My thoughts exactly. I can see Apple wanting to have everything HD capable in the fall. The iPad HD might be pricey, but it will deliver.
Funny though, I don't care much about HD movies but a double resolution iPad would be killer for my job.
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Apple to Debut 'HD+' 1080p iTunes Movie Services Later This Year?
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My thoughts exactly. I can see Apple wanting to have everything HD capable in the fall. The iPad HD might be pricey, but it will deliver.
Funny though, I don't care much about HD movies but a double resolution iPad would be killer for my job.
I prefer Blu-Ray on my 92" screen/6.1 channel system. Of course, you beat me by an inch, so maybe you're right.
knowing Apple it will require an Apple TV 3. I mean they can not just let people's older hardware get a real upgrade now can they. They want you to drop another 100.
The HD+ naming crap is well crap. 1080p is still HD. it is not HD+ It is just HD. HD+ to me is something greater than 1080p I figure at some point in the future we will be using it but sorry 1080p is not HD+
They were paraphrasing AppleInsider:
...20th Century Fox was said to have arrived with encoding options for SD (480p), HD (720p), and a new, third format listed as HD+ (1080p). Similarly, a small number of upcoming releases from two of the other 'big 5' movie studios were submitted...
And the term "big 5" is incorrect. I am certain they meant the six majors.
What competition? Amazon has very few instant videos in HD and they are not 1080p, Google? Really you think they are stream movies in 1080p? I can't find anything other then SD on Youtube/movies (I checked all 6 movies Amazon has in HD and Youtube only offers them in "480".)
So, tell me, what competition are they catching up to?
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Is this "+" meaning, one of those marketing things so it only "sounds" like it's better than it actually is, or leaves question marks open for the future.?
Is this "+" meaning, one of those marketing things so it only "sounds" like it's better than it actually is, or leaves question marks open for the future.?
oh I know the plus is from the dumb ass in marketing but does not change the fact that it is crap.
Marketing is the same reason we have fake G from T-Mobile and AT&T right now.
The only 2 companies that currently have a 4G network up and running in the US is Verizon and Sprint. AT&T and T-mobile run fake G.
Unless these videos are encoded properly it's worthless.
Besides that, the prices on iTunes remain obscene.
Besides that, the prices on iTunes remain obscene.
Since TV is not my penis extension to the internet i'm happy with 720p downloads from iTunes. I'm not gay for inches and bitrates. DVD quality and up is fine by me as long as content itself is worth watching.
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For iPad HD and Apple TV 3!
For iPad HD and Apple TV 3!
Downloads should be much cheaper than discs.
But e-books follow the same logic: maintain a high price point, no matter what the per unit production and distribution cost is.
So basically, it looks like Apple are going to finally catch up with everyone else and attempt to tout it as the new innovative best thing since sliced bread. Sounds like something they like to do a lot. E.g 64-bit Snow Leopard.
Yeah because it's not as if billions of people have DVD collections they might like to watch.
Yeah because it's not as if billions of people have DVD collections they might like to watch.
I think he had computer in mind. I bet people with big DVD collection watch those DVDs on a TV using DVD player.
So, as someone who either hasn't read the aforementioned posts or suffers from reading comprehension...
maybe this post about Zune Marketplace instant on 1080p streaming helps you understand
Who said Apple will offer all their movies in 1080p? Like the article says:
That pretty much indicates that Apple's lineup of 1080p movies will be very limited, making them not any different from their competitors (apart from joining the game later).
VUDU for instance.
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Finally- and rofl at all the bluray sceptics who claimed there was virtually no difference between 720 vs 1080p! Even on a 55LED.
What I want now is for my TC to be able to stream my movies to an apple TV with 1080p vids without my mac.
Finally- and rofl at all the bluray sceptics who claimed there was virtually no difference between 720 vs 1080p! Even on a 55LED.
What I want now is for my TC to be able to stream my movies to an apple TV with 1080p vids without my mac.
That would be funny if someone wenth through and pulled the skeptics and compared before and after comments.
TS3 dvd vs blu-ray is a world apart.
Agreed. The codecs means just as much as the resolution. This is why HD tv looks nowhere as good as BD.
This is why HD tv looks nowhere as good as BD.
And in both the same H.264 is used, just different profile and level hence the difference in quality. Different delivery system requires different approach.