With iTunes Movie Rentals and Apple TV, users can just click a button on their remote to effortlessly rent movies from a catalog of over 1,000 titles by the end of February, including over 100 titles in high definition video with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound, with no computer required, Jobs said. DVD-quality iTunes Movie Rentals are $2.99 for library titles and $3.99 for new releases. High definition versions are just one dollar more with library titles at $3.99 and new releases at $4.99.
Apple will provide the new Apple TV software free of charge to existing Apple TV owners when it releases the new Apple TV priced at $229 in about two weeks.
"With the new Apple TV and iTunes Movie Rentals, movie lovers can rent DVD-quality or stunning HD movies from their couch with just a click of a button," Jobs said. "No more driving to the video store or waiting for DVDs to arrive in the mail."
With iTunes Movie Rentals, once a movie is rented, it starts downloading from the iTunes Store directly to Apple TV, and users with a fast Internet connection can start viewing the movie in seconds. Customers have up to 30 days to start watching it, and once a movie has been started customers have 24 hours to finish it -- or watch it multiple times.
With Apple TV, users can also view photos from their computers, Flickr and .Mac Web Galleries on their widescreen TV as slideshows or screen savers. When photos are updated on Flickr or .Mac, they are automatically updated on the Apple TV.
Apple TV users can now browse and enjoy the iTunes Store podcast directory of over 125,000 video and audio podcasts, view over 50 million originally created videos from YouTube or choose from a selection of six million songs, over 600 TV shows and 10,000 music videos to purchase directly from their Apple TV. Purchases downloaded to Apple TV are automatically synced back to iTunes on the user’s computer for enjoyment on their computer, all current generation iPods and iPhones. (Movie rentals work on iPod classic, iPod nano with video and iPod touch.)
Apple TV connects to a range of widescreen TVs and home theater systems and comes standard with HDMI, component video, analog and optical audio ports. It uses AirPort 802.11 wireless networking,
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