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iTunes 9 to Include Blu-ray Support and iPhone App Organization?

petsounds said:
The main feature I've been wanting forever is tagging. Why is tagging present in iPhoto, but not in iTunes? I'm not really into suggestions of adding tags to some ID3 tag. It's this managing of very large libraries of music that needs addressing, and allowing users to apply their own tags would go a long way to solve this.
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Because, actually, you don't need any further tagging. I just wonder, what tags you'd like to apply to a song further than those present. But nevertheless you could just use the 'comments' field in your info box. And you could always use your smart playlist with comments to get categorized.

Anuba said:
Well... there's nothing wrong with the UI as such, I like how it looks and how it's structured... but it takes quite a long time to start up.
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I for one would love, if iTunes had a simple Music mode I can toggle in the prefs. I don't need Apps, Ringtones, Video or TV in there. I just want to use iTunes for music. That's it.

I just need my old school list of files I browse.

And I personally have set all audio files to open with Quicktime just because of the proplem you described above. If I wanted that stuff in my iTunes library, I'd just drag it on the Dock icon, wouldn't I?
 
swagi said:
Because, actually, you don't need any further tagging. I just wonder, what tags you'd like to apply to a song further than those present. But nevertheless you could just use the 'comments' field in your info box. And you could always use your smart playlist with comments to get categorized.
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Oh, well I'm glad you know what I need and what I don't. I already said that I don't want to use existing ID3 tags; that's a hack.

What I'm talking about are search queries like "acoustic female quiet". Tags that don't fit into the existing ID3 structure, but would make the search functionality much more powerful.
 
Droid13 said:
I'm curious to see what sort of things are being used in Japan.
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The equipment that I mentioned in my post above was seen during a demonstration that I was fortunate to attend. It was awesome. The first time that I've felt I was in a theater that was for the home. It was definitely not for your average consumer.

As for the average consumer, it seems flat screens are becoming more popular as the price drops and they become thinner. Most Japanese homes/apartments are small compared to the US, so any space savings is a plus. Flat screen quality is amazingly good these days. The current push seems to be towards wall mountable TVs. So thinner and lighter is the focus.

But you still see CRTs being used. Hard to find one for sale, but many still use them.

BluRay discs are expensive compared to DVDs, just like in the states.


fef714 said:
I know CD's are a niche market, and record's even more so, but they will never go away completely.
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Probably true. Records are definitely a niche market. CDs are more mainstream but are slowly going towards the same fate.

Anuba said:
I think you're confusing convenience with enjoyment here... People are "happy" with mp3, DivX, YouTube clips and other garbage formats because it's handy and accessible, not because they like the quality. It's like fast food vs. traditional restaurants... sure, it's easy to stop by McDonalds, it's cheap and you don't have to wait for 45 minutes or tip some waiter, you can just get your tray or bag and be on your way. Or you could get a microwave dinner, which is even cheaper and even more convenient. But it's never going to replace restaurants where they serve the real deal.
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But remember, the quality must be good enough for individuals to use over the better quality formats. Just like McDonald's must be good enough for me to accept over a regular restaurant for me to consume their products.

While convenience is a major plus, the quality must be good enough to where it is acceptable.
 
Brace yourself for the Bag of Hurt. :D

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Supermarket and DVD/Blue Ray

Target362 said:
yeah but most of the time they only sale like 5 titles on a small turn shelf at customer service. Most of the movies are late 80s/early 90s low budget films such as career opentrties :
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The supermarket that is near me has a very big collection DVDs. They sell almost every big release. The only reason I think the store has a big collection is because Wal-Mart is only few miles away. It's a super Wal-Mart.

Hugh
 
I prob wont use facebook or blu ray feature because I don't have a blu ray player in my Mac Pro. I use the iPhone for facebook a lot. So who knows. Month or two huh I guess it will arrive with Snow Leopard!? 0_o

xbjllb said:
LOL... well at least they finally dropped the "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" body positions....

:apple:
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Well steve is mostly worrying about his cancerous ordeal other two wouldn't give Two Sh*ts when they get paid out the ying yang they go blind from on a daily basis :D
 
petsounds said:
Oh, well I'm glad you know what I need and what I don't. I already said that I don't want to use existing ID3 tags; that's a hack.

