# Question about iTunes movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-movies/406142>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 31, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-movies/406142 "2007-05-31T01:05:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Danja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@Danja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danja)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-movies/406142/1 "2007-05-31T01:05:42Z")

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Does anyone on the dope buy movies from iTunes? I am tempted to buy the second Pirates, but first I would like to find out if the DRM allows you to burn it to a DVD. Up until recently I would have taken it for granted but with the constant bitching of the RIAA and the film industry following suit, i’m not so sure anymore. Has anyone ever burned a movie from iTunes?

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-movies/406142/2 "2007-05-31T01:14:04Z")

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I never have. I don’t know about the DRM, but remember, video isn’t really like audio. What looks okay compressed in a small picture probably won’t look good if you blow it up. Better, in my opinion, to buy the actual DVD–then you get all the extras, a good lossless (well, as lossless as DVD inherently gets) copy, and if you want to rip the DVD for whatever reason, it’s easy enough to do. I have lots of video on my iPod and all of it is from stuff I own and ripped.

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**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-movies/406142/3 "2007-05-31T04:56:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Danja]  
Does anyone on the dope buy movies from iTunes? I am tempted to buy the second Pirates, but first I would like to find out if the DRM allows you to burn it to a DVD.  
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No, you can’t. It can only be watched on your computer, a video iPod, or the AppleTV doohicky. This is probably the third most common complaint I hear about iTunes movies, after cost and quality (on the AppleTV – they’re plenty good enough for a Video iPod). I presume Apple hears the same complaints, but so far no one’s budging.

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-movies/406142/4 "2007-05-31T05:08:55Z")

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[QUOTE=TimeWinder]  
No, you can’t. It can only be watched on your computer, a video iPod, or the AppleTV doohicky. This is probably the third most common complaint I hear about iTunes movies, after cost and quality (on the AppleTV – they’re plenty good enough for a Video iPod). I presume Apple hears the same complaints, but so far no one’s budging.  
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This is my understanding as well. However, if you do have a video iPod, you could hook it up to your TV. I have no idea what the quality would be.