Waiting to interact with the disc's design.
Ah. You probably like computerized phone trees and that hard plastic packaging they put things in, too. Since they all serve no purpose other than keeping you away from the thing you're trying to get to.
Waiting to interact with the disc's design.
Ah. You probably like computerized phone trees and that hard plastic packaging they put things in, too. Since they all serve no purpose other than keeping you away from the thing you're trying to get to.
"computerized phone trees"![]()
You know - where you call a business and instead of getting to speak to a human you have to enter your account number, press 1 for customer service, press 1 for English, confirm your account number again, etc.
What does this have to do with BD?
Just as these phone trees are useless and frustrating add-ons designed to stand between you and the thing you're trying to get to, so too are bd menus.
Apple is less unacceptable than Microsoft.
If the commercial applications were there, I would have long since switched to Linux.
Hmm. Odd. It seems, and correct me if I'm wrong, that the only acceptable solution for you is to have everything exactly as you would like it to be but for free? Not really understanding the gist of your complaints other than it seems you just like to complain and are quite inflexible. Especially considering that there are numerous solutions.
I use all three OSs (Win 7, OS X, Linux Mint) depending on the mission. Each has qualities the other may lack or offer a better implementation of some computing aspect. I certainly have no reason to complain as I can enjoy the best of three worlds. Be it on a Macor on a PC.
I have a question for you; why do you need to play blu-rays on your PC as opposed to a TV? The answer my reveal why you have so much angst surrounding this issue.
Count me in on that too. I love Blu Rays but don't need to watch them on my computer--that's what my blu ray player is for.![]()
What does free have to do with anything? I bought a Mac after all. And I would prefer Solaris to Linux. And I said the reason why I didn't switch to Linux was because of the lack of COMMERCIAL consumer applications.
All of which leads back to the original question; why did you buy a Mac knowing it cannot natively play Blu-ray media and whose OS you consider inferior to both Linux and Solaris?
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Probably because with a simple change in the OS, the Mac can support BD, so it was hardly a reason to stay away.
The hardware supports BD, if one installs a BD drive, and software can be changed. And it frequently does - adding to that the numerous other reasons for choosing a Mac, then I don't see the confusion.![]()
Has there been much discussion yet on what it might take for Steve J. to change his mind? I'm reserved to the idea that he never will, but say the ISPs all make streaming movies too costly... Then maybe?
Seeing as how his reasoning in the original post for not supporting it was because Blu-ray was destined to fade away like the high-end music formats, I'm hoping he'll start to change his tune a little after next month when BD makes the jump to light-speed. And by that I mean the carbonite freezing room is going to look incredible in high-bitrate 1080p...
Who wants a crystal clear view of Greedo shooting first?
BD is struggling. Hell, the entire movie-on-disc industry is struggling with DVD's AND Blu-Ray. The rentals chains are a thing of the past. I mean, it's so scary how many big chains...Blockbuster, Hollywood Video etc etc are closing up shop.
Can this all be due to Netflix and Redbox?
We hear stories of how Netflix takes up so much bandwidth now, but that can't be the entire picture can it? I mean, does anyone even remember Blockbusters? They were all over the place...with tons of people crawling over the new releases on a weekend like ants. There were lines at the cash registers to check out videos. Where did all these thousands and thousands...hell...millions of people go? They're all watching Netflix Streaming and getting little DVD's in the mail?
So, we can do the math all we want about theoretical bandwidth limits and things of this nature and cry out for the benefits and picture quality of Blu-Ray over streaming and blah blah blah. But it doesn't seem like anyone cares.
What does free have to do with anything? It's a guess that that is what you seem to want since you complain about every solution offered as not being a solution. And that each of those solutions requires one to purchase something in order to manifest it.
And now you state that you'd prefer Solaris to Linux.
All of which leads back to the original question; why did you buy a Mac knowing it cannot natively play Blu-ray media and whose OS you consider inferior to both Linux and Solaris?
You seem computer savvy enough to be able to effectively use alternative OSs without possessing an irrational loyalty to any one OS. So I'm not really understanding the nature of your complaints and your unwillingness to solve your own issue like some of us have using various solutions.
Those without big screen entertainment systems don't seem to care all that much about picture quality. And the difference in HD format quality on a 13-17" LCD or 10" tablet isn't all that discernible for many.