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Apple offers first full-length movie on iTunes (updated, price raised)
Apple is now selling what appears to be the first full-length movie on the iTunes Music Store. The movie, however, is not from a major Hollywood studio — “High School Musical” is a made-for-TV Disney Channel original movie. It’s one hour and 40 minutes in length and weighs in at 487MB in file size. Like most videos on iTunes, the movie sells for $1.99.
Update: Following its $1.99 debut on the iTunes Music Store, High School Musical has been repriced at $9.99, and apparently can no longer be found via the Search feature on the Store. This link continues to work.
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Great… I think I know why they did it now… They now have the individual videos for the songs in it as $1.99… I’m still very disappointed though (I mean the entire video for $1.99 that was a great deal when you have $2.12 left on your account)
Posted by Mikey_J110 on March 14, 2006 at 7:05 PM (PDT)
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Ill wait for a movie that doesn’t suck thanks.
Posted by Thomas Averin on March 14, 2006 at 7:07 PM (PDT)
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Where are you guys finding the movie? I’ve looked everywhere, and I can’t find it. I even searched for it, and it only gave me the music video clips.
Posted by Jasmine Johnson on March 14, 2006 at 7:40 PM (PDT)
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haha..i got mine when it was 1.99 :p
Posted by Jesse on March 14, 2006 at 9:13 PM (PDT)
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When HD movies or major Hollywood are released, iPod space is going to be an issue. When you start buying more and more movies on the iTMS, the space will add up. The Disney movie released is almost half a gig. Better quality movies only mean more space is required. For this reason, I think the subscription model might be good with the option to still purchase the movie. You just put the movies you want to watch on your iPod. When you’re done you can delete it and when you want to watch it again, you can easily download the movie again. This could also bring competition with Blockbuster and Netflix unlimited rentals.
I want my “true” video iPod!!!
Posted by Sean on March 14, 2006 at 11:27 PM (PDT)
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....this sux cuz now they raised it to $10!!!! $2 was perfect for this format, now they raised it to 10!!! Might as well get the DVD copy (if they have one) and get the special features!!! APPLE SUX!!!
Posted by beaten on March 15, 2006 at 11:03 AM (PDT)
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Jasmine Johnson the movie is in the iTunes Music Store under TV Shows>Disney.
Posted by Audrey McGirt on March 15, 2006 at 2:27 PM (PDT)
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Thanks, Audrey McGirt! It actually showed up at night where I live (Bay Area, California). Thanks!
Posted by Jasmine Johnson on March 15, 2006 at 5:22 PM (PDT)
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