Comments on: iTunes Showtime http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tim Buchheim http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime#comment-19321 Tim Buchheim Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:50:59 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime/#comment-19321 ugh, iTunes 7 has bit hit with the ugly stick. Particularly the source list.. all-caps section headers? Black highlighting? ugh. on the other hand, the new TV Show view is pretty nice, and video playback has finally been fixed so it's usable. (And has a nifty new controller when you play video in a window ... although i find it odd that you can drag it around the window.) iTunes 7 (and accompanying QuickTime 7.1.3 upgrade) are not in Software Update yet, but you can get them from Apple's website. Accessing the iTunes store from iTunes 7 just results in an error message, though. No pretty black "Showtime" screen. ugh, iTunes 7 has bit hit with the ugly stick.

Particularly the source list.. all-caps section headers? Black highlighting? ugh.

on the other hand, the new TV Show view is pretty nice, and video playback has finally been fixed so it's usable. (And has a nifty new controller when you play video in a window ... although i find it odd that you can drag it around the window.)

iTunes 7 (and accompanying QuickTime 7.1.3 upgrade) are not in Software Update yet, but you can get them from Apple's website.

Accessing the iTunes store from iTunes 7 just results in an error message, though. No pretty black "Showtime" screen.

]]> By: Jesper http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime#comment-19320 Jesper Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:03:26 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime/#comment-19320 And of course, naturally, now I can't get through. I know I wasn't imagining that, though. And of course, naturally, now I can't get through. I know I wasn't imagining that, though.

]]> By: Jesper http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime#comment-19319 Jesper Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:57:39 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime/#comment-19319 The part where it says "Live Broadcast" and the title "Special Event" flashes briefly when it opens in QuickTime might indicate otherwise. (It gives a 404 a lot of the time too.) The part where it says "Live Broadcast" and the title "Special Event" flashes briefly when it opens in QuickTime might indicate otherwise. (It gives a 404 a lot of the time too.)

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime#comment-19318 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:53:59 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime/#comment-19318 Which I'm sure will work fine after the event is over. I'm not certain it'll actually be live (as it says it is). Which I'm sure will work fine after the event is over. I'm not certain it'll actually be live (as it says it is).

]]> By: Jesper http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime#comment-19317 Jesper Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:47:34 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime/#comment-19317 Public knowledge now, but they *do* have a <a href="http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/sep_2006/event/index.html">(free) stream</a>. Public knowledge now, but they *do* have a (free) stream.

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime#comment-19316 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:53:24 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime/#comment-19316 I wish they'd kept the "M" and just called it "Media." But then again, I'm speaking in the past tense and nothing has really happened yet. Maybe they think "Media Store" sounds too much like a place where you store media, not where you buy it. I wish they'd kept the "M" and just called it "Media." But then again, I'm speaking in the past tense and nothing has really happened yet. Maybe they think "Media Store" sounds too much like a place where you store media, not where you buy it.

]]> By: Mike http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime#comment-19315 Mike Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:16:24 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime/#comment-19315 I it's called the "iTunes Store" and not the "iTunes Music Store". I wonder if that will be the new name now that it will sell more then just music. I it's called the "iTunes Store" and not the "iTunes Music Store". I wonder if that will be the new name now that it will sell more then just music.

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime#comment-19314 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:55:25 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/09/12/itunes_showtime/#comment-19314 The same page exists at <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/showtime/showtime.html">http://phobos.apple.com/showtime/showtime.html</a>. The same page exists at http://phobos.apple.com/showtime/showtime.html.

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