[Mac-talk] Blu-ray

[Thomas Ritter]

I think it's just a matter of  time before you see full support from  
Apple.  It may just be a "Tuesday Update" as we have seen in the past  
before.  Most businesses will be like the rest of us with multiple  
machines for playing different formats until it is more common.

Thomas

On Mar 9, 2008, at 7:37 PM, sean mckinley wrote:

Hi all,

I was looking for a way at this point of only  doing
Blu-ray play back. As a more affordable  solution to
buying a Blu-ray player. Sony has made announcements
that Blu-ray will be headed up market with new 2.0
players from the Blu-Ray partners. A Sony official has
said that there will be no licenses to Chinese
manufactures in the near future, Sony feels that these
manufactures had an adverse affect on the DVD player
market. When Sony does licenses to the Chinese they
will be more selective.

Apple software doesn't seem to support Blu-ray  at the
moment especially movie playback. Toast only supports
Blu-ray Data, Blu-ray Data Disc can not be played on a
home Blu-ray player.That means HD home movies or a
media professional sample reels  cannot  be played on
a home Blu-ray Player, the type of machine to most
likely be in a casting office, or a producers office.
There are some materials that i wouldn't want to post
to the Internet, such as unreleased material. Disc are
also more likely to get seen by busy colleagues.

Apple is not going to the The National Association of
Broadcasters conference and trade show this year. If
there was going to be a big announcement for the pros
it would happen their. Many of the Pros desperatly
want Blue-ray support for Final Cut. It doesn't look
like it is going to happen soon.

Hopefully Apple won't decide on a Blu-ray Data Disc
only standard.

--- "Octavio G. Zuniga"
<PowerBookGuru at MacEuphoria.com> wrote:

> Next thing we will see is a media-less recovery
> option... download the
> recovery OS/disk image off Apple's website!
>
> Or better yet.... buy third party media-less
> software from the "App
> Store"... Apple Login required, download directly
> from Apple, serial
> numbers stored/managed by Apple as well.....
>
> hhmm... and/or..... purchase media-less software via
> Apple and store
> backup's of the DMG/software on Time Capsule!
>
> Sounds like Broadband will be a necessity....
> actually it has become
> one already!  This means Broadband ISP's will need
> to get their act
> together and provide even faster Internet access!
>
>
> ... Just thinking out-loud!
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 7, 2008, at 3:01 PM, sean mckinley wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> This is for an already existing machine, and a
> fortune
>> would be the 3rd party Blu-ray burner that's being
>> sold by Fast Mac for $529.95. Which is $50.00 less
>> that I paid for the Mac.
>>
>> I was thinking more like the Lite-on or a Pioneer
> read
>> only solution.
>>
>> FYI, you maybe waiting a long time for an OEM
> Blu-ray
>> equipped Mac with full functions. Apple current
> policy
>> has been sorta anti-optical disc  for about a
> year.
>> Examples are the iTunes Movie rental service (Why
> do
>> you need to play a DVD?, Just rent the movie from
>> iTunes.), A laptop without a  built optical drive,
> and
>> last years Mac World  iMovie presentation.
>>
>> Sean
>> --- Billy Chang <superchink at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> What's a fortune? I believe you can get one for
>>> under $300
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Mar 7, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Gautam Godse
>>> <gagix at mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes. Wait until the next update to the Macmini..
> i
>>> am sure it will
>>>> have a blueray player :-)
>>>> On Mar 7, 2008, at 9:27 AM, sean mckinley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, that Blu-ray is the format war winner. I'm
>>>>> thinking of a DVD burner/ Blu-ray Rom upgrade
> for
>>> my
>>>>> Mac Mini. Is their a way to do this without
>>> spending a
>>>>> fortune?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sean
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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