Just a note of clairification: no need to get off the couch for the updated appleTV. You can purchase and rent movies and music and access other free content directly now without having to "send" the content from iTunesOn the other hand, there are several things to dislike.
First, cost is still too high for movie rentals and purchases, IMO, (especially now that netflix offers unlimited downloads for a fixed subscription price, not to mention that in reality, ALL media distribution has to compete with "free" now whether the studios want to admit it or not.)
Second, HD content can't leave the appleTV for other devices (SD can).
Ah forget the numbers. AppleTV rentals are also a month later than disc releases. The catalog is pretty limited at the moment. You have to watch a rental within 30days of purchase and finish watching within 24 hours of when you start. That's lame especially compared to netflix.
DRM is entirely counter-productive now. How is this not obvious to them?
Scenario: I'm a "legitimate" consumer, paying for my content. I buy a DRM "infected" disk that doesn't play on my system. I return it, costing the retail outlet profits. The replacement disk also gets returned--more lost profits. Disk number three confirms to me that it's not a manufacturing defect, and I hop online to find out what's up. One of the first three search hits sends me to a software solution that allows me to duplicate the disk, removing the DRM defects. Sony has now directly turned a paying customer into a pirate, forcing me to learn how to illegally copy disks in order to perform the previously legal function of simply playing the disk. Do they think I'm going to pay for the next disk now that they've taught me how to get it for free? Even if I'm willing and inclined to pay, I'm less likely to now simply out of spite! So they have provided both the means and an additional reason to pirate.
What can they possibly be thinking?
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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