from http://www.apple.com/hotnews/

under Introducing iTunes Movie Rentals it states "Available today with the free download of iTunes 7.6, iTunes Movie Rentals allows customers to rent movies ..."

so to @Ampar, they're supposed to be available now, not in 2 weeks, and I'm getting really impatient.

oh well, guess i'll just have to dance

Jan 15, 08 - 05:38 pm Comment from: coolfactor

Rentals available in 2 weeks in the US, and later this year internationally.

he said available today. i heard him say it. :(

Jan 15, 08 - 07:49 pm Comment from: Sixvodkas

The keynote said "Today".
Apple Hot News says "Today".
When you go to the iTMS>Movies, there's a section titled "Top Rentals".
When you click on that link, you're not offered the choice to rent.
Rumours on other sites are hinting that AppleTV users are renting... so can anyone follow that lead?
I'm not renting if the AppleTV is a requirement

Jan 15, 08 - 08:36 pm Comment from: blucaso

Ok, most pleasant surprise in iTunes 7.6:

Someone finally fixed the internals of the database! Yes, now those of you (like me) who have 10,000 or more songs can actually "get info" and start editing right away, without having to wait 10-30 seconds for iTunes to sort the artist index.

If you don't have a huge library, you've probably never noticed this delay, but trust me, when you have to wait 20 seconds or more for every operation involving editing the artist or composer of every track, it was a huge nuisance. Looking forward to seeing if they've improved everything "under the hood" so that large libraries are not the system drag they have previously been.

Hooray to the iTunes engineer(s) who finally addressed this!

Jan 15, 08 - 08:41 pm Comment from: Sixvodkas

blucaso,

Just curious if you know at what number the database supposedly chokes?
At 7,200 songs, I'm well short of 10k, but "Get Info" gives, and has always given me, instant response.
I'm wondering if your database just needed rebuilding?

Is Apple already not playing well with others in the movie biz (Fox, etc.)???????

If rentals haven't started yet and there's already a "Top ..." - does this mean "Top ..." are bulls**t?

where are these damn rentals?!!??!

You can rent War Games. So far that is the only one I found.

Holy beam me up Scotty!

Cecil B DeMented beeachays!!!!

Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park

BRING IT!!!!!!!

Jan 15, 08 - 11:21 pm Comment from: effwerd

There are only a limited number of rentals available at the moment. Well, one that I've found: Ratatouille.

Click on RATATOUILLE

You can rent that

Jan 15, 08 - 11:44 pm Comment from: Sixvodkas

Things appear to be changing as the night wears on

Jan 16, 08 - 12:07 am Comment from: effwerd

Okay, when they said rentals were available "today" they meant today, not yesterday.

Geeze people, I know everyones dying to try this out but give it a few days.Steve built it, they will come.

and um, America only I suspect.

I just finished renting the last Pirate of the Caribbean film and when it appeared in iTunes there was a link to the rental area. There I found tons of other films for rent. It looks like they're filling up the rental library fairly quickly. Hope that continues! I really like this way of renting films. I will be canceling my NetFlix subscription when the library is extensive enough.

Jan 16, 08 - 07:34 am Comment from: Ampar

That was the fastest fortnight in the history of time and space.

I'm not sure if everybody has realized this: The movie studios have apparently prohibited the downloading of HD movies to computers - HD is restricted to only the TV...

Downloaded a rental, it is in fact a 24 hour period you need to watch it in. I don't like this. If you started the Movie, you have the next 24 hours to view the whole thing.

Also interesting if you re-set your computer clock to an earlier time, it increase the hours you can view the movie you started.

Kind of a pain to do but it does increase the hours you can view the Movie. So if you started the Movie, could not finish it, as long as you reset your clock backwards on your Computer before the period expires you can get extra time to view it.