iTunes Store Now Offering HD Movie Sales in UK
Several MacRumors readers have written in to report that Apple has begun offering high-definition movies for sale in its UK iTunes Store. A very limited library of titles appears to be available at the moment with, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse appearing to be the highest-profile release available for purchase in HD.
Films priced at £9.99 for standard definition are carrying £12.99 price tags in high definition, while cheaper films typically priced at £6.99 for standard definition are being offered at £7.99 in high definition.
Apple launched iTunes movie rentals and sales in the UK in June 2008, but high-definition films were only available for rent, and even then only with limited titles. The company began offering HD movie sales in the United States in March 2009, but has been slow to extend the offering to other countries.
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19 months ago
Beat me to it - was going to add at those prices you would have to be bonkers to pay for a 720p download when you could pick up the Blu-Ray for not much more.
Weird thinking from Apple here but sadly one of the reasons they probably won't ever give us Blu-Ray drives on Macs as they want a share of the revenue from renting/buying an inferior product online.
Weird thinking from Apple here but sadly one of the reasons they probably won't ever give us Blu-Ray drives on Macs as they want a share of the revenue from renting/buying an inferior product online.
19 months ago
£12.99 :eek: Seems a little steep when we have all the internet based TV/Movie services in the UK. Cant see Apple competing with that well given how poorly the new Apple TV has been received in the UK (an expensive useless box outside the US).
I'll be sticking with: LoveFilm, Sky Player (AWESOME!), SeeSaw, iPlayer, 4OD, ITV Player and TVCatchup.
I'll be sticking with: LoveFilm, Sky Player (AWESOME!), SeeSaw, iPlayer, 4OD, ITV Player and TVCatchup.
19 months ago
LOL!
Rip off UK. My advice buy the Bluray for the same price or less. More and more are also shipping with digital copies too so Apple and the big screens really need to wise up and be realistic about pricing. People are mad if they but these at 12.99! Until prices for online sales come down dramatically then buying physical media surpasses this online extortion racket. Truth is every country outside the US is getting ripped off and with less content.
Rip off UK. My advice buy the Bluray for the same price or less. More and more are also shipping with digital copies too so Apple and the big screens really need to wise up and be realistic about pricing. People are mad if they but these at 12.99! Until prices for online sales come down dramatically then buying physical media surpasses this online extortion racket. Truth is every country outside the US is getting ripped off and with less content.
19 months ago
Also applies to Irish iTunes Stores, can only see Eclipse at the moment €16.99 for HD version
19 months ago
No thanks, I'll skip and buy the blu ray with the digital copy and 1080p goodness
19 months ago
You'd have to be out of your mind to pay £13 for a movie from iTunes. I mean clinically insane. Or so bloody stupid you don't deserve the £13 in the first place.
19 months ago
The iTunes Movie Store in the UK is a rip off (or, more generally, everywhere outside of the US iTunes Movie Store).
The price for a HD movie purchase, in my opinion, should be bordering the £6.99 mark with SD purchases of new releases being £4.99. All rentals should be 99p for HD, or 79p for SD (although I think that's pushing it).
I'm sure they'd sell more if the rentals and purchase pricing were refreshed (obviously).
£12.99 is an absolute joke, in my opinion.
The price for a HD movie purchase, in my opinion, should be bordering the £6.99 mark with SD purchases of new releases being £4.99. All rentals should be 99p for HD, or 79p for SD (although I think that's pushing it).
I'm sure they'd sell more if the rentals and purchase pricing were refreshed (obviously).
£12.99 is an absolute joke, in my opinion.
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