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Itunes 8.2 Contains Blu-ray Support!!! With Pic
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Why adopt the awkward middle child?
a) show me
b) huh?? that doesnt make any sense... just because the GPU suports the decoding of the video doesnt mean it has support.
What i meant by B is why would they just now officially put it in their documentation as you can see at the top of the page if they dont have something in the works. Im not by any means saying were seeing Bluray next week or anything, but from what the evidence points to its deffinatly in the works.
aahhh ok i see what you mean... however that paragraph doesnt necessarily mean that they are going to use BR media directly, that could mean that they might start ripping BR movies and putting them on itunes (as an example).
lol i guess i should of just stated taht to begin with, the paragraph "...Blu-Ray Disc" covers a lot of things...
maybe they are going to add burning "backup discs" to Blu-Ray media?? who knows...
after what Jobs said about the troubles with BR it just doesnt make sense to me, it hasnt been that long since the statement was said. who knows..
But doesn't iTunes already have HD downloads? Or is that just for tv shows and media other than movies?
A quick google search found an external slot loading SONY blu ray with the same DVD writing capabilities as a superdrive for less than £90. Apple charge nearly that for the slot loading USB superdrive designed for the Macbook Air!
The first thing Apple will probably do is use standard superdrives with blu ray READ support. Any GPU capable of decoding blu ray will take care of playback.
It doesn't seem too unlikely that we'd see at least READ support this year in some model of mac.
Imagine a nice 24" iMac with core i7 CPU, 512Mb GPU and a slot load superdrive with blu ray playback just in time for Christmas? I'm sure steve jobs has if that's possible.
yes yes they most certainly do, but maybe they will start to take their rips from BR media, or maybe from the idea i just posted..
lol im sorry, but i have high hopes.. and even my hopes arent that high... yours are just outrageous. im sorry but that sort of machine will not be brought out by apple in time for christmas.
i HIGHLY doubt that we will see a read only BluRay drive, it just doesnt make any sense.. apple will no doubt charge 300 of your pounds for it too..
oh p.s. did your quick google search yeild a slot loading burner that will fit in the laptops?? i.e. 9.5mm
I know a lot of you on here live by what Steve Jobs says....unless iTunes can provide a quality video blu ray won't dies anytime soon. WHY? Becuase non HD video from iTunes is a joke, especially when trying to play on a 50" TV. Also, it take a few hours to download a "HD" movie which is only 720p, has horrible audio and is overpriced (what a shock).
I think you're spot on flopticalcube - it could well be time. Now I wonder how long before iMac's and Mac Pro's will ship with Blu-Ray Players.
I think you're spot on flopticalcube - it could well be time. Now I wonder how long before iMac's and Mac Pro's will ship with Blu-Ray Players.
we shall see.
im going to guess not this year.
Although Macs don't come with BluRay drives, can one add such a drive to a Mac and have it work? Anyone adding an optical drive to a Mac Pro in the near future?
Perhaps someone using another manufacturer's PC that has a BluRay drive can try it out on Windows.
Perhaps someone using another manufacturer's PC that has a BluRay drive can try it out on Windows.
Although Macs don't come with BluRay drives, can one add such a drive to a Mac and have it work? Anyone adding an optical drive to a Mac Pro in the near future?
Perhaps someone using another manufacturer's PC that has a BluRay drive can try it out on Windows.
this has been done many times before. macs have support for burning DATA if you put a bluray drive into it. it will work perfectly.
video playback is (at this stage) impossible (on OSX - you could boot into xp/vista and watch it no worries
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Although Macs don't come with BluRay drives, can one add such a drive to a Mac and have it work? Anyone adding an optical drive to a Mac Pro in the near future?
Perhaps someone using another manufacturer's PC that has a BluRay drive can try it out on Windows.
Plenty of people do it now, its just to use it you need to boot into windows.
How does this work? What does itunes have to do with BlueRay or even DVD for that matter. Itunes does not play DVDs. It should. That would make more sense then DVDplayer. Also it'd be great to be able to import DVDs the way you import CDs.
Are we thinking this means BlueRay and DVD will eventually play in itunes?
Are we thinking this means BlueRay and DVD will eventually play in itunes?
i, for one, am hoping that this isnt the case. keep them seperate! - its already quite bloated as is.
This to me sounds like they do. Im hoping for some Blu-Ray support in SL, but I in no way expect Blu-Ray drives to come soon.
And if optical discs are going to go extinct, what will replace them? Some new interface thats ultra-thin and ultra-fast? Id love that
SG
This to me sounds like they do. Im hoping for some Blu-Ray support in SL, but I in no way expect Blu-Ray drives to come soon.
And if optical discs are going to go extinct, what will replace them? Some new interface thats ultra-thin and ultra-fast? Id love that
SG
flash drives maybe?? wont get damaged as easily and are MUCH MUCH cheaper
WOW sarcasm YAY!
I don't remember mentioning laptops?
I know the Core i7 idea is over-optimistic to the point of dreaming but as far as both the Unibody Macbooks and the iMac, there's something called the optibay available for Macbooks and Macbook Pros. The company offers an external USB case for the internal superdrive to be re-housed and it's available for all Macbook models apart from the entry level White Macbook.
I'm not veering off topic here because it illustrates my point perfectly. Do you know why it can't be offered for the White Macbook?
Because it uses a 9.5mm drive and they can't provide a case for it!
Bearing that in mind, regardless of which CPU Apple choose to use, at least having blu ray PLAYBACK in either a unibody laptop or the iMac isn't completely out of the question is it?
Here's a photo of the external drive I found on google:
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flash drives maybe?? wont get damaged as easily and are MUCH MUCH cheaper
I would assume flash drives, but what interface? I would guess something very thin, about 3/4 the length of a DVD long. Maybe a drive would be 1" wide? But for that to hold up to 64GB... is that even REMOTELY possible
SG
I would assume flash drives, but what interface? I would guess something very thin, about 3/4 the length of a DVD long. Maybe a drive would be 1" wide? But for that to hold up to 64GB... is that even REMOTELY possible
SG
yes, thats compeltely possible
you can now buy 128GB flash drives for ~$150.
barkmonster: i will get back to you soon
it requires a bit of research!
To all of those who keep saying that licensing is "bag of hurt" .... do you not remember this story about Blu-ray licensing getting easier?
flash drives maybe?? wont get damaged as easily and are MUCH MUCH cheaper
I actually like blu-ray, and they are actaully pretty hard to scratch or break, ten times tougher than dvd to say the least. Flash sticks would be cool, though to hold high quality hd, they would surely cost more than pressing a disc?