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06-27-2006, 11:59 AM
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Itunes Video
So, the wife and I just finished watching the Lost Season 1 DVDs (we watched all 24 episodes in about eight days). We're thinking about buying the second season through Itunes. However, I noticed on the Itunes site that you can make back-up DVDs of the episodes, but they can't be used on your home dvd player. Is this because of the way the file is stored on the dvd--i.e., is it physically incompatible with the dvd player, or is it a legal issue?
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06-27-2006, 12:04 PM
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it's because it's encrypted with DRM.
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06-27-2006, 12:08 PM
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A video from iTunes would look like shit on your TV anyway.
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06-27-2006, 12:08 PM
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So, that means it isn't physically capable of being watched on a dvd player? Sorry, I don't know what DRM is.
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06-27-2006, 12:09 PM
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Digital Rights Management. (Ie.. we can't trust you you scurvy pirates)
Basically, the only thing that ITunes Video can play on, is Itunes and video Ipods.
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06-27-2006, 12:09 PM
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Gotcha. Thanks, that's what I guessed, but didn't know for sure. Looks like we're going to have to watch on the computer or wait until October.
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06-27-2006, 12:13 PM
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If you do decide to watch on your computer, ABC has several episodes available to stream for free.
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06-27-2006, 01:42 PM
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Just get a apple a/v cable and you can connect the video ipod to the tv and watch it on tv. |
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06-27-2006, 01:48 PM
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Are you sure this works for video?
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06-27-2006, 01:53 PM
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yes Apple has there own audio/video cable for 19.99 that works for the 5th generation video ipod. It works great |
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06-27-2006, 02:04 PM
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06-27-2006, 02:12 PM
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considering that it's supposedly encoded at 320x240, if true, then I wouldn't doubt it looks bad.
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06-27-2006, 02:38 PM
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*shurg* I watched most of the second season of Lost off my video iPod on a ~90" screen and it looked pretty good. Obviously not up to DVD quality, but at least equivalent to what you'd get DVR'ing off standard def cable.
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06-27-2006, 02:39 PM
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DOLA, my projector has a really good scaling chip though... I could see it looking pretty poor on a plasma or LCD display.
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06-27-2006, 02:56 PM
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Thanks. I don't actually have a video ipod, and I don't think I'm going to buy one for this. I was hoping to be able to pull them from Itunes, but it looks like that isn't an option. |
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06-27-2006, 06:26 PM
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I've watched The Daily Show downloaded from iTunes on my TV via an s-video cable from my laptop and it also looked pretty respectable. It might have been a little less sharp than standard cable TV, but barely... |
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