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No Blu-ray. No buy. Simple as that.
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This I can agree with you on.
Woot, common ground. Lets go pop some popcorn and watch a bluray on our awesome home theaters.
No buttered popcorn dispenser, no MBP sale!
The state of the art will eventually be not storing that movie (music, book picture, etc.) permanently on your private storage device. Hauling a multi-terabyte drive on an airplane so I can watch a movie is a bit daunting. Even getting my house properly hooked up is a pain.
No, it like the old Qwest commercial: every movie, ever made, in true HD (maybe 4K or above) anytime, for a reasonable fee. We'll need terabyte internet, of course, but it frees you from storing/backing up, etc. your movie library, worrying about the next big tech leap (I dunno, 48.8 surround in uncompressed 192kHz 48 bit?), bla bla bla, as the content adjusts automagically to your display/audio device and environment. Oh, and its wireless and self-configuring, too.
Until then, its BR for me; other things for other folks.
Eddie O
In my opinion, if the technology is inferior (far inferior) to something else on the market, then its not current but rather "in the making". Digital download won't be current until they are fast, reasonably priced and quality. Basically I consider movies off itunes equal to that of a VHS
I don't need any fan boys whining at me why they need BR.
that doesnt even make sense.....
It's still 12.7mm. Windows laptops with Bluray are thicker than Macs. I know I'm in the minority but I would take an extra 1/4"-1/3" to get Bluray. The old pre-uni 17" used 12.7mm optical drives but no more.
Cheers,
But they're not. This isn't an area where your opinion will usurp facts and evidence. iTunes content is at near DVD resolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes
On September 12, 2006, the resolution of video content sold on the iTunes Store was increased from 320x240 (QVGA) to 640x480 (VGA). The higher resolution video content is encoded as 1.5 Mbit/s (minimum) Protected MPEG-4 video (H.264) with a minimum 128 kbit/s AAC audio track.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS
In modern-day digital terminology, VHS is roughly equivalent to 320x480 pixels with a signal-to-noise ratio of the image at 43 dB.
I'm not arguing....I was being more of a smart ass than anything.
Seriously though...this discussion goes on too much. The fact of the matter is that those who buy blu ray to watch on their HDTV may want to watch one of those movies on their laptop when traveling, and they'd like that option. I don't think most people buy blu rays for their laptops. It just I don't want to buy a movie offline or rent/buy a dvd I have on blu ray so I can watch it on a plane.
Boo Yah
Just because everyone YOU know is behind the times doesn't mean the rest of the world is
Apple computers are meant to be a premium product. Get that through YOUR head.
Only a dim wit wouldn't want a significantly better experience for minimal extra cost (and I wouldn't class most Mac users as dim wits). I'm sorry but I don't know ANYONE who would prefer standard def over high def if they had a high enough res screen to watch it on, and that screen doesn't have to be full 720p or 1080p either, that's right ALL modern Mac users would get a better experience from Blu Ray than DVD. Let me explain...
DVD resolution is 720x480, ALL Macs now come with screens of higher res. So you will get MUCH better quality from a downscaled blu ray than an upscaled DVD!
The day Apple users begin to think crap quality is acceptable is the day Apple starts to head down the pan.
Everyone else please forgive the tone of this post - I'm just reciprocating.
Gotcha. I tell you though if they just allowed Managed Copy ..Blu-ray would "blow up"
I've got no desire to share movies online but I do want to take some of my favorite and make a poor man's Kaleidascape.
How about this, when Apple came out with a product that was crap, when haven't people bought it? (recently). It has been said in this forum that Apple could release the MacBook Fail tomorrow, and people would still clamor to get it.
As for Blu-ray, I think it would be a better option financially for Apple to come out with reasonable 1080p content on the iTunes store that doesn't cost $17+ per download *cough*
I don't know if it would splinter the market too much, but I'm now going to flip positions and argue that I would like to see ALL current Macbooks and Macbook Pro's rebranded as 'Macbook', and have a new Tier of Macbook Pro above the current line that doesn't make sacrifices required for a slim size. And put in real pro features that true professionals would want.
With the limited market, however, I just don't see Apple making enough money in this niche to make sense. They'd be trying to compete too much with Dell which is a fight they don't want to get into.
It's not about cost so much as it is the terms of licensing. Blu-ray is highly invasive of the OS.
This is my only complaint about iTunes content - it should cost MUCH less than an equivalent DVD which has to be manufacturered, shipped multiple times, and stocked in a brick and mortar store. If that costs $15 for the DVD, the download should be $7. Instead, they are similar prices, and you don't get extras that are on the DVD. That is kind of lame.
Just because everyone YOU know is behind the times doesn't mean the rest of the world is
Apple computers are meant to be a premium product. Get that through YOUR head.
Only a dim wit wouldn't want a significantly better experience for minimal extra cost (and I wouldn't class most Mac users as dim wits). I'm sorry but I don't know ANYONE who would prefer standard def over high def if they had a high enough res screen to watch it on, and that screen doesn't have to be full 720p or 1080p either, that's right ALL modern Mac users would get a better experience from Blu Ray than DVD. Let me explain...
DVD resolution is 720x480, ALL Macs now come with screens of higher res. So you will get MUCH better quality from a downscaled blu ray than an upscaled DVD!
The day Apple users begin to think crap quality is acceptable is the day Apple starts to head down the pan.
Everyone else please forgive the tone of this post - I'm just reciprocating.
Behind the times? I'm 20 years old, in college, and I some have rich friends so I know what blu-ray looks like. I have been exposed to every avenue of technology out there. You mention minimal extra cost. Seriously? You think Apple would charge a MINIMAL cost for adding blu-ray? How much more was the SSD upgrade for the Macbook Air? How much more is extra RAM for a Macbook Pro? To go from 4GB RAM to 8GB RAM is $1000! If you think blu-ray would be a minimal cost... you have lost your mind, completely. If I am going to watch a movie in HD, I will watch it on the expensive 1080p TV, not a mobile computer, that does NOT have a replaceable battery.
I don't care what the 15" displays can pump out, or what resolution DVD's are. I have seen blu-ray movies, and yeah they look cool but the players are expensive, the movies are expensive, and its not an option most of the market cares for in their portable computers. It simply isn't. Walk around on the street if you don't believe me and ask random people if they would be willing to spend an extra $300 for a blu-ray player in their laptop. I would love to see the results of that. Sure, lots of people here probably would, but they don't represent the average customer so realistically their wants don't count.
Honest question; what's battery life like while watching a BR movie? I can watch 2 MTR dvd rips on a single charge of my white macbook.
I'd be pretty annoyed if they stuck a BR drive in a MBP.. I'd never use it, and it'd only add unnecessary weight and price. BR is a luxury that many people, like myself, really have no interest in right now.
I want Apple to get faster processors and better graphics cards into their machines before they start sticking in new drives.
I want Apple to get faster processors and better graphics cards into their machines before they start sticking in new drives.
I can watch an entire Blu-ray movie on my MacBook Pro and not enter the red zone.