Looks like a deal if you accept this ecosystem…
Transformers is also there 7 movies for $19.99
In addition to Apple TV hardware, standalone Apple TV is available on google.tv and most newer smart tvs which covers most people
The James Bond Collection (4K) $99.99 (To Buy) @ Apple TV
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penanzer on 03/10/2025 - 20:36 tv.apple.com (950 clicks)
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It's fun right up until the moment there's a contract change and your "collection" vanishes.
What happens when Amazon (who owns the rights to the Bond films) decides to remove the right for Apple to supply these films, like Discovery did with Sony?
Can’t these be downloaded and saved locally?
@OzzyAl: No. Even if are able to cache locally for offline playback, it is drm’d and you won’t be able to access the media directly. And if you’re attempting to extract it beyond this point, well that’s what pirating is haha.
@hashtagbargain: This isn’t true, if you’ve downloaded the movie to a device (e.g., your Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV) beforehand, you can still watch it offline. These local files are DRM-protected (Apple’s FairPlay system), so they’ll play in compatible Apple apps like iTunes, Apple TV, or QuickTime.
Apple has confirmed this in public statements: downloaded purchases “can never disappear,” even if licenses lapse.
I tend to agree with the physical push, however, has Apple ever removed access to purchased licences? Maybe iTunes?
James Bond Collection 25 Titles
There are 27 though…
Which ones are missing? I’ll grab ‘em separate
Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again (1983)
Casino Royale is a Bond spoof and Never Say Never Again is not an official EON Bond film.
@jv: So does my collection of homemade movies, they're not official EON Bond films either.
Although I guess technically one of them is James Bondage, not James Bond.
Not official 007.
If buying isn't owning then pirating isn't stealing
It’s about 2TB of data not even sure if it’s worth having a nas for 4K movies
Do you know how many 1.44Mb floppies I'd need for the whole set ???
@WhyAmICommenting: Write time 50.25 days
Total weight. 75.43 metric tons
Total space needed 684 cubic meters
Shipping containers needed 21 (20 ft containers)I didn't manually crunch those numbers.
If you assume an extra 10 seconds per disk to insert, eject and confirm ready…
Minutes: 323,725.7
Hours: 5,395.4
Days (24/7): 224.8 days
Working days (8h shifts): 674.4 days@WhyAmICommenting: Time per floppy disk.
Just to load a movie which is around 50GB into 1.44MB floppy disks, you'd need about 35,556 floppy disks
Let’s assume: Insert + write + eject time per floppy = 20 seconds
35,556 disks×20 seconds=711,120 seconds, now lets convert it into hours which is around 197.5hrsIt would take you roughly 197.5 hours (or over 8 days straight, non-stop) to copy a 50 GB 4K movie using floppy disks — assuming everything goes perfectly and no disk fails.
So yes — technically possible.
Practically? That’s Bond-level dedication to inefficiency. 😎
@jv: If the entire set is 2TB, as mentioned by @penanzer, you will need approximately 1,456,456 floppy disks to store it. 😅
By the way, @jv — I checked one of the 4K James Bond movies I own, and it's around 50GB. That means just to store one movie on 1.44MB floppy disks, you'd need about 35,556 floppy disks. 😄1.44MB?! That’s luxury that is. In my day, our 5.25” floppies only held 360KB.
I’m sure someone will do the sums for those as well…
2TB can be had for less than $100. And it'll be ready to hold the 8K AI holographic remasters one day too.
I am pretty sure there was a quite a few with that logic who had their lives destroyed when Hollywood came over to investigate with the ISPs
I searched and counted 17 of them are on Primevideo. might be more.
that's $68 value worth. not quite a year of Prime but close.
They aren't in Prime Video for free anymore are they?
do you mean you are seeing pay to rent even on Prime?
I'm seeing all of them here "Watch with Free trial of Prime" when logged out.
https://www.primevideo.com/search/ref=atv_nb_sug?ie=UTF8&phr…
Actually it looks like they are back in Prime Video for free again. Weird. They were free to watch when Amazon bought MGM. Then they weren't free. Then Amazon bought EON. Now it looks like they are free again, as of this week https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/james-bond-prime-video-pos…
They were free to watch when Amazon bought MGM.
interesting thanks did not know that.
that explains why, I was waiting around to be eligible for another 1 week free trial of MGM (renews every year, I expect for 4 years only), and it never comes so I check the "subs through Prime subs" area and all my other previous 1 week free's are showing there with end dates, but MGM wasn't? so MGM absorbed by amazon, MGM library most likely added to "Watch on Prime". got it thank you.
also just some more stuff I noticed. towards the end while I was on early bird rates for HBO Max, all those movies showed "Watch on Primevideo" in the Apple TV app, but when I open Primevideo app, it showed as "Unavailable". no option to watch at all. as soon as my HBO Max cancelled and ended, I go back to Primevideo app, they show as "Watch on HBO Max" now, but no 1 week free trial offered at all. and I have never subbed through Prime. so apps must be talking to each other.
