{"id":3910,"date":"2005-10-13T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-14T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2021-06-08T20:11:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T00:11:15","slug":"apple-wants-more-money-from-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2005\/10\/13\/apple-wants-more-money-from-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Wants <i>More<\/i> Money From Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/applebug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#8217;s been fun watching the rumors fly about that Apple would\/would not announce an iPod Video at today&#8217;s Special Event. I agree that an iPod is a poor way to watch video, but that it might be a handy way to transport and feed video files to a TV. Now that the announcement is official, I have to admit I am underwhelmed. The unveiling of the iPod nano a little over a month ago had me clicking &#8220;Add to Cart&#8221; almost immediately. It&#8217;s a lot easier to resist the same temptation today. For one thing, I was really expecting something more along the lines of this\u2026<center><IMG data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/ipodvideoprototype.jpg?resize=366%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"366\" height=\"180\" style=\"border: 3px solid #000000;\"\/><br><small>An iPod Video prediction (from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashsworld.com\/2005\/08\/ipod-video-details.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smash&#8217;s world<\/a>)<\/small><\/center>than just a slightly wider iPod.  It&#8217;s really surprising to me, and definitely disappointing, that Apple is sticking with a plain 320&#215;240 size rather than the 16&#215;9 aspect ratio of its own Cinema Display monitors. They should be pushing the widescreen shape just like they&#8217;re pushing this as the Year of HD.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#8217;m not sure how I feel about the prospect of buying TV shows in the new iTunes 6.0. I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m necessarily against it, since it might be convenient to pay a couple bucks to see a show I missed. I can say though that if I&#8217;m to own a TV episode I&#8217;d prefer something with more repeatability than <i>Lost<\/i> (as the recent DVD release reminded me) or <i>Desperate Housewives<\/i>. If Fox hops on board and sells <i>Arrested Development<\/i>, however, then methinks a new iPod I might buy!<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Then again, I&#8217;m once more underwhelmed by the quality of those videos.  I sprang for an exclusive U2 video only to find I paid $1.99 for a tiny 320&#215;176 display that&#8217;s in mono.<br><center><IMG data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/u2iTMSvideo.jpg?resize=327%2C235&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"327\" height=\"235\" style=\"border: 3px solid #000000;\" \/><br><small>Actual size<\/small><\/center>&nbsp; &nbsp; I really hope this is just a beginning and that the files will eventually be <i>worth<\/i> buying, since so far there&#8217;s plenty of room for improvement.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#8217;s been fun watching the rumors fly about that Apple would\/would not announce an iPod Video at today&#8217;s Special Event. I agree that an iPod is a poor way to watch video, but that it might be a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2005\/10\/13\/apple-wants-more-money-from-me\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-gadgets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3910"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3910\/revisions\/3914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}