HD Movies Now Available for Sale on iTunes
19. Mar, 2009 
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At the moment this announcement seems limited to the iTunes store in the USA, but it’s good news for those who have wanted this feature. HD Movies will cost $19.99 which doesn’t seem like particularly good value when you consider that they are only 720p, the average price of a blu-ray disk is around $20 with many selling for less on Amazon, and movies on itunes are DRM’d up the wazoo. Just as an example – the movie “Bangkok Dangerous” is $19.99 in 720p HD on itunes or you can get it on Amazon for $17.99 on Blu-Ray, for which you get 1080p video at a much higher quality, and it is a 2 disk special edition with a boat load of extras . I’m sorry but this is not good value Apple / Movie Studios.
They also announced that you can now rent movies in HD from iTunes on the Mac or PC without having to go through the AppleTV, so those considering a Mac Mini as an AppleTV alternative now have one less obstacle.
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I thought this was awfully expensive myself, but there actually is one advantage that might factor into Apple’s pricing decision: Blu-Ray players still cost around $300, and except for PS3 owners, very few people own them.
But why are there no high-def versions of Pixar movies? I might be tempted to buy one.
I have no Blu-Ray player so it would be cheaper for me to swallow my skepticism and blow $20 to see Wall-e or Finding Nemo in high-def then it would to make the trek to Target or Wal*mart.
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