What's new in iTunes 8

From KevinRose.com comes new details on iTunes 8.

• There will be a new Grid View to browse your artists and albums visually.
• TV Shows will be available to download in in HD quality from the iTunes Store
• A new new music visualizer is included.

iTunes 8 includes Genius, which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together. Genius also includes Genius sidebar, which recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don't already have.

I'm interested to see how Genius works, the rest is meh. If Genius works like Pandora, I'm in, especially if that feature can be ported to things like the iPhone.

Here's what I want to see that isn't mentioned yet.

• iPhone backup speed needs to be dramatically improved.
• Hopefully they fix the iTunes store to make it faster and easier to use.
• Support for a wider variety of video formats.

Here's to hoping.