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JohnHawkins

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can we get it already? netflix went blu-ray meaning THEY WIN which it is what I wanted from the start
 
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I think it'll be a little bit longer before they include blu drives.
 
Are you saying that netflix went exclusively Blu-Ray? I just tried looking up some information and couldn't find anything. Do you have a link?
 
Also keep in mind that if Jobs incorporates Blu Ray into the Mac line it will most likely just be for the increased storage capacity (25/50 GB) the technology brings. He has already commented that Blu Ray (and HD-DVD for that matter) has lost when it comes to HD content delivery.
 
~Shard~ said:
Also keep in mind that if Jobs incorporates Blu Ray into the Mac line it will most likely just be for the increased storage capacity (25/50 GB) the technology brings. He has already commented that Blu Ray (and HD-DVD for that matter) has lost when it comes to HD content delivery.
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I completely agree but feel that people are not ready to give up hard disk media quite yet
 
It probably will happen eventually. Assuming Blu Ray doesn't just die out suddenly and actually becomes successful, Apple will have no choice but to implement it.
 
The point of course is that we don't have software capable of playing back blu-ray yet, so getting one already is really quite moot. :eek:
 
JohnHawkins said:
I completely agree but feel that people are not ready to give up hard disk media quite yet
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And I agree with that, however Jobs is simply doing what he does best, which is acting as a visionary. We've seen it before with the introduction of the mouse, the removal of floppy drives, adoption of USB before anyone else, a drive-less MacBook Air - all examples of forward thinking. So yes, perhaps the public is not willing to adopt the concept yet, however the fact remains that the future of HD content delivery will be via the Internet/downloads, not via physical media. :cool:
 
~Shard~ said:
And I agree with that, however Jobs is simply doing what he does best, which is acting as a visionary. We've seen it before with the introduction of the mouse, the removal of floppy drives, adoption of USB before anyone else, a drive-less MacBook Air - all examples of forward thinking. So yes, perhaps the public is not willing to adopt the concept yet, however the fact remains that the future of HD content delivery will be via the Internet/downloads, not via physical media. :cool:
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I agree he does that well and it is a TREND but last time he did it he also said that more content was going online to be stored and floppys were not needed (also implying that physical media was dead) and here STILL today with hard media laying around
hd content has yet to be successfully (in my mind) given to consumers over the net
 
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