Apple Blu-Ray Solution Coming Soon?

clayj · Feb 23, 2008, 12:15 AM

I'd love to be able to add a Blu-ray drive (internal) to my Mac Pro, now that the Format War is over. But I don't want to just buy some BD-ROM drive and pray that it will work in my machine.

Does anyone have any clues about when Apple will announce a BD-ROM drive, available as a purchase-time option or an optional later-on add-on from Apple, which Mac Pro users can buy and install?

aaronw1986 · Feb 23, 2008, 01:18 AM

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Pioneer/BDC202BKMP/

$215 from mac sales for mac pro. I think this would be safe for you.

kingkezz · Feb 23, 2008, 05:36 AM

fricking SATA...

psychofreak · Feb 23, 2008, 05:39 AM

Here is one for specifically this purpose:

http://www.mcetech.com/blu-ray/

diamond.g · Feb 23, 2008, 09:05 AM

Just a note. You won't be able to play Blu-ray movies until someone comes out with a player for Mac. Currently you would have to boot into Windows to play a BD movie.

HawaiiMacAddict · Feb 23, 2008, 03:09 PM

Aloha diamond.g,

If I were to purchase a Blu-Ray drive, it would only be for data, although 2x will take some time to fill up even 25GB. I wanted Blu-Ray to win only for the data capacity - they hold more than HD-DVD. Plus, I kind of wanted the consumers and/or the studios to stick it to Micro$haft - they've taken plenty of my money over the years for sub-par computing "solutions".

I don't have an HD TV set yet, so I'm not too interested in seeing HD movies, although that may change. One of our large rear-projection (50") TVs now is suffering mis-aligned RGB bulbs ($375 for the TV tech to even come out to the house to attempt re-aligning them), so my wife wants to get a SONY Bravia 42" LCD flat panel HDTV. As for HD movies, I'll wait until the price of ownership comes down a bit - $700 for an internal drive? That's way too high for me to even consider.

Once the price, not only of the drive, but also of the media, comes down a bit, I'll probably pick up an external. I already bought Toast 8, so I have the software to burn content onto the media. We'll also have to wait for MTR to catch up as well hehehe

I just can't wrap my head around a single disc holding up to 50GB of data now, with possibly 100GB on a quad-layer disc also becoming commercially available. That's a hard drive on your disc!

HawaiiMacAddict

toke lahti · Feb 24, 2008, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clayj

Does anyone have any clues about when Apple will announce a BD-ROM drive, available as a purchase-time option or an optional later-on add-on from Apple, which Mac Pro users can buy and install?

I'll bet that Apple won't support any bd-drive before you can also watch bd-movies from it and that needs HDCP support from OS.
And that will come in 10.5.5? 10.6?

kingkezz · Feb 25, 2008, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toke lahti

And that will come in 10.5.5? 10.6?

Lets not get carried away here...

big dainjerus · Feb 25, 2008, 01:02 AM

Apple can't even make mac pros that aren't ****ed up, I'd say at least a year until they drop some blu-ray on us

LeKiD · Feb 25, 2008, 02:27 AM

700$ for that bd burner! wow!

Mr.PS · Feb 25, 2008, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big dainjerus

Apple can't even make mac pros that aren't ****ed up, I'd say at least a year until they drop some blu-ray on us

Ati just cannot provide video cards that are ****ed up. I got the 8800GT and haven't looked back, it's flawless.

toke lahti · Feb 25, 2008, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.PS

Ati just cannot provide video cards that are ****ed up. I got the 8800GT and haven't looked back, it's flawless.

Hmm,
1) AMD(ATI) delivered efi32 with 2600XT, so they work in older MP's, Nvidia didn't.
2) 8800GT's drivers are so bad that card is as slow as 2600XT in many applications.
3) Nvidia does not support 10/12/16-bit rendering in FCS's Color.

toke lahti · Feb 25, 2008, 06:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingkezz

Lets not get carried away here...

So what's your guess?
10.5.3 at mid-March event?

Feb 23, 2008, 12:15 AM	#1
clayj macrumors 601 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: 1123,6536,5321	Apple Blu-Ray Solution Coming Soon? I'd love to be able to add a Blu-ray drive (internal) to my Mac Pro, now that the Format War is over. But I don't want to just buy some BD-ROM drive and pray that it will work in my machine. Does anyone have any clues about when Apple will announce a BD-ROM drive, available as a purchase-time option or an optional later-on add-on from Apple, which Mac Pro users can buy and install? __________________ mba guru mac pro 2.8 ghz 8 core 14 gb ram 4 tb hd 30" acd \| macbook air 1.8 ghz 64 gb ssd \| mac minis 2.0 ghz c2d 1.66 ghz cd \| iphone 3G \| ipods x4

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aaronw1986 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Oct 2006	http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Pioneer/BDC202BKMP/ $215 from mac sales for mac pro. I think this would be safe for you. __________________ Mac Pro 8 core 2.8Ghz, 8800GT, 8GB RAM, 1.3TB MBP 15" 2.4Ghz Glossy:4GB RAM,160GB 7200RPM HDD Nikon D90: 70-300mm VR, 18-105mm VR, 50mm 1.8

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Feb 23, 2008, 03:09 PM	#6
HawaiiMacAddict macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On one of my Macs of course	Aloha diamond.g, If I were to purchase a Blu-Ray drive, it would only be for data, although 2x will take some time to fill up even 25GB. I wanted Blu-Ray to win only for the data capacity - they hold more than HD-DVD. Plus, I kind of wanted the consumers and/or the studios to stick it to Micro$haft - they've taken plenty of my money over the years for sub-par computing "solutions". I don't have an HD TV set yet, so I'm not too interested in seeing HD movies, although that may change. One of our large rear-projection (50") TVs now is suffering mis-aligned RGB bulbs ($375 for the TV tech to even come out to the house to attempt re-aligning them), so my wife wants to get a SONY Bravia 42" LCD flat panel HDTV. As for HD movies, I'll wait until the price of ownership comes down a bit - $700 for an internal drive? That's way too high for me to even consider. Once the price, not only of the drive, but also of the media, comes down a bit, I'll probably pick up an external. I already bought Toast 8, so I have the software to burn content onto the media. We'll also have to wait for MTR to catch up as well hehehe I just can't wrap my head around a single disc holding up to 50GB of data now, with possibly 100GB on a quad-layer disc also becoming commercially available. That's a hard drive on your disc! HawaiiMacAddict __________________ 27" iMac i5, GlassBook Pro 2.4GHz - Mac OS X 10.6.2 16GB iPhone 3G - iPhone OS 3.1.2

Feb 25, 2008, 02:27 AM	#10
LeKiD macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2007	700$ for that bd burner! wow! __________________ Pardon Multimedia - please give MM another chance!

Feb 23, 2008, 05:36 AM	#3
kingkezz macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2006	fricking SATA...

Feb 23, 2008, 05:39 AM	#4
psychofreak Retired Join Date: May 2006 Location: London	Here is one for specifically this purpose: http://www.mcetech.com/blu-ray/

Feb 25, 2008, 01:02 AM	#9
big dainjerus Banned Join Date: Nov 2007	Apple can't even make mac pros that aren't ****ed up, I'd say at least a year until they drop some blu-ray on us

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