Apple Movie Junkie

Apple is offering the pre-air premier of Kath & Kim for free in HD.

Head on over to our HD TV Shows page to see the entire list of available HD TV Shows.

I downloaded and installed the latest Alpha version of Boxee last night. I haven’t had a ton of time to work my way through it, but the one feature that intrigues me most about Boxee is the social networking aspect of the media center. The ability to share with your friends what albums you’re listening to, what movies and TV shows you’re watching, send recommendations and more. I posted my thoughts on this not too long ago, but I would love to see this social networking functionality come to the Apple TV. In reality it’s what we’re trying to do here with Apple TV Junkie, and now the podcast, bring our Apple TV community together.

I want to know what you think. Would you like to see Apple bring a social networking aspect to the Apple TV, or could you care less?

Take the poll to the right and or leave your thoughts with a comment.

For anyone interested, be the first to leave a request in the comments, and I’ll email you an invite to Boxee.

iTunes SD Rentals New Release and Removals for 10-02-08.

9 New SD Releases for today. Again, nothing too exciting. But if you’re into foreign flicks, La Rosa y El Gato (The Rose and The Cat) is the one for you. On the other hand, if you’re more of a Horror hound, then Trapped Ashes might trap you in!

Click the link below to view today’s list.
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[Engadget HD] Engadget HD is reporting that VUDU has gone live with their 1080p HDX format. VUDU states in their press release that HDX delivers twice the quality available from any Internet or broadcast on-demand service. VUDU is claiming 50 films already in HDX and that every HD title in their catalog will be offered in this format. The one slight drawback would be that you have to wait three to four hours, while they download, before you can begin watching these titles. On the bright side the cost is exactly the same as a regular HD title.

So what do you think, is this something you would like to see Apple offer, a higher quality version of HD titles? Would a higher quality HD rental make a difference to all of the videophiles out there, or is this just a gimmicky selling point for VUDU. Is the quality of the current HD titles which Apple offers sufficient.

Below is the list of new HD Rentals that have been added to Apple TV.

2 new titles today and neither of them have much going on as far as a rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so rent at your own risk today.

Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
TKO

Head on over to the HD Rentals page to see this weeks entire list of new titles.