Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iTS, Video, Surveys and Polls
What new shows are you buying?
I probably would have bought Conan, if the price wasn't so high, but there are quite a few offerings of the new shows offered on the iTMS that I am considering purchasing. I'm pretty set on buying the first season of The Office, as I just started watching this season and love the show. I'm resisting buying all of the Alfred Hitchcock presents episodes in one fell swoop for $54.99. I'll wait and see if I have any money left after the holidays for that one. I would have bought the first season of Battlestar Galactica, but I already have it on DVD and have converted it to an iPod-friendly format.
I'll wait to buy the new season once it is complete (in hopes of a slight iTMS discount).NBC classics? Where's Friends? Once they release the Thursday night line-up from when Friends and Seinfeld rocked the airways, they're going to see a landslide of sales.
In any case, dear TUAW readers, I am curious: what new shows do you think you might buy? What's still missing?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Chris Meisenzahl said 3:12PM on 12-06-2005
Any chance of them getting Bay City Rollers reruns? ;-)
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NetworkShadpw said 3:10PM on 12-06-2005
I would have liked Conan too, but the price is lame...
Battlestar Galactica for sure. I don't get the sci-fi channel and I need a sci-fi fix now that Star Trek isn't on anymore.
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norebonomis said 3:09PM on 12-06-2005
soon every show will be on itms, but the interface sucks... the itunes interface is great for music but it needs to be redesigned if apple is serious about this video stuff...
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philip said 3:12PM on 12-06-2005
Well, iTMS TV Shows tuned me into Lost and now it is going to do the same for Battlestar Galactica as I plan on getting the mini series. I also have to get some Alfred Hitchcock, I grew up watching the show on Nick at Nite. Then of course Law & Order, but where are the classic episodes with Detective Brisco? Still a lot of shows that need to come to iTMS both old and new.
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GirSaysDoom13 said 3:25PM on 12-06-2005
what about my name is earl? that's a great show, and it's made by nbc, so what gives? BTW: the office rocks.
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Wai-Tung Leung said 3:14PM on 12-06-2005
The BBC ought to licence the new Doctor Who series so American fans can finally watch it. Well that said they are going to release series 1 on DVD in American next Feb. But seeing how nobody showed any interest in broadcasting it maybe series 2 next year should bypass and be distributed through iTunes.
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Rahul Sinha said 3:16PM on 12-06-2005
Battlestar Galactica is great.
I'd like to have:
West Wing
Meet the Press
Real Time (HBO)
Rome (HBO)
Sleeper Cell (Showtime)
and from the UK (still for the US store)
Coupling (NOT THE US VERSION)
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
Foyle's War (season 1, 2, 3, maybe 4?? (which has finished production but hasn't been aired yet...)
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heidi Shortz said 3:30PM on 12-06-2005
Just please please apple - add one advertisement to the begining so I can start downloading them for 50 cents. Otherwise I will continue to watch them the old fashion way - or grab a torrent.
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jimmie geddes said 3:30PM on 12-06-2005
I just bought "The Office" season 1. I love that show.
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LD said 3:31PM on 12-06-2005
Nothing. It's too expensive and too low a quality. What Apple needs to do is lower the price and make concurrent DVD purchases available. Or, for shows that aren't yet on DVD, crefit towards the DVD when it is released. I would buy a season or a show or two of s series if I could also get it on DVD. I am only rarely going to watch TV on my computer. When I do, I am not going to infinitely store episodes of TV shows. I prefer to have a hard copy somewhere.
What makes the most sense to me is a combo of cheaper per episode offerings coupled with discounts towards a DVD season box set purchase.
I would even be willing to have mandatory commercials to be able to download some content for free.
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phi said 3:39PM on 12-06-2005
I too will buy nothing. I'd rather Apple tack on some ads, bump up the resolution a bit, give us the option to burn it to DVD, and drop the price to a buck. then I'd buy one.
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Ryan said 5:12PM on 12-06-2005
I tell you what I want to see... a frickin' UK store!!!
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Billy K said 3:47PM on 12-06-2005
WAY too expensive for a lo-res digital file. I will NOT be purchasing any shows until they're down around .49 an episode. $50 for a season of shows from iTMS!? You gotta be kidding me. I can buy the DVD set for that - and I get better resolution, some printed material, and a physical back-up.
This is a major misstep in my opinion.
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dashiel said 3:52PM on 12-06-2005
i'll start buying battlestar once season 2 picks up again in january.
arrested development, though it's probably too late for that :(
the daily show, but it needs to be way cheaper than $1.99 (4 episodes per week over 48 weeks = 184 episodes x 1.99 = $366 for a years worth of daily show. i wouldn't mind paying an upfront fee of $40-$50 or 25-30 an episode. come to think of it, they need to do that for all shows. upfront subscription for 25-50 an episode depending on show run time and series length.
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Mitch Greenfield said 3:55PM on 12-06-2005
MTV shows would be nice..and yeah..the ability to get them on DVD
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Brady J. Frey said 3:56PM on 12-06-2005
I hate this office -- the British version is tons better, just a poor knockoff now.
Battlestar for sure -- I would have bought conan, but not now, for your same reason. Still waiting for the simpsons...
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anna said 3:56PM on 12-06-2005
I just bought two episodes of Monk that I missed this season. I was tempted by Alfred Hitchcock Presents, but Amazon has the DVD for less than $30.
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von Elling said 11:38PM on 12-09-2005
Definitely Battlestar Galatica. There is so much nuance to that show that I watch it over and over. I may check out Surface.
Hear, hear, on the Arrested Development comment. I'm sorry to see it go.
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Jake of 8bitjoystick.com said 3:59PM on 12-06-2005
Or you can download Mac The Ripper and Handbreak and rip and compress the TV shows that you own on DVD into nice DRM cross platform MP4 files.
I just bought, ripped and re-encoded all of the Aeon Flux animated show into nice and DRM free MP4 files that I can enjoy on my PSP and iBook.
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Nik Fletcher said 4:21PM on 12-06-2005
How about the entire first four series of 24, with new releases after each new episode in January?!
BUT FIRST A FRIGGIN' U.K. STORE!!!
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