Comments on: Got iTunes HD? And an Old Display? — NO HD FOR YOU!

By: BG

BG — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:25:33 +0000

It would be nice if we could disable the DISPLAY of HD content in iTunes. If I can't play it, DON'T offer it to me as an option!

SERIOUSLY looking at Zune HD at this point. I was waiting with baited breath for the new round of iPods, and they only gave us cheezy FM radio and a video camera for the Nano.

First off, FM is SO yesterday! Many iPod wannabes have had this for YEARS! Zune set the standard with this new release. I've been holding off on getting an HD radio, but may go for the Zune just to get the radio.

Oh and Apple, if you're looking to play "catch up" in the next round, if you DO add HD capability for the iPods, also have a converter that would allow the PLAYING of HD content for non-HD media devices. (ie: hooking my HD iPod up to my non-HD TV.) Copy protected or not...

By: AnteL0pe

AnteL0pe — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:39:41 +0000

@Chris K I understand your frustration, but Apple didn’t invent HDCP and it isn’t like Apple can sell HD content without it.

By: Jessi

Jessi — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:57:42 +0000

EOL = End Of Life

By: Money

Money — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:36:14 +0000

What does EOL mean?

By: Chris K

Chris K — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:02:50 +0000

I've got an Apple 30" display, and I'll be keeping it until it dies... hopefully that's a long time. The thought that Apple will be using HDCP to cripple my display means that I'll have to either give up on HD movies and TV shows, or simply pirate them. The choice is easy for me.

This is NOT a case of "old hardware". You can walk into an Apple store today and buy a MacBook and a 30" display, then take it home and be told you are not "authorized" to view the content you just purchased. This is not just a case of us poor suckers who bought an Apple 30" display six months ago. Suckers like me. Now I wish I had bought Dell instead of Apple. I would have saved money on the monitor, AND it supports HDCP.

This is EXTREMELY customer hostile. It's the kind of thing I pay the Apple Premium to not have to think about. What am I paying you for, Apple?

Intrusive copy protection that hurts paying customers is why I left Windows for the Mac in the first place. How long will it be before Apple pushes me over the edge and I finally invest the brainpower in learning Linux, like I've been meaning to do for years? At this rate, not very long.

By: ejc

ejc — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:23:39 +0000

I’m gonna say it’s time to officially EOL Food 2007.

By: kyleshankles

kyleshankles — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:39:17 +0000

LOL Food 2007!! ROFLMAO! XD

By: srggio

srggio — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:33:40 +0000

As an Apple TV user I want to let all iTunes users who now have access to HD movie content of a website that keeps track of all HD content available from the iTunes Store. On a daily basis, AppleTVjunkie.com list the new HD movie rentals which become available, along with HD TV Shows and now HD purchase titles. So if you ever find yourself having a hard time figuring out what new movies have been released on iTunes, check out AppleTVjunkie.com

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:50:23 +0000

Um, I don’t think I’d want Food 2007 in any fridge.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:47:01 +0000

I can’t see a damn thing anymore anyway… and I refuse to wear little Ben Franklin frames that seem to be the only choice these days.

By: Tony S.

Tony S. — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:22:38 +0000

What you have said is only partially true! This restriction only effects components with the Apple’s new mini display port. If you are using a computer that doesn’t have this port, which should be anything older than the newest batch of computers just released, then you should be ok. It you DO have the new mini display port, then you just need to use one of Apple’s newest displays.

By: fassy

fassy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:21:47 +0000

@Terry Depends on your TV, but yes. HDCP compliant players will not output video through implementing ports (mainly HDMI) — and will downsample audio — to any display that does not give a proper HDCP handshake on its end. Early HDTV buyers got burned badly by this, but now HDCP is built into just about all TV sets. It is not as common on computer monitors, so people will see the problem more there.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:20:11 +0000

Most modern TVs, like most modern displays (including Apple's 24" LED) are hdcp compliant. It's when you have older displays you run into problems.

Not equivalent to most Blu-Ray. 720p only.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:51:23 +0000

Note to self don't buy HD movies from iTunes. Are these HD movies equivalent to Blu-Ray?

What happens if you put this on Apple TV? Does it say your TV can't play this movie?