CONFIRMED! iPod w/Video support!

[imported_Pablo]

Videos will be native QVGA resolution.

 

[vexingv]

Originally posted by: Pablo
Videos will be native QVGA resolution.

i just did a google on the res. and its only 320x240...seems really low to me. i'll stick to BT/usenet for my shows...

 

[imported_Pablo]

Originally posted by: vexingv

Originally posted by: Pablo
Videos will be native QVGA resolution.

i just did a google on the res. and its only 320x240...seems really low to me. i'll stick to BT/usenet for my shows...

One thing I'm wondering is that now that TV shows can be BOUGHT, somewhere down the line they are going to start going after people that are sharing TV shows like they do now with MP3s. Not that that's been very effective...

 

[imported_Snagle]

Originally posted by: Pablo

Originally posted by: ironcrotch

Originally posted by: Snagle

Originally posted by: Pablo
It?s not only music videos you can buy. No, Apple?s set up to allow you to purchase TV shows for $1.99 apiece. Get Desperate Housewives or four other ABC shows premiering on iTunes at two bucks an ep.

That's crazy. Wonder if apple is going to make anything off of these sales?

Doesn't matter, they will own this market that they created. Now everyoen will try to catch up but won't be able to.

You're probably right. Boy i'm glad i got my 20 shares of apple stock this morning

Who knows how this will turn out financially. I'd like to know what their margins will be on the new ipods, considering they now have a new (seemingly costlier) screen.

 

[imported_Pablo]

Originally posted by: Snagle

Originally posted by: Pablo

Originally posted by: ironcrotch

Originally posted by: Snagle

Originally posted by: Pablo
It?s not only music videos you can buy. No, Apple?s set up to allow you to purchase TV shows for $1.99 apiece. Get Desperate Housewives or four other ABC shows premiering on iTunes at two bucks an ep.

That's crazy. Wonder if apple is going to make anything off of these sales?

Doesn't matter, they will own this market that they created. Now everyoen will try to catch up but won't be able to.

You're probably right. Boy i'm glad i got my 20 shares of apple stock this morning

Who knows how this will turn out financially. I'd like to know what their margins will be on the new ipods, considering they now have a new (seemingly costlier) screen.

I'm hoping the "Buy an Episode" model makes good money for them. THAT's about the only revolutionary thing that happened today...

 

[rml]

Price on older generation iPod will probably be dropped

 

[NFS4]

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/oct/12ipod.html

The new iPod, featuring a gorgeous 2.5-inch color screen, can display album artwork and photos, as well as play stunning video including music videos, video podcasts, home movies and television shows. The new iPod holds up to 15,000 songs, 25,000 photos or over 150 hours of video and is available in a 30GB model for $299 and a 60GB model for $399, with both models available in stunning white or black designs. [Oct 12, 2005]

 

[imported_Pablo]

New apple.com site is up.

 

[imported_Pablo]

You'll be able to download the LOST episodes!

 

[ai42]

Man is it just my connection but the ipod page on Apple.com is pretty jacked up and the absolute spacing is all off. Apple is usually better at this.

 

[UlricT]

woohooo!

 

[UTmtnbiker]

From a business standpoint I think this is a great idea. First off, Apple has the distribution infrastructure already in place. No other portable video player is offerring content (Creative, Archos, etc), just hardware. Let's face it, very few people have the technical savy to decode, rip, and then re-encode a DVD to put on to a player, and most people can barely use something like Kazaa, let alone use Bittorrent or newsgroups (the first rule of newsgroups...you don't talk about newsgroups).

With iTunes 6, it's just a click and it automatically syncs to your Ipod with video. Not to mention, the price is fair. If people are willing to pay .99 for a 4 minute song, I think people would be willing to pay 1.99 for a 45 minute TV show (1 hour - commercials).

It's not a huge screen, but to hit the $299 price point, I think they had to make a compromise, and storage probably wasn't it as that would seriously compromise the ability of portable video (who'd want to only carry 2 episodes of something with them?).

I'm probably going to buy one, just because it's thinner than my 4g 20GB ipod. I'll probably never use the video feature as my PSP is more than capable of that, and with a larger screen to boot. However, for the average non-technically savvy consumer, I think a lot of them will eat this up.

 

[NFS4]

Honestly, this is the first iPod that intrigues me. I might actually buy one

 

[EvilYoda]

This is just nuts, all of it.

 

[imported_Pablo]

Originally posted by: UTmtnbiker
From a business standpoint I think this is a great idea. First off, Apple has the distribution infrastructure already in place. No other portable video player is offerring content (Creative, Archos, etc), just hardware. Let's face it, very few people have the technical savy to decode, rip, and then re-encode a DVD to put on to a player, and most people can barely use something like Kazaa, let alone use Bittorrent or newsgroups (the first rule of newsgroups...you don't talk about newsgroups).

With iTunes 6, it's just a click and it automatically syncs to your Ipod with video. Not to mention, the price is fair. If people are willing to pay .99 for a 4 minute song, I think people would be willing to pay 1.99 for a 45 minute TV show (1 hour - commercials).

It's not a huge screen, but to hit the $299 price point, I think they had to make a compromise, and storage probably wasn't it as that would seriously compromise the ability of portable video (who'd want to only carry 2 episodes of something with them?).

I think you're right on.

 

[ai42]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
This is just nuts, all of it.

It's Apple they manage to grab headlines once or twice a year. You have to admit that they are very innovative irregardless if you like them or not.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Honestly, this is the first iPod that intrigues me. I might actually buy one

i wish those concept ipods with the widescreen would have been released instead (yes i realize they weren't apple's concepts)

 

[jpthomas]

I'm gonna stick with my 40gb Photo. The new video features and slightly bigger screen don't warrant the upgrade, IMO. I'll wait till they come out with one with a bigger (wider) screen.

What video formats are the new ipod capable of playing? Is it limited to only the videos that you can purchase from itunes, or can you rip, encode, and transfer ANY video to the player?

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: jpthomas
I'm gonna stick with my 40gb Photo. The new video features and slightly bigger screen don't warrant the upgrade, IMO. I'll wait till they come out with one with a bigger (wider) screen.

What video formats is the new ipod capable of playing? Is it limited to only the videos that you can purchase from itunes, or can you rip, encode, and transfer ANY video to the player?

I'm sure they'll let you encode home movies and play them. therefore you would assume that it can play any video as long as you re-encode it in the proper format.

 

[imported_Pablo]

full transcript is available at engadget.com

 

[Crescent13]

I just saw it on the apple site. Now the only one that needs to be redone is the shuffle. they'll probably be making a black and white shuffle soon.

 

[Nocturnal]

These units aren't using flash hard drives right? It's a regular mini hard drive?

 

[ai42]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
These units aren't using flash hard drives right? It's a regular mini hard drive?

HAHA I know Apple gets flash cheap with the nano but even 30GB of flash for a single device would be extremely expensive.

 

[HN]

The black set - http://www.apple.com/ipod/gallery/blackset.html

 

[Stretchman]

Watching....slowly but surely it will come to us....