We have twelve new additions to the HD rental list tonight, all are catalog titles except one. We have, Bad Girls, Bingo, Ghoulies II, Hang ‘Em High, Lethal Weapon 4, Ocean’s 11 (1960), Sixteen Candles, The Philadelphia Story, The Wrong Man, Twilight Zone: The Movie, and Nowhere to Run.
The one new non-catalog HD title is Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd:Out of Control. This seems to be a spin off of the just released theatrical version of Get Smart.
WarGames is the $.99 movie of the week for the week of July 1st.
Vantage Point, Drillbit Taylor and Meet The Browns are now available to purchase either through the iTunes Movie Store or Apple TV.
As for renting these titles, Drillbit Taylor will be available on July 30th and Vantage Point on July 31st. There is no rental date for Meet the Browns.
The New York Times is reporting that Sony will allow owners of a Internet-enabled Bravia (The Bravia Internet link) to download Hancock before the DVD hits. Should Apple try to move into this space? I mean Jobs kind of oversees Disney/Pixar and they just released a big hit over the weekend. 1 + 1 = Apple TV sales in my book; still the Wall-E DVD and Blu Ray will outsell any downloads, but an early rental would be nice. What I still can’t understand is Sony, they worked so hard to kill HD-DVD but yet are trying to push DL content to the PS3 and Bravia. That seems kind of counterintuitive to me why push for a new format (Blu Ray) that you already want to push out with downloads.
The iTunes Movie Store is definitely making this part a little easier by adding the rental date for most new release titles. Below is a list of possible new rental or purchase titles to look for on Apple TV this week.
Available For Rent In July
The Eye (Rental Release Date 7-02-08)
Meet the Spartans (Rental Release Date 7-02-08)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Rental Release Date 7-16-08)
InBruges (Rental Release Date 7-23-08)
Definitely, Maybe (Rental Release Date 7-23-08)
The Other Boleyn Girl (Rental Release Date 7-25-08)
This Weeks Possible July Purchase Titles
Vantage Point (7-1-08)
Drillbit Taylor (7-1-08)
Meet The Browns (7-1-08)
My Blueberry Nights (7-1-08)
Available For Rent In August
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Rental Release Date 8-06-08)
Via MacRumors, reports are coming in from .Mac users that their MobileMe email address is now active. This appears to be hit and miss as my .Mac email address is currently not working under the MobileMe domain. But if Apple is beginning to flip the switch on MobileMe us Apple TV users should expect an update any day now. This update will basically swap the name of .Mac for MobileMe in the photo gallery portion of the Apple TV interface as the functionality of syncing images seems to remain the same. Here’s to hoping that Apple decides to slip in a new feature or two when this update hits.
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