Apple NAB Media Event Coverage

[aap]

"Playback of HD DVDs authored in DVD Studio Pro 4 requires a PowerPC G5 processor, Mac OS X v10.4 and Apple DVD Player 4.6 (or later) "

Can you playback HD DVD's in a regular dvdplayer or does this mean we can expect new optical drives in upcoming hardware updates? Or better: BluRay burners

 

[mduser63]

I think the fact that DVD Studio Pro now supports HD DVD authoring indicates that will be seeing Blu-ray and/or HD-DVD (more likely Blu-ray) drives in Macs soon. I assume that for now you have to have a DLT drive to run off a master for a HD DVD, but Apple will want to provide an easy way to burn your own quickly.

All in all, the upgrades are nice incremental upgrades, but I don't feel bad that I bought the Production Suite 2 weeks ago. Also, did anyone else notice that the regular price hasn't changed, but the educational price has gone up by $200 to $699 from $499? I wonder why they did that.

 

[VAmin]

...the educational price has gone up by $200 to $699 from $499? I wonder why they did that.

I still see $499

 

[cosmoed]

Are iMac updates out of the question? I mean it is just a small bump and graphics card update.

 

[mduser63]

I still see $499

Hmm, that's strange. Definitely $699 here.

 

[FFTT]

Thanks to acmeblog

I just would like to thank all of you for the play by play.
and whoever for the translation software......
Really much appreciate your efforts!

To Apple
Wow, nice software, so now what are we running it on?

This is teetering on cruelty.

 

[Chaszmyr]

Thank god! No new Powermacs announced. That means we will see something big announced in June, instead of those sorry specs that Think Secret predicted.

PowerMacs will be announced either tomorrow or the next day, almost certainly.

 

[wdlove]

My prediction:
Software only.
New PowerMacs tomorrow... no dual core.

Well now you have bragging rights your are half correct on your prediction. I like the Prediction of new Power Mac, just hope the update will be something substantial, dual core would be nice.

 

[jscheiman]

PowerMacs will be announced either tomorrow or the next day, almost certainly.

Well I can no longer wait. I will be buying my new PM G5 this Wednesday. So unless something gets announced in the next 72 hours, I have reached my breaking point for my freelance buisness. I have goals to meet by mid-June and am pushing it as it is.

No matter what happens, I am very excited to be getting a new PM G5. It will be my first Apple tower computer!

 

[Lacero]

Any QT feed of said event. Sadly to say, I slept through much of the morning, so I missed out on all the hoopla.