deal on internal BD player?

[AllGold]

Sorry for the slight threadjack but doesn't the fact that there is no native support for Bluray playback on the Mac just make you say WTF?

[Will Collier]

AllGold wrote:
Sorry for the slight threadjack but doesn't the fact that there is no native support for Bluray playback on the Mac just make you say WTF?

Jobs (a) doesn't want to pay BD's licensing fees, (b) doesn't want to include all the required DRM hardware, and © wants to kill physical discs as movie transfer media (except when made by Disney, of course). Thus, no BD on Macs...

(None of the above should be construed as my agreement with the Leader's position, BTW... at the very least, Apple should have added BD authoring to DVDSP years ago.)

[testcase]

Sony really dropped the ball re: BluRay. Waaaaaay too expensive initially and, not enough of an improvement over DVDs at the launch. At BR's debut, most people still had screens under 42".Too small to notice the difference. Media title choice was initially marginal. Until "the masses" have a player at home, there won't be a real financial incentive for the studios. Years later, players still are over $100 more often than not. I've never seen anything close to $50 for a BR player. I doubt my local library has 100 BR titles yet vs many 1,000s on DVD. Do any computers other than Sony come with a BR drive? Looks like any lessons Sony might have learned from BetaMax have been forgotten.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Will Collier wrote:
[quote=AllGold]
Sorry for the slight threadjack but doesn't the fact that there is no native support for Bluray playback on the Mac just make you say WTF?

Jobs (a) doesn't want to pay BD's licensing fees, (b) doesn't want to include all the required DRM hardware, and © wants to kill physical discs as movie transfer media (except when made by Disney, of course). Thus, no BD on Macs...
I do think (b) is valid any more. I have not tried myself, but I am pretty sure a Mac Pro with a Blu-ray drive, Windows, and a software player will play Blu-ray movies as long as the display and video card support HDCP. It is only the idea of paying licensing fees and wanting to continue to piss in Sony's punch bowl.


Is $57 close enough to $50? Blu-ray players go on sale for under $60 and should be around $45 on Black Friday this year. The price is being held up by companies adding network capability (cheaper than a refurb Apple TV2).

[RAMd®d]

I'm checking Amazon and BB now.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

That was BF 2010. Now is the wrong time for video/electronics sales. Fry's had the BD550 with more features for $89 in February, but is sold out. The cheapest one I see in a quick search is the Panasonic DMP-BD655K for $67 at (gag) Walmart*. Kmart has a Sansui listed for $73 but it is sold out.

Are you sure you just want a plain Blu-ray player??? I have a deal on this wireless-N model that also feeds your cat for just $50 more... :devil:

[RAMd®d]

I just ordered an LG BD-640 for $128 from Amazon. I just need something to feed my u2711.

The cat knows how to feed itself.

[decay]

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/VLU2BD12XLS/

* At this time Commercial Blue-ray movie playback not supported in OS X.