@n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm: It's been a while since I looked up on it, but I think MGMs old library is on Prime Video for free, the newer library is on MGM+ or something. James Bond film rights was owned by EON with distribution rights owned by MGM. So Amazon bought the distribution rights with MGM, but they didn't own the movies or the franchise itself. But then Amazon bought EON too so now Amazon owns it all. And Amazon now owns the video game rights too as they have MGM and EON. The book rights, which don't seem to have any real value today, must be owned by the Flemming family still but they will be public domain soon enough.
MGM+
sorry yeah I think I meant MGM+. their sub service. assume all (except some content) absorbed into Primevideo now because it doesn't show anymore.
Lionsgate+ also backed out of australia apparently.
@n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm: Those deals might have been in place before Amazon bought MGM. Maybe when all those old contracts expire it will be rolled into Prime Video. Looks like rights to some MGM movies, like Wizard of OZ and Gone with the Wind are owned by Time Warner, because they were sold to Ted Turner in the 80s https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/03/17/amazon-…
It's all very confusing. Maybe corporations buying up and consolidating all the rights to things will actually simplify things in the end…
It's all very confusing. Maybe corporations buying up and consolidating all the rights to things will actually simplify things in the end…
I mean I'm not really following it in detail like you are. I just assume, the biggest corpo buys it's way and gets it all.
@n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm: I'm really just happy to watch James Bond for free. I'll probably keep Prime indefinitely even if they charge over $200 a year for it like in America. I hate driving to the shop just for a 99 cent pair of scissors.
Wow not a deal unless you have a disk LOL. Sorry I’m not old fashioned but owning and paying for this is not my thing. I would gladly pay 150 for disk
Is “not” old fashioned a typo? I would say disks are the old fashioned alternative these days
I'll stick with my blu-ray set but this is a nice collection.
People hate on Apple TV purchases but I'd rather a curated movie collection than paying for streaming services each month.
"buy"
They changed my title… lease would be more appropriate
Doesn't look like that great of a deal tbh
here's the thing
Bond is owned by Bezos and he'll allow Tim Apple to host it at his whim… maybe one day Tim doesnt like Jeff's yearly rental or maybe Jeff decides he wants to use some other hosting service.
What now?
just visit TPB and save it to some flash media
If you’ve downloaded the movie to a device (e.g., your Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV) beforehand, you can still watch it offline. These local files are DRM-protected (Apple’s FairPlay system), so they’ll play in compatible Apple apps like iTunes, Apple TV, or QuickTime. Apple has confirmed this in public statements: downloaded purchases “can never disappear,” even if licenses lapse.
No Daniel Craig no deal.
It includes the Daniel Craig ones …
Ok, but when the page loads initially if you aren't logged in, it stops at Pierce Brosnan, so was about to ask the same question.
I logged in still can't see the Daniel Craig films, so, how can you see them?
EDIT: I had to download the ms store app to see that it indeed does have the D.C. movies
EDIT
That was a wild ride.
Imho, $99 to rent the collection indefinitely, definitely not buy.
You should be ok. I've still got movies on Apple TV which i got in the early 2010's which are still there. Apple doesn't pull stunts like removing paid content from customers accounts like what Sony pulled off through the PlayStation store.
HI, from Apple's Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions website:
"Purchased Content will generally remain available for you to download, redownload, or otherwise access from Apple. Though it is unlikely, subsequent to your purchase, Content may be removed from the Services and become unavailable for further download or access from Apple (for instance, because Apple loses its right from the Content provider to make it available). To ensure your ability to continue enjoying Content, we encourage you to download all purchased Content to a device in your possession and to back it up."
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/
So they definitely can lose the licence to products and remove them from streaming so download them.
Problem is even if you download it. If the license to the content is revoked you will no longer even be able to replay the downloaded video. It's called DRM.
"buy"
Paying for something you don't physically own doesn't sit with me.
But great collection and in 4K.