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Buying a HD TV program is $2.99. "Not much more" unless you look at the %.
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Once you rent an episode, you have 30 days to press Play. Then it’s yours for the next 48 hours. Watch it once, or replay it as many times as you want for some instant rerun gratification.
But you keep it! There's no way I'm renting something for 1/3 the price of keeping it forever. Renting the movie made more sense (I think it was like 15-20%). eta: And even then, only rewatching within 48 hours was offensive to my Netflixy persona.
Personally, I agree. Although I might be tempted to rent an episode of a show I've never seen before if I'm not sure I'm going to like it.
And for me, if I'm buying for forever, it's on DVD. Only DVDs offer all of the commentary tracks, and that's usually the main reason I'm buying.
Well, for some shows (like BSG and Caprica) you can download the commentary. (Of course then you gotta make sure you play the commentary in sync with the show.) But I suppose not many shows offer that.
Personally I've been moving from buying DVDs to downloading from iTunes for environmental, storage space and convenience issues. I now have the last five seasons of Doctor Who on my MacBook Pro. (Please don't tell me the Doctor Who commentaries are totally awesome.)
The Apple TV is wired to my receiver. The digital signal passes from the Apple TV to my stereo.
I used to have a G5 hooked up exactly the same way. (It died. I replaced it with an Airport Express just for music - I miss having access to iTunes video on the TV, but other than the price I can't see the benefit of an Apple TV over a Mini.)
I just connect my MacBook Pro directly to my HD TV. That works fine, except there's a cable I have to try to not step on.
I've mentioned this before, but you need to use HDMI cable for this, as Apple DRM prohibits using analog cables (eg VGA) to display HD iTunes content.
A DVI cable will work, as long as the monitor supports HDCP.
But a DVI cable won't carry audio. (I had a DVI cable going into the TV and RCA audio going into the AV receiver.)
I'm willing to shell out $3 for an episode if I just liked it that much and I didn't manage to save it on my TiVo to get me over until the DVD comes out, or if I just want to have a look. I have a few SPN episodes, some Eureka, and some Middleman for those reasons. The difference between 99¢ and $2.99 isn't enough for me to rail at the relatively smaller selection available to rent.