Ipod Touch / Iphone

[bhd812]

So last night was the first official "Movie Night" at my bar thanks to the iPhone and video out cables hooked in the big screen behind the bar.

It was really weird cause everybody was silent, this is a 4am bar and from 12-2am on a week night slow as it may be it's never that silent! people would walk in the bar and just stop and look cause the silence was such a surprise. i had all other tv's and sound off but the main tv with its volume cranked so anyone sitting at the bar could hear. at one point towards the end of the movie we had 22 people in a 65 capacity building All dead silent!
lot's of people that never show in the week made it out just for the movie.

I remember cleaning up the Pizza on one of the tables in the back at 1:30am and all you could hear was the compressors in the coolers turning on...weird! it was so unlike a bar and more of a theater that you felt weird talking.


The movie i played was an itunes download of "21", everybody was sooooo into it! they all said next Tuesday at 12 they will be back and they don't want to know the movie i am going to play then.

I tried to load a bunch of HD video podcasts in the iPhone from itunes but needless to say most did not load and the few that did had a playing error once selected on the phone..
iPhone will not load anything High Def as of now. the itunes download quality on the 50 is actually really good, atleast DVD quality on such a big screen, i am using handbrake now to try some different presets to convert some dvds i have on the lappy.

i wonder what use i am going to find for the iPhone next at my business, fucking thing pays for itself every new way i find to apply it in my business.....wow!


also of course there are already talks about sending video out to other tv's, hooking the audio into the 70v sound system in the bar, and even trying out a Hd projector covering the entire dance floor area (12 by 12 foot screen size) with blueRay for the future if this Movie night keeps pulling in even something of a crowd.

[JBLoudG20]

Billy, I know there is a provision in the movie licensing which restricts public showings. I would look into things a bit before you go all out with this.

[en480c4]

You sure you can't get into trouble showing movies at a bar? It's not showing broadcast TV... I'd guess that the licensing agreement with iTunes is for personal use and not public showing.

[n_maher]

Yeah, public movie displays, even for non-profits are complicated. I used to help with a free movie night at UNH and it was not just as simple as having the movie to show. Unless of course you don't care about the legal consequences.

[EdipisReks]

be right back, i'm going to call the MPAA. maybe i can get a reward.

[JBLoudG20]

Originally Posted by n_maher

I used to help with a free movie night at UNH and it was not just as simple as having the movie to show.

NERD ALERT

[Hopstretch]

Originally Posted by EdipisReks

be right back, i'm going to call the MPAA. maybe i can get a reward.

Oh, you'll get it. In HELL snitch.

[EdipisReks]

snitches get bitches.

[JBLoudG20]

Originally Posted by EdipisReks

snitches get bitches.

bitches give itches

[EdipisReks]

not in the cold of space, they don't.

[morphsci]

Originally Posted by EdipisReks

snitches get be bitches.

FTFY

[Dusty Chalk]

Billy, once you get out of jail, and you resume movie night, you may want to look into a good line-doubler -- who knows what sort of improvements you could get with regular DVD-level quality video.

Oh, and if you want to attract the "midnight movie" crowd, can I recommend, "I Was a Zombie for the FBI"?

[bhd812]

I thought about it and all but rite now its small term (i mean its run off my phone here).
of course i understand it will be kept on the small and the projector install was not only been thought of for other reasons but to make room on the dance floor (can move out the dj booth and big screen tv).

the same rules can be said for music yet every dj in every bar and club makes their living off not following the rules. not charging at the door and if it came down to it i would be more then happy to show the few little dollars that this will bring in ontop of an average night, in fact if you have change for a ten i could settle it out rite here...haha

of course they don't work like that in the dickhead world huh?


i believe your not supposed to broadcast even an fm radio station also yet how many places do you go and hear an fm station?

[JBLoudG20]

Its not about how often joe schoe speeds even though its illegal. We were just looking out for you, and the potential MASSIVE penalties. If you choose to ignore the copryrights, I personally don't give a hoot. We just wanted to make sure you knew about it.

[Dusty Chalk]

Well, it was exactly because you're running it from your iPhone that I recommended the line-doubler.

Oh, and good luck with that. I thought I heard that when it came to your bar, you were all responsible and stuff. Guess they were wrong.

[bhd812]

I get the jest and as far as i roll i do legit, i give this one or two more weeks till something else comes along, esp now that football season is coming.

it was weird how silent the place became and how people got involved in it, surprisingly.

if it gains a following at all (which i doubt) i will back it off, you know technical problems like the iphone locking up then no movie night.

we pay legal for the dish on every tv so i wonder what the rules are if the movie is coming from the dish? the contract we have for the dish is full legit to show the public, i wonder..

next thing i am going to test out is running a photo slide show from the classic/phone for advertising on the unused tv's at night, like show pics with text for beers we carry and stuff like that. that was one reason why i bought the video out cable.

years back payper view boxing matches where policed around the neighborhood bars, hardcore really! they sent a letter saying you owe us this much for not paying up and showing according to rules, then they try settling it with you for much less. funny part is we got the letter but there was no boxing match on our tv's, actually there was a big football game on and we had the security cameras to prove it. it came down to who's equipment was responsible for the broadcast (the owner of the source) and proof they had to have to back up their claim. our Lawyer (not one of my personal attorneys) sent a letter back telling them whats the deal and we never heard back. they pulled a monster cable type bully move..but the bars that did do the deed had to settle..not a fun thing.


again posting about this on a forum may seem faulty but for them to pull any weight they will need lots of hard proof, not something a user on a headphone forum said..

[blessingx]

A couple deals right now...

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[Hopstretch]

New earbuds from Apple for the new iPods. Maybe a tad less sucky?

[JBLoudG20]

Touch updates? Seems like thinner and cheaper. built in speaker. hard button volume controls (nice!) the rest kinda seems like firmware stuff that the older gen *should* be able to sue.

[JBLoudG20]

Looks liek those new buds are $79