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MacPro with Blu-ray drive

Mac OS X cant play Blu-ray movies but you can however burn data to Blu-ray discs from the Finder or use Toast to burn data or movie projects.

you will have to play Blu-ray movies in Windows using software such as PowerDVD or AnyDVD

if you want one then sure, go for it! make sure to get an IDE/PATA drive as thats what the optical drives in the Mac Pro use.
 
Also realize that the day Mac OS X is able to play Blu-Ray DVDs, this drive will be ready for that.
 
richthomas said:
@ Newegg ay? ;)
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NowDirect. I posted here about it earlier because I thought it was a scam site; they sell things for so much less than anywhere else.

TEG said it wasn't, I took a chance, I got my GGW-H20L two days later for $327 (It's $259 there now... :p) and I hadn't even paid for expedited shipping. I don't have a Mac Pro to put it in, but I wanted to get it when I did because HD DVD had just been killed and I wanted to preserve a piece of history. I never imagined that LG would keep SELLING them.
 
Interesting, that's the newly released LG GBW-H20L. (Supposedly drops HD-ROM capabilities of the LG GGW-H20L for a price drop) I wonder if it has the same firmware through SATA issues that the GGW had with toast? Either way, that price is solid enough to be a buy, in my opinion. Maybe after my next paycheck...
 
I think Toast lets you use Blu Ray CDs with your SuperDrive? I remember something like that when I installed it
 
Good price, but SATA drive, won't work with cabling in the mac unless you fish another cable up there.
 
I've been away from the Apple scene for a while, can someone fill me in on why Apple still hasn't given its built in DVD Player to play Blu-Ray movies? I assume it has something to do with HDCP, no?
 
reberto said:
I assume it has something to do with HDCP, no?
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Yep. That and Blu-ray's obscene power draw in portables.

Anyway, WHY would you want a Blu-ray drive from APPLE?! All the people complaining about Apple not offering one will turn right around and complain that it's hundreds of dollars more than a normal Blu-ray drive (because it will be, obviously, it's Apple).
 
Tallest Skil said:
Yep. That and Blu-ray's obscene power draw in portables.
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Every other laptop maker has managed to get a Blu-Ray drive in their laptops without too much trouble in terms of battery life, Apple should have no problem doing the same. Of course, I could say the same thing about graphics cards :rolleyes:
 
Anyway, WHY would you want a Blu-ray drive from APPLE?! All the people complaining about Apple not offering one will turn right around and complain that it's hundreds of dollars more than a normal Blu-ray drive (because it will be, obviously, it's Apple).
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Yep. Apple charges $99 to add a second SuperDrive to a Mac Pro and it's the same drive you can buy for a 1/3 of the price on Newegg. I can see a Blu-ray option on Apple cost at least $800 straight from them.
 
I recall talk about 'approved devices' and all sorts of DRM BS regarding blu-ray. will a standard DVI display work with blu ray in windows?

can parallels manage it or do I need a windows partition under boot camp?

Any particular drive that's got a good feature set or on that I should stay away from?
 
wflan said:
I recall talk about 'approved devices' and all sorts of DRM BS regarding blu-ray. will a standard DVI display work with blu ray in windows?

can parallels manage it or do I need a windows partition under boot camp?

Any particular drive that's got a good feature set or on that I should stay away from?
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1. Don't revive two month old threads.
2. No, the display has to be HDCP compatible, as does the motherboard, graphics card, and OS.
 
sorry, I figured that a one month old zombie thread was better than a duplicate...

If I have a Mac Pro and a DVI only display, am I simply SOL in the blu-Ray game, data discs excepted?
 
Tallest Skil said:
1. Don't revive two month old threads.
2. No, the display has to be HDCP compatible, as does the motherboard, graphics card, and OS.
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It doesn't necessary have to be HDCP compatible, Slysoft AnyDVD HD.;)

They should make an OS X version. It would probably be a great market boost for them. Though there are many more Windows users they are spending about $500 on average for a computer while Mac Users are spending well over $1000 for new computers. Who is more likely to fork over the money for a Blu-Ray drive and this software.
 
wflan said:
sorry, I figured that a one month old zombie thread was better than a duplicate...

If I have a Mac Pro and a DVI only display, am I simply SOL in the blu-Ray game, data discs excepted?
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What is your monitor? You can always run a DVI-HDMI cable to your TV, assuming you have a HDTV.
 
an Apple 23"... with the sly software, it looks like I don't need to adapt anything! A+ on the link
 
Once they have renewed mac mini, the whole mac line will have enough cpu/gpu power to playback bd movies.
Then there might be a possibility.
Definetely spring 2009 when fcs3 is due...
 
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