jholzner said:
Yep, and the iTrip was released yesterday that will work with the new iPods...that's what I call fast! Only problem I see is that you can't charge it in your car while your using it so on long road trips that can be a problem.
It has a USB mini-port on it. I bet a charging cable is on the way! (And there are other FM transmitters that have built-in car chargers.)
sfhc21 said:
Yep. But I think the iPod should handle videos the way it does photos...convert the videos to the proper size before it gets transfered onto the iPod. Then allow the option to include the full-res version. The iPod itself plays the converted 320x240 version. But if playing to a TV, it plays the 720x480 version. And on your computer, you can watch the full-res version as well...and hopefully one day be able to stream it to your TV.
I thought the same thing, but someone said that that kind of conversion takes a long time even for a fast computer. So that means you'd have to download both sizes to begin with--and THAT means a download 5 x the size that videos currently are, taking 5 x as long and occupying 5 x as much space on your computer and iPod. I can see Apple's catch-22 here. Technology will catch up, though. For one thing, a single chip might be able to scale (some) video formats to 1/4 on-the-fly right on the iPod. After all, it's not the scaling that's tough (a Mac can scale video up or down instantly--try Exposé!), it's the re-compressing and saving the new version. Skip that step and you no longer need two versions at all.
(Also, content owners may have pushed for lower quality, but that too will evolve).
mheidt said:
The resolution of the iMac isn't 1920x1080.
So where is the point for an iMac, especially because digital streaming resolution beneath HDTV really sucks and cannot replace the traditional TV.
The point is that an iMac now does some cool new things--it's not MEANT to replace TV. Any more than iTunes is meant to replace your stereo. For some people it can, but it's useful just by itself. (I'm thinking dorm rooms are the perfect home for an iMac.)
Butts M Biggilo said:
Well.. The new iMac looks awesome and provides great upgrades, but that ipod is sad, sad, sad.
Shame how Apple increased the capacity, added a bigger screen, boosted the recording quality, introduced new features including video, added another color choice, added a wireless remote option, and still managed to make the whole thing thinner and smaller than the old one.
Without raising the price. Sad.
swingerofbirch said:
So much for the year of HD!
The year of HD referred to consumers being able to create HD content for the first time. That promise was answered the moment it was made--with iMovie HD and prosumer HD camcorders from Sony. Those things really DID happen.
