Posts by Alex 19

Yep

Spot on. The cases with Apple in Italy were down to clarifications in small print. In essence Apple should have made it clear(er) that consumers have statutory rights which are enforceable against the RETAILER (Apple is also a retailer) and that the manufacturer's warranty is in addition to those rights. Worth pointing out that in the UK consumers have 6 years but as you can imagine, after the first 6 months and as you move further away in time from the date of purchaser, your rights dissipate pretty quickly as the standard of proof becomes more difficult to satisfy.

Spot on

I agree with flameresistant and SSR on this one too. I makes sense to "own" kids' stuff given their unique ability to watch the same thing over and over again (Disney Cinemagic HD was very popular until i axed it from the lineup for budgetary reasons) but for the rest and the odd one or two films that you do watch more than once every 5-10 years rental is the way to go.

Kid's don't care about 1080p so it's a straight DVD for them which can be ripped and watched via aTV at any time. As for the rest, I currently rent films through SkyHD or through iTunes. SkyHD is far too expensive (£3.49 for a compressed 720p feature) and iTunes doesn't have a good selection of rentals and even then they're SD.the new aTV might solve the HD rental problem (depending on UK price and selection) but anything that moves me away from that huge Murdoch bill is a good thing.

Finally, Airplay sounds intriguing and there's clearly an idea here. I'd be interested to see/understand the technical limits of the protocol. Can it stream 720p? Does it keep the 5:1 soundtrack? When will manufacturers start implementing it?