What I'm talking about are search queries like "acoustic female quiet". Tags that don't fit into the existing ID3 structure, but would make the search functionality much more powerful.
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Well, thanx for the rudeness, and as I said, just put "female" and "quiet" in your comment box. Acoustic should be used in Genre. There you go.

I don't see the point in using yet another metadata source, when you have one already there. FWIW maybe just test it out, using the comments box. :rolleyes:
 
Hugh said:
The supermarket that is near me has a very big collection DVDs. They sell almost every big release. The only reason I think the store has a big collection is because Wal-Mart is only few miles away. It's a super Wal-Mart.

Hugh
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do people even use the term "supermarkets" anymore. I don't. Everyone I know calls it a store.

and of course your store has a large collection, its a Walmart supercenter, it has the electronics deparment.

I was talking about stores like Safeway. Stores that are only grochery.

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Not bad. Not bad at all. I also like the blue bar. (no more monochrome!)

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Snyc looks so much better in this mock up

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meh
others:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pherplexed/sets/72157621638733647/
 
sushi said:
The equipment that I mentioned in my post above was seen during a demonstration that I was fortunate to attend. It was awesome. The first time that I've felt I was in a theater that was for the home. It was definitely not for your average consumer.
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Sounds good - time to do some web searching. I was never one for the home cinema, but sometimes they are impressive.

CalCanuck said:
Found this a while back someone's idea of how the App Organizer might look.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pherplexed/3743490794/

Enjoy!
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Looking through the rest of the photo stream, I quite like the concepts in these mockups - not sure about the blue at the top (though if it was customisable then sure, why not) but the sliders for settings and the multiple home screens for app organisation are cool...
 
Tallest Skil said:
It's dead. I truly don't know how you can't see this. Optical media is the bottleneck for the whole system. I never use my optical drives. Ever. There are far better ways to get data than spinning disks.
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And now for the final nail in the coffin of HD-DVD... TOSHIBA might well have Blu-ray drives and burners before Mac's do.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iEIzDh7j2jM9lXEuW7TFxLWKmrlQD9A01QP80

So probably what happened regarding Apple's late but now inevitable implementation of Blu-ray is that "marketplace demand" (quoted out of the linked article and not for sarcasm) and Toshiba's move lit a "bag of hurt" on fire, right on Apple's doorstep.

I LOVE technology races. If only they weren't so hard to start...

:apple:
 
Tallest Skil said:
It's dead. I truly don't know how you can't see this. Optical media is the bottleneck for the whole system. I never use my optical drives. Ever. There are far better ways to get data than spinning disks.
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That's ridiculous! You can't buy movies on iTunes that are 1080p and even if you COULD, the Apple TV can't even play movies at 1080p.

My 1080p HDTV and Blu-ray player can.

Another point... Blu-ray is always going to be higher quality than the compressed downloads from iTunes. Also, the sound is better on Blu-ray AAAAAAAAANNNND I don't have to fill hard drives with movies... just buy it at the store, come home and put it on my shelf.

I also like how my movies are separate from my computer so if anything happens to the files, I have the hard copy at hand.

EDIT: I just remembered... HD content from iTunes won't even play on the computer... you have to watch them from your Apple TV so you can't just plug your computer into your TV and enjoy movies from iTunes.
 
High-end?

Most of us cannot afford $5K and more for a home theater. Mine - 52-inch 1080p TV + BD player + 5.1 sound system - adds up to $2200. The only problem with it is not the system but my dog who does not like storms and thunder. She reacts whenever the sound system is on, and it is even more of a problem with BD movies because of the similarity to thunder. I must also add that she does not like regular TV, either, but I don't plan on decreasing the bass response because that would take away from the sound experience.

If I had a BD player attached to my Mac, I could listen using my headphones. That would be one advantage. The other, of course, is being able to view BD movies on my computer's cinema display. Optical discs are not dead - nor are they dying. And if I can write to one, I can use it for backing up my iTunes, photos and other data.
 
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