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blu-ray
iTunes 8.2 May Point to Blu-ray on Macs
The new version of iTunes 8.2 (required by the latest iPhone 3.0 Beta) has a mention of Blu-ray in the about screen. This means Blu-ray in Macs come WWDC? More » -
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Gadget Deals of the Day
Blu-ray movies and free tacos sounds like a pretty great way to spend a Thursday night for us, but today we also have some deals on the MacBook Air, flash storage and gasoline! More » -
apple
Psystar Introducing Blu-ray Enabled Mac Clones, Beating Apple to the Punch
Even though Apple and Psystar are currently negotiating behind closed doors, the Mac-cloner is continuing to defy Apple by releasing new products. Psystar announced today that they are ready to ship an Mac clone with built-in Blu-ray and NVIDIA 9800GT graphics cards. For those of you who recall, Jobs recently referred to Blu-ray as a "bag of hurt" because of licensing costs—which is one of the reasons why a Blu-ray drive has not been integrated into a Mac thus far. More » -
sayeth Steve
Jobs On Blu-ray: "A Bag of Hurt"
On the lack of BD drives in the new Mac notebooks, quoth Jobs:
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infinite format war
State of The Infinite Format War: Get Ready for Five Long Years of Set-Top Battle Royale
One year ago, we predicted that the infinite format war would rise from the ashes of the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war—that a million online services and set-top boxes would suddenly promise to deliver movies and video to your computer or TV. And that each one would essentially be their own format, since none of them are compatible, and each would promise only a fraction of available movies. We were right about our fears, but we also have a solution to a decent download collection.
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blu-ray magic
iPhone to Become Blu-Ray Player Remote
According to NetBlender, iPhone and iPod touch users will be able to control their Blu-ray players using an application called BD Touch. The application will use the network capabilities of Blu-ray hardware and Apple's handheld devices to transfer data, allowing you to do many different things beyond controlling movie playback. Update: we have spoken with NetBlender about BD Touch. As we imagined, it requires more than just an iPhone application: More » -
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home entertainment
Lionsgate: Free iPod/iTunes Ready Digital Copies With Select DVD and Blu-ray Titles
Lionsgate is in the midst of working out an agreement with Apple that will make it the latest movie studio to offer iTunes digital copies on select DVD and Blu-ray titles. In order to get a piece of the action you will have to redeem the copies using a code that will come packaged with the title. Then it is just a simple matter of plugging the code into iTunes and downloading. The first movies up for grabs with this addition are Rambo and The Eye, both of which will be released around the summer. Stallone and Alba kicking things off. Man, I can't wait. [Canadian Press and PC World] -
rumor
Rumor: Apple Wants Sony Blu-ray Drives for MacBook Pros
AppleInsider says Apple is "actively" poking Sony (as opposed to other BR manufacturers) for slot-loading Blu-ray drives for MacBook Pros—Apple supposedly even wanted to offer BR SuperDrives with the new Penryn-powered machines, but "quality issues" meant Sony could only deliver combo drives. Apple said shno thanks for now. More » -
sad
George Ou Says HD Bitrates Mean They Suck, Forgets About Codecs
George Ou over on Zdnet wrote an excellent piece outlining why those too-good-to-be-true HD downloads we see in Xbox 360, ABC.com and even Apple TV are a bit bogus. He points out that while these services deliver on their 720p resolution promises, the encoded bitrates are so low, compressing the data to such small proportions, that the image within the said resolution has inadequate fidelity. He's dead wrong, forgetting that MPEG-4 generation codecs can take the same bitrates from sources like DVDs and ratchet up the res and quality in the same space. Duh. [zdnet via engadgethd] -
rumors
Apple to Start Shipping Macs with Blu-ray at Macworld?
