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    Image of Seiven Seiven
    01/06/09

    In reply to Fastmac's Mac-Specific Blu-ray External Drive Is Slim and $99
    someone find me a silver one for my Macbook Air that writes BD as well for under $150 and I am sold
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    01/06/09

    In reply to Fastmac's Mac-Specific Blu-ray External Drive Is Slim and $99
    Fastmac has it up on their site now, says it works with both PC and Mac, but it appears that Crunchgear either got the price wrong or it's some sort of Macworld special as the normal price is $150 (though already marked down to $130)... still, pretty damn good, considering that a bare Sony slimline Blu-Ray drive with roughly equivalent specs (a bit quicker burns but big woop) is going for double that at newegg.


    [store.fastmac.com]


    [www.newegg.com]

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    01/06/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...: Further reading reveals this choice bit:


    "Blu-ray Movie Playback


    Apple's QuickTime software does not (yet) support the decoding and playback of encrypted Blu-ray movies. Therefore you cannot watch commercial (Hollywood) Blu-ray movies using Mac OS X. However, if you have Windows XP or Vista installed on your Macintosh, you can use PowerDVD software to decrypt and watch commercial Blu-ray movies via Apple's BootCamp environment. You will need to ensure you have the latest graphics card drivers for your version of Windows and a HDCP compliant monitor to enjoy the full high definition experience. Further information about Blu-ray playback using PowerDVD can be found on Cyberlink's website @ [www.cyberlink.com]"


    From the product description on Fastmac's website. Basically until Apple realizes that even though BD is a "bag of hurt" it's still the High Def source of choice so they sort of need to implement BD support (or a third party steps up), you have to run Windows in order to use it... ahhhh, the irony is killing me.

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    Image of Thats Dr Bear to You Thats Dr Bear to You
    01/06/09

    In reply to Fastmac's Mac-Specific Blu-ray External Drive Is Slim and $99
    Refreshed Mac Mini + Blu ray drive + TV = Future Media Center
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    Image of berribrand berribrand
    01/06/09

    @Thats Dr Bear to You: I already have this. Its called a PS3.
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    01/07/09

    @Thats Dr Bear to You: Hey, yeah.... Future media center is right! Except I live in the present and have had a media center for quite some time thanks to my past.

    Know why? No MAC!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/07/09

    @berribrand: Except the PS3 is a hell of a lot larger, and it's easier to get the Mini to play lots of different file formats (VLC, and Quicktime + Perian love).
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