A list of potential movies and a name change for the iTMS

I like the idea of a Media hub for the living room (or sitting room as we call it on this side of the pond). A couple things come to mind though- I don't know about you guys in the states with houses made of paper... I mean wood, but over here houses are built with brick- lots of brick. I know that in my house an 11g network just ain't gonna cut it for streaming HD or high quality h.264 content- so some sorta form of high quality caching or control over how files are copied across to the media server. Perhaps 11n but I don't know if it's too soon for Apple to jump on that bandwagon.

When it comes to the distro model for movies- I've been saying the same thing as 11 for a few years now (see blog http://blog.sheddan.co.uk/?p=113) ... people think- music.. movies, but they don't break down as easily as an album does- i think the real reason that Apple succeeded with the Itunes Music store is it's ability to let people pick and choose tracks- sure they sold a billion songs, I'd love to know as a percentage of this how many full albums were sold.... I doubt it's nowhere near.. as people (me included) just buy a track here a track there....

hey 10., I think you'd be right if they were looking for a way to simply rework what they have to NOW include movies too. iTunes does have a lot of traction, and shoving "Media" in there does sound Microshitty.

but I have a question that raises a bigger possibility: how come we can't buy Apple hardware thru the ITMS? seems to me I'd buy more of everything Apple if the Apple Store were available in there (one click and all), and through it I could buy media, Macs, and more.

could this be their opportunity, now that the lawsuit w/Apple Corps is over (for this round anyway) to jump in and rename it the Apple Store? with one fell swoop, they could rebrand the whole frickin thing to better put iPods and Macs (their two halves) back under one umbrella...the Apple brand...where they belong!!!

iMultimedia Synergy Xtreme Hub of Buying Stuff.

What I want... A true Apple home theater experience...iPod HD

A box similar in size to your typical VCR or DVD player(a form factor people are familiar with)
Comes standard with one big internal HD(second HD is optional)
Boots up almost instantly.
Front Row style interface controlled with simple Apple Remote.
The music on your computer(s) can sync with the iPod HD just like any other iPod
This also provides a backup functionality that can work with Time Machine.
When you purchase a song it downloads to your Mac/PC and then syncs to your iPod HD
From your couch you can watch movie previews and purchase movies which download directly to the iPod HD.
The iPod HD can also create a scaled down version to fit on an iPod video.

Hi, I'm the owner of iPod Hub.

Thanks for the coverage. First let me start by saying the article about changes to the iTunes store has this week kind of confirmed yesterday with the news that Apple has trademarked iMovie (without an s) in Europe. That's why Julian wrote in the article that the news was from the 'Eastern Front'. His way of saying the news came from a reader in Germany even though the Eastern Front was quite a bit more east than that :D

The list of movies come via Claire who works as a production assistant in Los Angeles. Hardly difficult for her to find out I guess. I'm always thankful for the time she spends writing for us. I'm currently stationed in Asia and can't wait to get back home!

Thanks for the coverage TUAW.

I just want to pay a little to watch a movie once. Basically a rental model but with the medium for delivery via the internet rather than a trip to blockbastar.ds

I don't want to pay the same price as a DVD and I don't need to pay more to burn to disc myself.

My mini is sitting under my HD tv just begging for this.

I'm still not sold on an a-la-carte model for movies. Music it's perfect for, short and infinitely replayable. Movies you watch once or twice and then forget about for long periods of time. I have shelves full of purchased DVDs I've watched a few times at most. I don't think this model is going to be as successful for movies.

That said, Apple has done pretty well with selling TV shows so we'll see.

They should just call it...

iTunes Store

Everybody is calling it 'iTunes' anyway. It's also 'Apple Store' and not something like 'Apple Hardware Store' so 'iTunes Media Store' would be silly (and way too Miscosoft).

Nathan,
Why do you need little plastic discs to hold the content when it's all on your harddrive?

Maybe instead of a streaming device all this can be done by connecting your iPod to your TV.

Crunchgear had this post yesterday that appears to have some inside info about the list of movies:

http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/05/itunes-movie-list-revealed-hope-you-like-disney/