As one of my New Year's resolutions for 2009 I stopped buying DVD's. I made the long awaited move to exclusively purchasing Blu-Ray discs. HD is the only way to go - so why wait to start the collection until after I buy a Blu-Ray player? One of the strongest selling points to my move to "a Blu-Ray only lifestyle" was that Blu-Ray offers iTunes/iPod versions of the movie FREE with your purchase of the disc. This was all well and good until last Tuesday when I purchased my copy of "Quantum of Solace" WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE A FREE DOWNLOAD. Now.....did I mention that I don't own a Blu-Ray player? So here I am, alone on a Friday night with a brand new Blu-Ray and no way to play it. I cured my boredom (and used my last iTunes gift card from Christmas) by downloading the HD version of "007" from iTunes. It was then that I realized that all my previous downloads that were provided with my purchased Blu-Rays were in SD (standard definition). 7 HOURS LATER...(or Saturday morning) I was able to watch my purchased movie. I loaded it to my Apple TV which is connected via HDMI. I was AMAZED at the quality. Pure HD with no lag in the over 3GB video file. SO.....here's my synopsys: if you own an Apple TV and can use an iTunes download via HDMI and don't mind paying an additional $19.99 for a movie when you already spent $19-$27 for a DVD or Blu-Ray........then iTunes HD movies are the way to go. A better suggestion would be to rent the HD versions directly to your Apple TV. Same price as a rental at Blockbuster without having to take the disc back.
Retial: $19.99
Wrigleyville Irish
Monday, March 30, 2009
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