The problem with TV shows on DVD is that they come after the season has ended. You could get Lost a day or less after it was first broadcasted from iTMS. Using your own arguement why buy the TV show DVD when you're just gonna watch it only once? Audio CDs are one thing but actually buy a Season DVD that costs a $50 or more?

Before services like iTMS came about people downloaded like mad for music from Napster/etc but once a reasonable DRM & price scheme and very convenient way came about people flocked and bought downloadable songs.

At the moment you need to use Bittorrent or other p2p networks to download TV shows and the time it takes to download depends on how well seeded it is. Could be as short as a few minutes or could last for days. Applying the same principle of selling music to TV shows allows an easy & fast way to get your favorite show and compensate the owners of the show.

In the end if you dont have money or a credit card to pay for it you will still download pirated shows but I believe there are enough people in the world who'd want to pay (a) because it's the right thing to do or (b) they dont mind paying for the convenience. The Internet is just another distribution network that the entertainment industry is just starting to discover.

Highest end iPod costs $399 & the new iPod sports a 2.5" display. If you find the display too small hook it up to your TV. Some friends of mine were able to buy Lost from iTMS and displayed it on their TV from their PC said the picture/sound quality were surprisingly great.

Apple's lower stock price is attributed to their supplier not being able to handle demand. This has been Apple's best quarter ever and the downgrade in stock price is because analysits expected too much. If this is Apple in its darkest moments I'd love to see it doing very well.

The new iPod is poised to ship next week or earlier.

If Top Gear was available on iTMS moments after it being aired on the BBC I'd gladly pay $1.99.

The problem with your thinking is that the portable music revolution was started before Apple could even spell it. It started with the first Sony Walkman, and ever since then, people have wanted a portable way to play music.

That's because you can do a lot of things while listening to music i.e exercise, clean, walk, jog, hang out, go to work...

But there really hasn't been a market for portable video players. Sure, those portable DVD players had gadget appeal while they were new, but now the shelves are full of them for low prices, and still on one wants them.

For me, the smallest screen i might want to watch video on is a 12" ultra-portable laptop display. Very nice on a plane journey or a long train journey. Who wants to go blind from starring at a 2" screen for any extended period of time. That's why eBooks in any portable format are crap, and why no one wants them. Also why the PSP movies aren't exactly selling like proverbial "hot cakes"

This is just an excuse for crApple to put in a useless feature, start new ad campaigns, hike the price, and part fools with their money

there advancing wif this to fast.

video ipod? wahts next? a chip in the hand or head? ><><><

i bet they'll make it so it feeds straight into ur brain, so u can walk around n watch without anyone knowing.

also this would make u aware of were ur walking ect. (so u dun hit any nasty poles).

Stupid to put vids in there. I'd take the nano anyday. Rather see videos on my 24"