Still 10 times more bandwidth than my Internet connection...
At least you then have 8mbit. Lots of suckers have it way worse than that. Im wishing for a 200/200 connection atm, or one of them 1gbit babies. Doubt ill see that happen though, unless i move to a different house (like across the street).
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Plenty of displays on the market greater than 1080p. One may be sitting on your desk. That might be why YouTube already has 4K streams. However, I think you may be neglecting the most important detail: Apple has a history of looking to where industries are going to be next, not now.
As for Blu-Ray, I think Apple drew a line in the sand with all the Blu-Ray licensees, and, while there has been some licensing consolidation (exs. BD4C Licensing Group, One-Blue LLC), it may be too little, too late. I believe Apple has moved on. Meanwhile, between BD having only been enjoyed by 15% of US homes in the past six months (according to Home Media Magazine) after the formats been on the market for five years, the disappearance of the local video store, and new online video services being announced all the time, perhaps Apple believes consumers have moved on, too.
Thanks for the feedback.
Yes, the Dirac codec shows promise if they can work out some of its performance issues. HD+ video without taxing our machines would be very nice indeed.
Thanks for the heads-up on H.265 (HEVC). I'll have to look into it.
I've been singing praise for RedRay for what seems forever.
Anything larger than 24" should sport a higher res than 1920 as native. 1080p will remain standard for quite some time though (but yeah, monitor-wise the res is "nothing").