Apple Launches Movie Downloads in German iTunes Store

I have been waiting for this to happen since the iTunes Movie Rentals system was announced at Macworld. Although not all movies available in the US Store are offered yet, it's already pretty good. Thank you Apple!
The only thing missing now is the HD versions of movies, that you already have in the US.

I know I'm from a small country and all, but...
Apple, please, add movie downloads/rentals to the Portuguese iTunes Store!

Same for Finland. It's simply wrong that TV and movie sales aren't available :mad:. Higher broadband penetration than the US etc.

But why not Switzerland?? :( We speak the same language... (well, most of us)

Really cool feature I´ve been waiting for this so long.
Just rented two movies to check it out and the quality is pretty good for a download. There is however some stuff messed up in the store. Some movies are e.g. german where it says there in english. But I´m sure they´ll fix that soon.

P.S. The rented movies also look very good on our HD-TV.

People should know better than to purchase DRM'd downloadable content after the whole fiasco with music. Rentals are one thing, and DRM makes sense there, but when you purchase a movie, try to get it on DVD, and then use something like MacTheRipper and the awesome freeware Handbrake to convert it to standard H.264 format, and you can use it on an AppleTV, like the iTunes Store movies, along with any number of 3rd party devices no matter what happens to Apple or the iTunes Store in the future (unlike the iTunes Store movies). Don't get trapped into investing in DRM'd content, you'll just be forced to buy it again eventually when it's no longer supported.

Didn't Steve Jobs said this would be available worldwide end 2008? Load of crap he told us. Broadband penetration is so much higher in Europe then in the USA. Why don't give us the movies we want to buy?! Even in this time of economic crisis you best want to expand you options or not?! Damn it:mad:

Greetings from the Netherlands...

agree with you! buy dvd. rip. sell.

People should know better than to purchase DRM'd downloadable content after the whole fiasco with music. Rentals are one thing, and DRM makes sense there, but when you purchase a movie, try to get it on DVD, and then use something like MacTheRipper and the awesome freeware Handbrake to convert it to standard H.264 format, and you can use it on an AppleTV, like the iTunes Store movies, along with any number of 3rd party devices no matter what happens to Apple or the iTunes Store in the future (unlike the iTunes Store movies). Don't get trapped into investing in DRM'd content, you'll just be forced to buy it again eventually when it's no longer supported.

And Spain?

I bought my Apple TV because Jobs said that rentals will be worldwide by 2008.

i think some people dont realise apple cannot just start selling movies in a country, they are not apples movies, every single country has different laws publishers contracts etc etc, and we are talking about quite a few studios in each, it takes time.