While You Were Sleeping...

...the iTunes TV store just tripled its usefulness.

NBC shows are now on the store, in addition to some ABC and Disney Channel shows. I have to say, I have downloaded about three episodes of Lost since the store debuted, and its great. If I miss an episode, and don't want to take the day I'd need to bit-torrent, its well worth the $2.

And I've found, the quality on the 'puter may not be too great, but here's a fun tip, which is way less complicated than I'm making it sound.

- Download the file in iTunes.

- Attach your computer to your TV with a mini to RCA plug, and an S-Video cable.

- Go to display preferences, and click "find new display," or whatever it is on your system.

- Mirror the displays.

- Exit iTunes, and find the raw file on your computer.

- Open the file in Quicktime.

- Play at Full Screen [Note: This only works in Quicktime Pro, which is $20, but well worth the purchase for a variety of reasons]

When you do this, which takes less time to set up than it did for you to read these instructions (seriously), you get a DVD quality image on your TV, in full-screen resolution, as the S-Video un-compresses the video.

Don't worry if this doesn't make sense; it looks great.

Anyway, point is, in addition to Lost, other shows well worth your moolah include:

- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Battlestar Galactica (new one)
- Law & Order (I guess, except its on TV in forty different places right now)
- The Office (American version, which actually keeps getting better)

Rip-offs include:

- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Which are either $2 for 5 minute clips, or $10 for hour long specials.

That being said, the Conan O'Brien specials are totally awesome.