Apple, Blu-Ray

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:

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12:00 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Jesus Diaz
13,246 views, 36 comments

Latest by rimplestultskin: funny, just yesterday i was thinking how cool it'd be for the iPod touch to be used as a remote for a home theater. more »

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]

9:00 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,727 views, 19 comments

Latest by JrezIN: So, instead of letting us rip them ourself, they'll just compress even more the movies so then don't loot good and we won't even bother with them? yeah, makes sense... more »

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 »

6:30 PM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By matt buchanan
11,280 views, 25 comments

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]

2:00 PM on Sat Jan 19 2008
By Mark Wilson
19,381 views, 53 comments

Latest by ripfire4: Who freakin cares what bit rate it uses. As long as it looks better than DVD quality, does it really matter? Besides, who needs to watch P.S. I Love You in full 1080p 50Mbps quality? more »

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 »

1:00 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By Adam Frucci
10,590 views, 62 comments

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 »

3:52 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Benny Goldman
9,878 views, 9 comments

Latest by FrankenPC: @devGOD: QFT 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. More »

10:29 AM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Wilson Rothman
6,266 views, 14 comments

Latest by Hobo740: ps3+linux > then the microsoft corporation. more »

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 »

7:30 PM on Fri Apr 27 2007
By Jason Chen
2,770 views, 11 comments

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? – Louis Ramirez More »

10:52 AM on Thu Apr 19 2007
By Louis Ramirez
7,107 views, 25 comments

Latest by musubi: Note that they wouldn't need to include the HDCP key ROM to support the internal display, but they would need it to enable HD-DVD or Blu-Ray playback on an external display through a digital (DVI or HDMI) connection. From http://www.nzone.com : Can 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. – Louis Ramirez More »

8:32 PM on Fri Apr 6 2007
By Louis Ramirez
3,637 views, 10 comments

Latest by dietcokedude: Wow! looks pretty useful, now all I need to do is install it in my mac mini. Then I can rip ONE movie to my ever-dwindling 20GB of free space. Score! 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 »

8:40 PM on Wed Jan 24 2007
By Jason Chen
1,361 views, 7 comments

pcs

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 »

1:15 PM on Sat Dec 23 2006
By Jason Chen
10,553 views, 43 comments

Latest by SinisterRouge: I love everything you have to say. Just FYI more »

pcs

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. – Travis Hudson More »

9:41 AM on Fri Nov 24 2006
By Travis Hudson
243 views, 13 comments

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