No it won't. The ISPs in my country won't compete with x other country, so as long as they provide market quota and speed, they will remain in business, regardless of whether the service is good enough to stream @ Blu-ray quality.
well i guess thats it then. discs will fall out of use and the internet will fry because of internet streaming, the world will lose communication with each other and movies will cease to exist.
were all doomed. i guess this is really whats going to happen on december 21st 2012.
Internet will be fine because people will be watching BluRay.
Hahaha, no. I want to see the actual content (in any format), just to see what justifies such self-importance.
Hahaha.
I wont be. I hate physical media. scratched discs=having to buy another copy.
and physical media=having to carry a bunch of discs around if you want to watch movies on the go.
That makes your score 0 for 2 now.You've got the wrong end of the stick, old boy.
See... that's what this thread quickly devolved into: an excuse to insult people who don't need to produce BD content. It's pretty pathetic, and accomplishes nothing "productive".
Post a link to something you've created, so we can all admire your amazing skill (and see examples of why you're so much better than everyone else).
The required DRM has to work at the OS level.Interesting - why is this? It isn't just a matter of installing proper playback software and codecs?
Shush now. Don't you know we should just be happy that people make computers at all? It's rather indigent to request features and say that you enjoy having options.****, you'd think with the comments in this thread that allowing Blu-ray somehow precluded the use of streaming.
I hugely support (legally) downloading everything from games to music to movies on my Mac or my xbox or whatever because theres no discs to worry about and i will always have my stuff wherever i go. the only change we will need for this to work is bigger hard drives at lower cost. and who doesn't want that?
What does ANY of that have to do with allowing Blu-ray playback on Mac.
Pearls before swine? Hardly. One doesn't go down that trap more than once.
Besides, like John Lennon once said: "We need money first."
It was part of a subtopic intended to determine why people who don't need Blu-ray functionality on their Mac(s) are to be regarded as "sheep". But (as is getting to be a frequent occurrence), wonderspark didn't grasp the essence of my comment to xbjllb... so the context became confused.
EDIT: the exact expression was: "bleating sheep without a creative bone in its body who has been pandered to by a wannabe Wille Wonka for far too long."
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Using Lennon to back up your misdirected belligerence? Oh please.
Sans any creative examples, we can file that baloney under "all show and no go".
You're the one completely confused, hence my reference to having the wrong end of the stick. You mentioned self-importance and requested samples of work, which you now say is to answer some question of why people who don't need Blu-ray playback are sheep. Somehow, posting a link to an HD movie is going to answer that for you, eh? It's obvious you are more interested in looking like a bad-ass e-thug than answering any coherent question you may have about why anyone would want Blu-ray playback on a Mac. That question has been answered already.
Now, I'm not you, so I don't know how your brain comprehends (or fails to comprehend) things, but what I got from the sheep comment was that there is a majority of people who are very happy downloading and/or streaming media for a variety of reasons, much to Apple's delight, and that they often love anything Apple throws their way without question or complaint. There are parallels that can be made between these people and sheep, and the epithet appears fitting, given that Apple would like to see these people conditioned to being sheared of their wool on a regular basis. This is an analogy to being conditioned to pay for streaming content every time you use it, instead of paying for a disc once that you can watch as many times as you please, you see.
You're a sheep because you follow the sheepherder's commands. He says, "Don't go that way, for it is not the way I have chosen for you. My way is magical," and you baaa-aaaa obediently and put your nose in the end of the other sheep in front of you.
If that doesn't suit you, maybe you would prefer being called a Sheep Dog, since you come here and try to round up all the stray-thinkers that don't follow Shepherd Steve. Still a servant to Steve, mind you.
So go ahead and carve more points on your bedpost, guy. YOU get it. You're a winner! You could... tape all our butt-cheeks together!
My reasons for choosing physical media over streaming are simple. Better quality. One-time cost. I believe the streaming system is headed for monthly fees and/or pay each time you use it, and I don't like that. You seem to enjoy it, and that's fine for you. Don't get butt-hurt about it.
Oh my, you are quite "creative"... aren't you?![]()
... and he hit a handful of nails right on the head.
You're the one completely confused, hence my reference to having the wrong end of the stick. You mentioned self-importance and requested samples of work, which you now say is to answer some question of why people who don't need Blu-ray playback are sheep. Somehow, posting a link to an HD movie is going to answer that for you, eh? It's obvious you are more interested in looking like a bad-ass e-thug than answering any coherent question you may have about why anyone would want Blu-ray playback on a Mac. That question has been answered already.
Now, I'm not you, so I don't know how your brain comprehends (or fails to comprehend) things, but what I got from the sheep comment was that there is a majority of people who are very happy downloading and/or streaming media for a variety of reasons, much to Apple's delight, and that they often love anything Apple throws their way without question or complaint. There are parallels that can be made between these people and sheep, and the epithet appears fitting, given that Apple would like to see these people conditioned to being sheared of their wool on a regular basis. This is an analogy to being conditioned to pay for streaming content every time you use it, instead of paying for a disc once that you can watch as many times as you please, you see.
You're a sheep because you follow the sheepherder's commands. He says, "Don't go that way, for it is not the way I have chosen for you. My way is magical," and you baaa-aaaa obediently and put your nose in the end of the other sheep in front of you.
If that doesn't suit you, maybe you would prefer being called a Sheep Dog, since you come here and try to round up all the stray-thinkers that don't follow Shepherd Steve. Still a servant to Steve, mind you.
So go ahead and carve more points on your bedpost, guy. YOU get it. You're a winner! You could... tape all our butt-cheeks together!
My reasons for choosing physical media over streaming are simple. Better quality. One-time cost. I believe the streaming system is headed for monthly fees and/or pay each time you use it, and I don't like that. You seem to enjoy it, and that's fine for you. Don't get butt-hurt about it.
So, I am a "sheep" because........
1. I bought Macs for my business because I was tired of almost 20 years of Windows shortcomings.
2. I find streaming convenient.
3. I like watching BD movies in my home theater on my 92" screen with dedicated BD player as opposed to my little 27" iMac screen or 13" MBP. (My friend is building a home theater with 100" screen in his new home and I mentioned that he should save his money and buy a 15" Windows laptop with built in BD player - no need for me to mention his reaction - LOL)
4. Any electronics store will sell you an internal or external BD drive for your Mac.
5. I really don't care what SJ's point of view is on BD in Macs because I could care less whether he gives us the option or not.
Originally Posted by linux2mac
5. I really don't care what SJ's point of view is on BD in Macs because I could care less whether he gives us the option or not.
If you could care less then why do you have dozens of posts bashing the option for blu ray in macs? If you could care less why are you even in this thread?
Funny how they pay out the wazoo for IT support and anti-virus (etc) security.Funny how multi billion dollars business rely on windows every day.
funny how they pay out the wazoo for it support and anti-virus (etc) security.
After many years (starting with dos), it's not surprising that "big" businesses such as banks, insurance companies and govt. Agencies, etc., have stuck it out with billy goat (err, i mean bill gates) all these years. But some are coming to their senses and moving away...
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