search to pick up the most late season ofLost , but do n’t need to yield the baggage of having to buy a bunch of episodes that you ’ll only catch once ? Relax , friend , because if you ’re an iTunes 10 user , you’re able to now hire TV showsfrom the comfort of your very own … estimator .
While Apple CEO Steve Jobs spentmuch of Wednesday ’s presentationtalking about television receiver rentals on gadget runningiOS 4.1(due next workweek ) and the new Apple TV ( due later this month ) , you may give notice up a renting right now — as long as you do n’t mind watching on your Mac or PC . While some show are available in both HD and SD and others available only in SD , they all cost just $ 1 to let .
Restrictions , of course of instruction , apply : as with movies , you have 30 days to campaign play on your rental or it disappears back into the ether from whence it come . Once you start watching , however , you ’ve got a full 48 hours to finish it up , so be sure and clear your schedule .
Those are n’t the crowing restriction at present , however . First , you ’ll only have admission to TV shows from two internet : ABC and Fox ( as well as their associated brands like the Disney Channel and ABC Family ) ; during Apple ’s event on Wednesday , Jobs say he await other web to sign on pretty quick , but it remains to be seen .
In addition , you presently ca n’t move a rental to your iPhone or iPod spot , since those gimmick must be run iOS 4.1 to look on renting ; Apple also says HD rentals can only be watched on the iPhone 4 or the quaternary - generation iPod speck , though that may be because rentals wo n’t solve on the iPad until iOS 4.2 arrives and the Modern Apple TV is n’t out yet . If you ’ve get under one’s skin one of the present or past Apple TV models , however , you ’re just plain out of lot .
Rentals get downloaded to your iTunes subroutine library and appear , fitly , under the “ Rental ” section in the sidebar ; you’re able to start playback as before long as the episode begins download , though depending on your Internet speed you may meet fits and start .
And if all those caution and restriction are n’t enough to turn you off , then , ladies and gentlemen , start your renting .
