Red Bank TV

I have an intel mac mini hooked up to my sony hdtv in my living room.  So I was interested to hear the latest rumors that Apple will soon be renting movies via their iTunes service.  I’ve never bought a Video On Demand movie before, mainly because I use a CableCard instead of a cable box and that precludes me from using Comcast’s VOD services.

I also don’t subscribe to many premium movie channels. I only subscribe to HBO (Sopranos/Entourage).  I use a subscription to NetFlix to keep movies on hand.

So how would Apple VOD affect me?  Well for starters, I think I would be able to drop the Netflix subscription.  Second it would allow me to use VOD on my TV, something I haven’t been able to do with Comcast.  Third, when we do get FiOS TV I will have a direct competitor to Verizon’s VOD services, in fact I might just stick with the CableCard model I have and not install a Verizon box at all.  And if Apple does High Def downloads then I won’t have to get caught up in the HD-DVD format wars, I won’t need HD-DVD or Blue-Ray, I’ll already be downloading and playing HD movies on the mac.