Comments on: Apple Sells 1 Million Videos

By: Brian Zellinger

Brian Zellinger — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:19:00 +0000

Because it’s trendy! People are stupid and pay more than they should because ‘it’s cool’ or ‘my friend has one’. They don’t know the other options out there.

Heck, I remember buy a pair of Air Jordans when I was in 8th grade. I look back now thinking that was dumb. Same thing. It’s just a fad.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:34:00 +0000

“How can Apple be going up with products like Front Row and iPod Video when our products, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and Portable Media Center, are both better? Just because they have catchy product names!?”

Sounds like another disgruntled Miscrosoft shareholder!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:39:00 +0000

It’s all about perception, and the perception is that the iPod video is going to turn video/TV distribution on its head. Yes, The numbers don’t add up (as of yet), but that’s NOW, give Apple another few months to reintroduce archived TV shows,HDTV over firewire, Higher resolution downloads, Etc… As long as Apple can keep the Hype up (which they are brilliant at) They’ll succeed.
And if the hype doesn’t get the job done, then the extra 2.5 billion cash infusion will certainly help
The real question for me is what is MS going to do before they lose the battle for the “living room”. This is a MIGHTY big blow and Apple is just getting warmed up.

By: Brian Zellinger

Brian Zellinger — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:00:00 +0000

I wanna know who's actually buying these videos? I can't believe people are paying to see half-rez videos on a $200 P.O.S.

Must be nice to be able to blow money away like that.

I'd rather see Lost in HD on my widescreen for free, then pay $2 for a 320x240 video on a 2 in screen.