Blu-ray support

Is uttering the word Blu-ray punishible by excommunication or death here? Why does DVDSP4 have support for HD-DVD but not Blu-ray? Did Apple sign an exclusive contract with HD-DVD like some studios did? Many of those contracts expire in August and a host of studios have announced that they're migrating to Blu-ray at that point: some are outright abandoning the HD-DVD format. This does not bode well at all for the HD-DVD format. The Blu-ray format is technically superior, anyway, so it's just as well.

Still the question begs, why doesn't Apple develop an upgrade or plug-in with Blu-ray support for DVDSP4? Apple sits on the Blu-ray board but doesn't support the format - how weird is that? they tell you they support it with press releases but nothing that translates into action.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Feb 14, 2008 2:34 PM

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David S.

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Mar 17, 2008 12:12 PM in response to hbrod

*Discussions about a serious limitation in DVDSP4 is entirely on-topic and within the ambit of acceptable speech in this forum.*

No they aren't.

But you actually have to read the rules to observe them, wouldn't you.

Jun 7, 2008 2:49 AM in response to Eric Pautsch1

I am surprised Apple (so far) haven’t deleted this thread.. they don’t like anything negative about them do they? because Apple rule the universe right?!! lol

Personally I think there is probably a method to Apple's madness of no BluRay, for all we know Apple may even have a completely new format altogether that is superior to BluRay or anything else currently available? The truth is we just simply don’t know, so of course there is always going to be speculation and we should have the right to.. well, Speculate! However, the argument of just providing an online solution for distribution doesn’t cut it for me.. far too impractical. There are still millions that use dial-up globally!

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Blu-ray support