New Poll For The Week – Are You Purchasing TV Shows Through Your Apple TV?

Posted July 30th, 2008 in Movies by Eddie V.

The big draw of the Apple TV for a lot of us is the capability to view HD content and rent or purchase feature length movies. But, how important is the non-HD content that is offered on the Apple TV to you? Other then feature length movies, are you purchasing TV Shows, TV Series, Music or Music Videos through the Apple TV? If you have a second take the poll in the right hand column and let us know.

roger

I only buy TV shows whenever I miss an episode of a show that I normally watch on TV. I use the AppleTV to buy it. It works great.

However, I would prefer if Apple offered, similar to what they do with movies, TV shows for rental in addition to purchase, for let’s say $0.99. Whenever I buy an episode I watch it only once and then delete it. I don’t have a desire to keep it.
davek

I buy a lot of shows but only through my computer since I stream my content and don’t want to bother dealing with transfering the content purchsed via apple tv back to my hard-drive.
ccunning

I spend far more money on TV shows than I do on Movies. As I’ve mentioned before I replaced my Cable TV with the Apple TV. I do most of my buying from my Mac but all of my viewing is on the aTV
http://www.mikull.com mikull

Rarely; and then only individual episodes, usually with replay value.

With the current cost structure, it makes more sense, at least in my budget, to buy the DVD set outright. With a little patience, you will find marginal differences in cost. I also find Netflix rentals perfect for shows I only plan to watch once.

For example, Batman the Animated Series Volume 1 @ iTunes is $34.99. Retail for this set is now $15.99 – tangible and ready to rip. I find this to be the case often.

Don’t get me wrong, I prefer on-demand media — it’s awesome; Shark Week for 10.99? Not too shabby. It’s just rare for me.
ensor

i have also replaced the cable company with a combo of the itunes store and dvd, and unfortunately for a few shows (monk, psych) hulu. i want to give nbc money, but my money is apparently not good enough for them.

now that drm isn’t a concern i’m leaning towards itunes more than dvd, the price is usually the same or better in tunes, and i rarely if ever watch the dvd extra’s anyway.

movies on the otherhand, i always buy on dvd for $6-10, then feed them to handbrake.
DustoMan

For me it’s simple… If it’s not in HD, I’m not buying it.
shagless

Cost of DVD sets is more reasonable than Apple’s. Also, I want shows in HD sometimes too if possible. Occasionally Apple has some gems, but really I can dvr it (in hd) or wait to find the DVD set for cheaper. Sarah Connor Chronicles is the only one I have fully purchased. No DVD for it yet anyway. I missed most of the episodes on tv so in this case Apple TV was of major use. Older series, not so much.
hughvh

I would buy TV shows if the shows they where either in HD or preserved in their 16:9 format. Two examples: Torchwood, which airs in HD, is in standard def. Doctor Who and Ghost in the Shell is displayed in 4:3 letterbox when the DVDs are in 16:9.

Standard def sticks out like a sore thumb on my DLP. Until the shows adapt hi def (or at least keep 16:9 format), I will continue to buy DVDs.

New Poll For The Week – Are You Purchasing TV Shows Through Your Apple TV?

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