Disney films on iTunes

[Leonia]

Mm....pass.

I prefer listening to music on my iPod and watching the occasional video podcast, but that's about it.

[JiminyCrick91]

Is the new iTV only vids or is it music too? If just vids I may get one but if it just the newest iUpgrade I think I'll hold out.

[corrwill]

Ok so 2 questions come to mind, does your battery poop out or make it through the entire movie? Or do you travel with some type of backup battery? Also, are they even allowing Ipods or laptops on the planes? I thought they stopped allowing such devices.

I would have assumed that they are aiming this Online movie purchase market at people who wanted to watch on their computer (perhaps laptop), however, the news is that Apple is about to make a big announcement and speculation is that it is going to be a new video Ipod (with bigger screen) for watching movies with. I am not sure when this announcement will be, but soon. The news of a pending announcement was on the news again today.

Well I listened to music first and then went on to watch a movie, I didn't make it through the whole thing because the trip was cut short, but it made it a good way through. I need to do a trial run At the time they still allowed ipods on planes, I don't think they stopped this but they could have. Last time I flew was in June.

[Chrissy31886]

This info was on my local news station last night just thought id share.

[Just Myself]

I'm sure this have been asked before, but is it possible to download these movies onto DVD? Also, are they in widescreen or fullscreen?

Cheers,
JM

[goofystitch]

They are in their original aspect ratio, so a movie like "The Country Bears" is in widescrren, but "Dumbo" is in fullscreen. You can burn files from iTunes onto a DVD, however I don't know if it will be playable on a DVD player, seeing as it's in MPEG-4 format and anything you buy on iTunes can't be reformated easily. Besides that, I don't beleive the quality would look good blown up on a normal sized TV. However, I do know that it is easy to plug your iPod into a TV. I have a friend who did this with his iPod video. All you need is the cable that can be bought almost anywhere that sells iPod's. We watched "Saw II" on his iPod and I thought it looked good on his 40" TV. Not as god as DVD, but better than VHS.

[hopesethigh]

How sad...The animated classics are sized down, quality ruined, and price dropped. And why? So Disney can make extra cash. They are a rip off anyway, for only a few extra dollars you can have a real DVD. I would rather have the cover art, inserts, and high quality DVDs.

[FantasiaMan]

I guess it's okay for people who don't own the films on video or DVD, but I wouldn't pay that much for a movie. I don't even have a Video iPod, so it would be kinda pointless on my part.

[goofystitch]

Over 125,000 Disney movies were sold through iTunes in the first week! Wow. With each movie selling for $9.99 and $12.99. They made over $1 million. Iger said in a press statement that he is expecting to sell $50 million worth of movies on iTunes in the first year. Due to the success, it is expected that other studios will be joining forces with iTunes relatively soon.

[That1GuyPictures]

According to customer service, all itunes videos, movies and TV episodes are now offered only in 640x480 definition as of 9/22.
So now anything that you buy is almost identical to the equivalent of a DVD, it's just a little lower, and has more compression artifacts.
I downloaded an episode of the office, and Disney's The Kid. (Both in Widescreen) They look terriffic both on the Ipod, my Computer, and by running the ipod video connector to my TV, I can watch them and/or record them to a DVD on my set top DVD burner. And they still look pretty great, considering they were downloaded off the internet, and most Itunes video files are roughly one-fourth the size of a normal MPEG-2 DVD file. I won't be buying a lot of films on it, but the TV shows sure look a lot better!

[goofystitch]

Thanks for the info. I plan on buying "The Country Bears" since iTunes has it in widescreen. Otherwise, I bought a nice program that rips DVDs and converts them to MPEG-4 for iPod use. I have all the animated classics on my iPod and an assortment of "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," "Friends," "The Office," "Arrested Development," and "Lost" episodes on it. Programs are in the price range of $30-$50 for a decent one. However, if you have a mac get mac the ripper and a free converter. I'm on windows and a good free ripper/converter is hard to find for windows.

[Kyle]

How sad...The animated classics are sized down, quality ruined, and price dropped. And why? So Disney can make extra cash. They are a rip off anyway, for only a few extra dollars you can have a real DVD. I would rather have the cover art, inserts, and high quality DVDs.

agreed. I really dont see what the appeal of these are. I could see something like family guy or some other cartoon that can entertain you on the go, but disney movies are too good to be sized down, compressed, etc.

[Just Myself]

Well, since I'm hoping for a video iPod for Christmas, I decided to get a giftcard and sample TV shows/movies on iTunes. I decided to start with a monologue from The Tonight Show, which was $1.99 . I purchased it a few minutes ago; it says the download is going to take three hours. It would have been five, but the additional two dropped in a few seconds. This monologue is only 14:15 minutes long! I run off of RoadRunner high-speed internet, I'm shocked it would take this long!

Can anyone confirm or deny if the movies take longer or the same ammount of time?

Thanks,
JM

[Simba3]

I can see how movies on iTunes would be cool for some things, but not for my Disney movies. When it comes to my Disney movies I want to own a hard copy (VHS, DVD, BluRay or whatever). It's fun to have some things on the go that you can enjoy on a flight, but I want all my Disney movies on a hard copy. I guess having both would work.

[Just Myself]

Quick Question: How do you burn TV shows/movies from your iTunes to DVD?

Thanks,
JM

[goofystitch]

Just Myself wrote:

Well, since I'm hoping for a video iPod for Christmas, I decided to get a giftcard and sample TV shows/movies on iTunes. I decided to start with a monologue from The Tonight Show, which was $1.99 . I purchased it a few minutes ago; it says the download is going to take three hours. It would have been five, but the additional two dropped in a few seconds. This monologue is only 14:15 minutes long! I run off of RoadRunner high-speed internet, I'm shocked it would take this long!

Can anyone confirm or deny if the movies take longer or the same ammount of time?

Downloading videos from iTunes takes significantly less time than the run time of the video. I also use a high-speed RoadRunner connection. I just bought a 3:30 music video and it took 70 seconds to download. I have never bought a full movie from iTunes, but 45 minute episodes of Lost take about 4 minutes on my computer.

Quick Question: How do you burn TV shows/movies from your iTunes to DVD?

I've never done it, but I've heard it works the same as burning a CD from iTunes. You would simply create a new playlist and put the video file into it. Insert a recordable DVD, access that playlist, and hit the burn button. However, this DVD will not be playable in a DVD player no matter what. It's a different format. The only way to play your purchased iTunes movies on a TV is to connect your video iPod to a TV and you can buy the cable to do that at most electronics stores, including Best Buy.