| Imperial said: Well there's obviously some issues in relation to the lisencing of the Blu-ray technology , evident in the fact that the number of people allowed to manufacture a Blu-Ray player is limited dispite the technology being availible to the mass market for 2 years .
@FisyJoe "we're waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace"
maybe you should read the whole text and not take it out of context , "we're waiting" and "Blu-Ray takes off" indicates too things , 1 Apple isn't heavily supporting blu-ray at this moment in time likely due to the issues surrounding the lisencing of the technology . 2 Apple has some confidence in blu-ray eventualy taking off as a viable platform. |
I'm not going to change your mind whatever I say, but that's an interesting interpretation.
the title is bit too hard
but I understand that BR is, right now, in the middle between UMD and DVD
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Basically, he's saying that Blu-Ray is a niche format for technophiles. While this is currently true, it's also a rather severe case of the pot calling the kettle black.
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Implementing blu-ray their Imac's (where you might expect to find BR) is too cost-prohibitive for now. AFAIK, Imac's use slot loading laptop drives and blu-ray enabled drives like this are still going for ~$300. Add the markup you expect from an apple product and the price of a 24 inch Imac would be well into the $3000 dollar range.
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| darthdevidem01 said: @fishyjoe what the macbook air thingy?? I'm afraid I still don't get the point of that laptop.... |
hmm...to reinterpet your statement: the main selling point of the air is that it's the thinnest/lightest laptop on the market. that said - it's a bit of an unfair comparision cause it doesn't contain any disc drive (blu ray or dvd). you have to buy an external drive if you want the support. so i guess the point is it's small and easier to carry around - kind of a big deal when you're trying to sell a portable device.
So now MS and Apple both knock on Blu-Ray... If Blu-Ray was doing so great Jobs would work hard to get it into his notebooks to have that "PS3 Edge"
The rest is a pretty generic statement saying they have to wait for it to take off and be a viable platform. You can put any new technology in place of Blu-ray.
Apple is in a very different position from MS regarding Blu-ray. Apple has a seat on the board of directors for the BDA. MS has no stake in Blu-ray AFAIK.
That means apple has access to most of the information regarding Blu-ray including sales, licensing, technology, legal, etc.
fishyjoe,
no wonder how i try to spin it, he is just saying he doesn't feel its the time YET.
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