Comments on: Price comparison: Xbox Live Marketplace+Xbox 360 and iTunes+Apple TV

By: Marc M.

Marc M. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:16:43 +0000

Eh this is like comparing apples to oranges. People are not buying the 360 for renting HD streamable movies, it’s just a added advantage. I still think it’s silly that people are to lazy to take a five minute drive up to block buster ( or where ever you rent movies ) to grab a movie. It’s not that big of a deal and plus you get it for 10x longer AND it’s cheaper, plus more and more places are offering HD DVD/Blu-ray discs.

By: JP

JP — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:39:05 +0000

Enjoyed the comparison, ND.

I don’t think the 360 plays back DRM’d content from iTunes…as for me, I don’t watch enough rented movies to justify a monthly subscription, and Blockbusters in da 904 has a very limited selection of Blu-ray titles. (3 stores within 15 miles last Thursday evening did not have Pirates - World’s End on Blu-ray.)

I own Blu-ray and HD DVD players, but I’m also considering the aTV to congregate my media and add convenience for my occasional rental…

By: jason

jason — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:54:59 +0000

Who cares who wins the format war. We are all going to be downloading movies in 5 year to some harddrive just like music. Who buys CDs anymore?

Get a 360, great for games, movies and keeping in touch with friends. Love it!

By: Chester

Chester — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:39:50 +0000

What store has the most content? I have used the Xbox Live Marketplace and they have many movies (250+), new and old. I haven’t looked at the iTunes store yet but have read that they have about 100 movies, not all in HD and 5.1. What about TV shows? Does the iTunes store have TV show in HD now also?

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:50:10 +0000

Or you could use a Blu-ray/HD-DVD player and Netflix, thus avoiding all the BS foisted on the consumer by the movie industry (30 day lag between DVD release and download availability, 24 hours to watch the movie, etc.). You won’t get the instant gratification of a download, but if you’re that desperate, you can always go down to Blockbuster. I really don’t see the attraction of the XBox or Apple offering, unless you just really hate plastic discs.

By: freddyb

freddyb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:27:31 +0000

umm… i’m not 100% certain, but i believe with the XBOX console that you can also play video games. my thinking is that this would be a differentiator worthy of being called out…. dufus.

By: 2playedout

2playedout — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:59:45 +0000

If its about who has the cheapest rental price the movie cube beats it all with 1 dollar a day rentals.

By: Endless Mike

Endless Mike — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:34:25 +0000

It’s probably worth noting that other than movies and presumably music (can the Apple TV download music from iTunes? I know it can stream over a network), the 360 can do virtually anything the Apple TV does, to my knowledge (stream movies and music over your network, download movie rentals), and also play games.