According to analyst Shaw Wu, Apple has plans to start selling computers with Blu-ray drives built-in. It'll announce this at Macworld, and immediately thereafter the HD DVD camp will gulp audibly. That is, if it's merely a Blu-ray drive: More » -
intel
Intel Reveals New Mobile SSD, UMPC Concepts, the Skulltrail Gaming Platform and Penryn and Santa Rosa Updates
At Intel's Pre-CES briefing today, execs discussed a new super-small solid state drive, WiMax-capable devices, and 45nm Penryn chips in everything from UMPCs to television sets to slender desktop all-in-ones from your favorite computer makers. Here's the rundown: More » -
sony prez interview
Sony US Prez Talks Stateside Rolly and OLED TV, Plus Apple, Blu-ray and More
UPDATED Today at an executive round table we went to in NYC, Sony Electronics president Stan Glasgow (center) and Sony consumer sales president Jay Vandenbree (left) answered some burning questions. When is the oh-so-sexy OLED TV coming to the US? "It could be before the end of the calendar year," says Glasgow, citing a dependence on production yields that are understandably "not very good." He called the 11" $1,800 set an "expensive small TV." And what about Rolly, the wheeled music player making the rounds in Japan? "I'd like to bring that in next year." The talk wasn't just about Sony's newest toys. Glasgow and Vandenbree talked about survival in a high-def world, fighting the format war, and what it's like to compete with Apple.
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looking forward to purple ray
FastMac Ships First < $500 Blu-ray Burner For Macs
Whether you're making home Blu-ray movies to distribute to your friends or just backing up all your data with 50GB chunks, Blu-ray seems to be the way to go if you've got a Mac. FastMac's latest Blu-ray drives are the first sub-$500 BD burners that we've seen, and work fine with Mac Pro, PowerMac G3-G5, eMacs and iMac G4s. More » -
pcs
No Blu-ray for iMacs till 2008
Anyone who was hoping for a built-in Blu-ray drive in their next-gen iMac is gonna have to wait till mid 2008. That's when Intel will replace their current Bearlake chipset with their Eaglelake chipset, which will officially support Blu-ray. Apple is infamous for waiting before they adopt new technologies, so in a sense this comes as no surprise. The question is, how badly do you want an integrated Blu-ray drive in your next iMac? Bad enough to warrant not buying one without a high-def drive? More » -
peripherals
FastMac Upgrades Your Mac with Blu-ray Drive
Wanna give your Mac a high-def kick in the nads? FastMac's new Blu-ray optical drive lets you load up your spankin' new iMac or MacBook Pro with a slot-loading Blu-ray drive that'll give you 1x BD-RW speeds and support for 50GB Blu-ray discs. Unfortunately, because it's a slot-loading drive, there's no Mac Pro support (although the drive will work with iBooks, Mac minis, and PowerBooks). It's out now for $800, which is a lot of loot, so you may wanna consider getting an external HDD if all you're after is a storage solution. More » -
pcs
Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive for Mac Pros
Mac professionals keen on mastering their own Blu-ray movies can finally get started thanks to MCE's internal Blu-ray drive. It supports 50GB dual-layer discs and ships now for $699. More » -
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Rumor: Mac Pro/Apple Supporting Blu-ray
Prediction of the day: Apple is going to announce Blu-ray support for a few of their machines come MacWorld. We have two bits of information we're basing this one on. One, the above image out of computershopper.com, which was sent to us by reader Sky. It's a scan that shows the feature comparison between Blu-ray and HD DVD. The interesting part is of the manufacturer support, which notes Apple among the companies to support Blu-ray. Typo? Early leak? More » -
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Rumor: Apple Jumping on Blu-Ray Bandwagon?
The rumorhounds over at ThinkSecret have some more juicy details about which next-gen DVD format Apple will be adapting to. ThinkSecret's anonymous sources say that Apple will be receiving Blu-ray drives in February that will end up being included in their range of computers and laptops. No word on pricing or availability, but expect the drive to add at least $500 to the cost of the desktop or laptop. More »
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