Hi Donna, The season pass is actually for buying (not renting) episodes at a discounted rate, and is only in effect while the season's episodes are still being broadcast. So the individual episodes are $2.99 each, and with an expected season's worth of 24 episodes, that's about $45 vs. $72, plus a few season-only extras. Here's the definition that I looked up at About.com: <begin quote> Definition: iTunes Season Pass - The iTunes Season Pass is a feature of the iTunes Store that allows users to purchase a full season's worth of a given TV show at the iTunes Store before all episodes have been released.
The Season Pass feature allows users to pre-pay for the season's worth of content, usually at a discounted price, and then download the episodes from the iTunes Store as they become available. This purchase is made at the show's page in the iTunes Store. All currently available episodes will automatically download. Later episodes are downloaded automatically as they are released on iTunes. This feature is only available for shows that are currently being broadcast on TV or cable. Shows that are no longer producing new episodes are not eligible for Season Passes. <end quote> So the comparison is not against a DVD purchases at Best Buy, since this isn't available while the current season is still being broadcast, but the premium price you're paying to get the shows as they appear. I've never bought a season pass, either, so this is just what I understand from the various descriptions of the process on the web. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 5, 9:40 am, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Esther, > > I see that same price. I could be wrong, but I think that that is to > actually purchase that season. I was trying to do this on my Mac, and when I > searched for Buy in the item chooser, the item that showed was "Buy for > $44.99. My understanding of the season pass concept was that it is somehow > time-limited, or limited to a certain number of viewings, and thus > significantly cheaper than the purchase rice. $45 is pretty high to purchase > a season, if I bought the DVD at BestBuy, it's probably cost about $30. So I > can't believe that would be the charge for a rental price. > Cheers, > Donna. > On May 5, 2013, at 1:48 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Donna, > > > On my iPad, the price is announced as $44.95 I typed in "The Big Bang > > Theory" into the search box, then double tapped the entry for season > > 6. This is the same price that shows up for season 5, along with the > > individual episode prices. I don't have my Mac handy, so I can't > > describe where to navigate in iTunes on the Mac. > > > HTH. Cheers, > > > Esther > > > On May 5, 7:18 am, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, > > >> Anyone know how to do this? I'm looking at Big Bang theory Season 6. I > >> see the text that says Season Pass, but I don't see any info on how much > >> it costs or how to buy one. > >> TIA, > >> Donna > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
