QuickTime NewsMarch 23, 2007
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If it’s on iTunes, it’s on your widescreen TV. Now shipping.
Tracks to Watch
QuickTime Showcase
Movies
iTunes corner

Hot News Headlines
Review: Apple TV Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret review Apple TV for the Wall Street Journal, writing, “our verdict is that it’s a beautifully designed, easy-to-use product that should be very attractive to people with widescreen TV sets and lots of music, videos, and photos stored on computers.”

Review: Apple TV Just Plain Works Edward N. Albro reviews the Apple TV for PC World, writing, “It’s the first media streaming device I could imagine recommending to a non-geek.”

BBC Factual takes Final Cut for HD TV Jonny Evans reports for Macworld UK, “BBC Factual has confirmed plans to use the Panasonic AJ-HDX900 DVCPRO HD camcorder alongside Apple’s industry leading professional video application in order to create all its high-definition shows, beginning in April 2007.”

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Joss Stone

Joss Stone — “Tell Me ‘Bout It”
Video | iTunes Store


LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem — “North American Scum”
Video | iTunes Store


Neil Young

Neil Young — Live At Massey Hall 1971
Video | iTunes Store


Low Stars

Low Stars — “Calling All Friends” and “Child”
Video | iTunes Store


The Killers

The Killers — “Read My Mind”
Video | iTunes Store


LoNero

LoNero — Relentless
Listening Party


Duncan Sheik

Duncan Sheik — Brighter: A Duncan Sheik Collection
Listening Party | iTunes Store


Dokken

Dokken — Live 1981 From Conception
Listening Party | iTunes Store



If it’s on iTunes, it’s on your widescreen TV. Now shipping.
Your computer is the center of your digital life. Your TV is the center of your entertainment life. But what if you want to watch movies, TV shows, movie trailers, podcasts and photos from your computer on your TV? At $299, Apple TV brings iTunes to the big screen.

Enjoy your iTunes library — movies, TV shows, music and podcasts — plus movie trailers from Apple.com on your TV. And your digital photos from iPhoto on a Mac or Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Album on a Windows PC appear in high definition, so you can put on a stunning big-screen slideshow.

With QuickTime 7 Pro and Apple TV, you can easily enjoy your home movies on your TV. QuickTime 7 Pro allows you to export any file playable in QuickTime to a format optimized for Apple TV. You can even export 720p content from most high-definition sources.*

Change the way you watch digital media. Learn more about Apple TV, now shipping.

* See Apple TV tech specs for detailed information about video formats supported.

QuickTime showcase
ELLE Go behind-the-scenes of a fashion magazine with the ELLE Style Reports video podcast series, available for free at the iTunes Store. Who’s bringing sexy back into fashion? Justin Timberlake with his longtime personal assistant and friend Trace Ayala at their William Rast runway show. Want to tour the closets of ELLE staff? Watch insider’s coverage of fashion week? Meet the designers? Go on beauty shoots with Beyoncé and Carmen Electra? Then subscribe now.

Nine Inch Nails Many people don’t realize what a powerful tool they have living on their Mac — GarageBand. Give it a workout with “Survivalism,” the first single from Nine Inch Nails’ upcoming record Year Zero, available for pre-order at the iTunes Store. Download the actual multitrack session that allows you full access to all the sounds and parts in the song to be reconstructed or deconstructed in any way you like.

“Make 5 Wishes” After a demon grants introverted teenager Hana a series of wishes that go bad, she meets her hero Avril Lavigne who helps Hana find the courage to conquer her own personal demons once and for all. Check out Del Ray Manga’s new Japanese-style comicbook series Make 5 Wishes, featuring Avril Lavigne. Subscribe to the free podcast at the iTunes Store.

Casio EXILIM HI-ZOOM EX-V7 The pocket-sized, innovative Casio EXILIM HI-ZOOM EX-V7 is currently the world’s slimmest digital camera with a 7X optical zoom lens. More than just a still camera, it also records widescreen, next-generation, high-quality H.264 movies — at remarkably small file sizes — with movie stabilizer technology that minimizes the effects of hand movement while filming. You can record up to three hours of video using a 2GB memory card. See why the Casio EXILIM HI-ZOOM EX-V7 is perfect for capturing your special moments, while maintaining the highest quality imaginable.

Movies
“Hills Have Eyes 2” As part of a routine mission, a unit of National Guard soldiers stop at a New Mexican outpost only to find the isolated research camp mysteriously deserted. After spotting a distress signal in a distant mountain range, the team decides to commence a search and rescue mission into the hills.

Find out what happens — see The Hills Have Eyes 2 in theaters now.

TMNT After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, the Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Master Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City. Tech-industrialist Max Winters is amassing an army of ancient monsters to apparently take over the world.

Can the Turtles come together to save the world? TMNT opens in theaters today.

iTunes corner
“Spring Break
Shuffle 2007” You may not know it, but Spring Break week is just around the corner. If you’re not fortunate enough to have the week off, you can at least give yourself an acoustic vacation with 101 songs from the “Spring Break Shuffle 2007” playlist.

Download the hottest hits, such as “Glamorous” by Fergie, “Rehab” by Amy Winehouse, “Cupid’s Chokehold” by Gym Class Heroes, “Proper Education” by Eric Prydz vs. Floyd, “Love Me or Hate Me” by Lady Sovereign, “Boogie 2Nite” by Booty Luv, “Here It Goes Again” by Ok Go and many other tracks.

“Kiss the Sky”Get the iTunes Store free Single of the Week — “Kiss the Sky” by Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra featuring Nino Moschella. Check back every Tuesday for a new free download.

Download iTunes 7.1 for Mac OS X or Windows. It’s free.




QuickTime News, March 23, 2007, Volume 9, Issue 5

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