And maybe, just maybe, HD content won't cost significantly more than SD. I always buy/rent SD content from iTunes instead of HD out of principal.
Not counting on it though.
Not counting on it though.
The problems with the recent iTunes Live presentation of the Paul McCartney Live concert certainly point out that the little black box ain't got the guts to do what it's sposed to do...so a refresh would be a good thing. My frustration threshold was passed the first night we tried to use it for the live stream. Looking closely at what was streamed subsequently certainly looked like a low resolution version of the original...artifacting, etc. If there's going to be a TV then there's still a ton of work to be done before that puppy is ready for prime time.
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1080p content has been a long time coming. IDK why Apple contradicts their occasional revolutions (retina display, thunderbolt, ACD) with archaic offerings (MBP 13" res, 720p iTunes HD, Pro PCI graphics...etc)
1080p ≠ good, actually. Blu Ray is 1080p, but it is compressed enough that the quality is still not so good. I found my DVD player with a 1080p upscaler higher quality than Blu Ray with the exception of the colors not being as good,.
1080p ≠ good, actually. Blu Ray is 1080p, but it is compressed enough that the quality is still not so good. I found my DVD player with a 1080p upscaler higher quality than Blu Ray with the exception of the colors not being as good.
My mom's 1080p AVCHD camcorder is lower quality than my HDV tape camera in 720p or 1080i.
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iTunes movie packages are required to be 1080p. You have to submit a prores file. Apple does the encoding from there. I don't think studios have to resubmit anything.
Since when does apple care about quality?
Their so-called HD video from itunes is 4Mbps. An old-fashioned DVD is 10Mbps, 2.5 times the data. If you actually take a moment to view the video on something bigger than a iPad, DVD is far, far superior in terms of picture quality to apple's HD.
I just want it to support Apps. 720p video doesn't bother me.
I'd personally take 4Mbps 720p H.264 over 10Mbps 480i/p MPEG-2 any day.
1080p ≠ good, actually. Blu Ray is 1080p, but it is compressed enough that the quality is still not so good. I found my DVD player with a 1080p upscaler higher quality than Blu Ray with the exception of the colors not being as good.
My mom's 1080p AVCHD camcorder is lower quality than my HDV tape camera in 720p or 1080i.
I found my DVD player with a 1080p upscaler higher quality than Blu Ray with the exception of the colors not being as good.
1080p ≠ good, actually. Blu Ray is 1080p, but it is compressed enough that the quality is still not so good. I found my DVD player with a 1080p upscaler higher quality than Blu Ray with the exception of the colors not being as good.
My mom's 1080p AVCHD camcorder is lower quality than my HDV tape camera in 720p or 1080i.