Apple Falls Short of Rental-Movie Target

Apple Inc. has fallen substantially short of its target of having 1,000 movies available for rent on its Apple TV set-top box by the end of February, and is blaming studios for the discrepancy.

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Review: Apple TV Does Movie Rentals

Tremble, cable: Apple has its sights on you. Tremble, Netflix: Silicon Valley's brightest is out to get you, too.

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Products and Politics Mix at Macworld

Amid iPod upgrades, movie deals and Apple TV price cuts, there was a tinge of politics at the Macworld Conference & Expo.

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Review: Apple Appalls Where Xbox Excels

Apple Inc. has graced the public with another smooth, white, exquisitely designed gadget, this time aiming at making it easier to play iTunes movies and songs on the living-room TV set.

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Apple TV Launch Delayed Until March

Apple Inc. has delayed until March the launch of its gadget for streaming video and other content from computers to TVs, but the company would not explain why. The company had said in January the $299 Apple TV set-top box would be available this month.

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A report filed by a tipster claiming access to iTunes 9 says that it is "possible" the next version of Apple's media player will sport both DVD import and playback as well as Facebook integration, allowing users to advertise songs and playlists with their friends.

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And the more popular Hulu becomes, the less compelling Apple's strategy of renting and selling video content online is, says Gartner (IT) analyst Michael McGuire. "Over time, perhaps the direct-payment model goes away," he says. I strongly disagree.

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It seems the success Apple has achieved with gaming on the iPhone might spill over from pockets to living rooms.

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The economy is in the toilet, and I know I'm not the only person in America who is looking for ways to cut costs. Top on my list in 2009 is finding a way to eliminate my $100 a month cable TV bill.

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As sales triple year-over-year and a new cable communication standard arrives on the scene at the same time, a new-and-improved Apple TV could become the center of your digital home, according to a Wall Street analyst.

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It's time to drop the hobby talk. First-quarter unit sales of Apple TV tripled from a year earlier, in part due to a software update introduced a year ago that lets users rent movies, including some in the ultra-crisp high-definition format.

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In Apple's latest legal battle, a wireless-entertainment company has sued the computer-maker for patent infringement, according to InformationWeek.

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High Definition Video Formats: 1080 Questions and Counting

Not long after the demise of the HD-DVD format at the hands of Sony's Blu-ray spec, it's apparent that the High Definition format wars are far from over, and in dire need of a tide-turning surge.

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Boxee Patchstick Creator For Windows Released - (Put Boxee on your Apple TV)

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Blockbuster will soon bring to market a set-top box that will deliver movies to customers via the Internet.

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We've been expecting something interesting to happen to the Apple TV, but with nary a peep out of Cupertino it seems that atv-bootloader creator Scott Davilla has been busy.

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Does Steve Jobs have a surprise in store for the analysts and reporters gathering in San Francisco for Let's Rock — the dog-and-pony show Tuesday at which Apple (AAPL) is widely expected to unveil the next generation of iPods?

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Dear Netflix: An Important Message from a Paying Customer

On June 19, 2008, thousands of Netflix subscribers received the following notice via email: We wanted to let you know we will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account, effective September 1, 2008.

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Netflix's first streaming box is finally here and it's pretty damn brilliant of a setup. First of all, the box is 99 bucks, and designed by Roku. It's fanless and quiet; has HDMI and optical outputs; and is about the size of five CD cases stacked together.

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Netflix's first streaming box is finally here and it's pretty damn brilliant of a set up. First of all, the box is 99 bucks, and designed by Roku. It's fanless and quiet; has HDMI and optical outputs; and is about the size of 5 CD cases stacked together.

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Can Apple do to Hollywood what it did to the music industry? In a little under seven years the fashionable iPod and its clunky proprietary player software, iTunes, have become the dominant sales venue for recorded music.

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Blockbuster today is subject to rumors which claim the movie rental house is developing its own networked media hub.

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Hands-on experience with the Mac/Time Capsule/Apple TV home entertainment set-up. It's very pretty, but it doesn't 'just work' as much as you'd expect from Apple.

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By integrating digital video recording (DVR) features into Apple TV, Apple stands to transform it's niche media hub business into a serious growth driver worth over a billion dollars annually, according to one Wall Street analyst.

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak heaped less than lavish praise on the company's iPhone, MacBook Air and Apple TV products when visiting Sydney this morning.

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With the fall of HD DVD, Blu-ray has assumed the throne as the next format of choice, but its reign will be short-lived.

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The new Apple TV is fantastic! Downloading and watching recent movies -- in high-definition, from the comfort of your living room -- is a stupendous experience. It could become habit-forming (exactly what Apple probably has in mind.)

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Apple has notified iTunes customers through its weekly email, that they will be offering a different $0.99 movie rental every Thursday.

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So how do Apple's HD movie downloads compare with DVDs, Blu-Ray Discs, and currently available HD video on demand content? We did a direct comparison to help you see the differences.

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Ten days ago, Netflix announced that it would abandon HD DVD, Toshiba's entry in the high-definition DVD format war. Six days ago, Wal-Mart dropped HD DVD, too. Then two days ago, Toshiba surrendered, marking the end of the most pointless format war since Betamax-VHS.

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