If you were wondering just what that extra dollar buys you when you upgrade to HD in the iTunes store, you can get a free look. Our pals over at TUAW made note of a number of shows that have free episodes available, in HD. The files are large, with the HD versions clocking in at right around 1.5GB, so it will take a bit to download. Something that isn't helped by the fact that iTunes downloads the SD version as well.
I've been taking a look at them and I grabbed screenshots from Heroes, Life, and Battlestar Galactica to give you an idea of the difference in the picture. It's fairly dramatic. Those captures, and the full list of free episodes, with the iTunes links, are after the jump.
- He That Believeth in Me - Battlestar Galactica, Season 4
- Fun Runs, Pts. 1 & 2 - The Office, Season 4
- Lipstick Jungle: Pilot - Lipstick Jungle, Season 1
- Four Months Later... - Heroes, Season 2
- Pilot - In Plain Sight, Season 1
- Mr. Monk Buys a House - Monk, Season 7
- Ghosts - Psych, Season 3
- Merit Badge: Pilot - Life, Season 1
- Bad to the Drone - Eureka, Season 3
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-11-2008 @ 1:17PM
Tim said...
I just hope no one on Comcast wants to download a lot of HD television from itunes in addition to their other internet traffic...
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9-11-2008 @ 4:02PM
Gina said...
I don't know if downloading in HD is really worth it.
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9-12-2008 @ 12:42AM
Picviewer said...
So are they actually d/lable now? Noticed the freebies up tuesday night but when added to your cart it still showed up as unavailable when I last had iTunes running.
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9-12-2008 @ 1:45AM
Brett said...
I was able to download the three episodes I took the screenshots from without any trouble. I also have the Eureka premiere.
9-17-2008 @ 12:14PM
Mack Swift said...
Yep, someone beat me to the Comcast comment. We have HD shows on iTunes and "soon" from Amazon.
Let's say I decide to download the entire SG-1 series in HD when it becomes available. That's going to go over their 250GB boundary.
Hey Comcast, you and the FCC and a few civil lawsuits are gonna have a rather spiffy meet-n-greet in the future; wouldn't you say?
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10-09-2008 @ 9:08AM
Dan Chichian said...
I hate that TV Squad did not review the mid season finale.
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