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- robbh66, on 01/04/2008, -1/+7Apple chose its side a long time ago.
- happyseamonster, on 01/04/2008, -0/+5There's a simple reason Apple will NOT provide a BD player for your TV; they have no control over the content on the disc. They will have them in Macs eventually because they are multi-purpose optical drives. The purpose of Apple TV is; "If it's on iTunes, it's on your TV". The last thing they want to do is give you a device so you can play discs you got from Netflix. ATV is so you can play iTunes content on your TV.
- wild, on 01/04/2008, -1/+2I see you already started saving your allowance in anticipation.
- DFENS, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1I have 3 macs. Love em. Just felt like a moment of anti-mac mentality :)
- rebotfc, on 01/04/2008, -1/+2Dugg for being honest about an rumor, if only all apple sites were as humble.
- LetsGoHawks, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1Considering the underwhelming response to Apple TV, they may change their minds. Everybody wants to own the living room and to do that you'll need to be able to stream media from a PC, perform DVR functions (if they're really smart they'll team with TiVo) and play media on a disc. Everybody already has a DVD player, so including one of those isn't a big deal..... but a Blu-Ray player is.
For the record, I don't think that discs, be it CD's, DVD's or whatever wins between HD & BR are going away anytime soon. Too many people do not understand or trust storing files electronically. Plus, there's just something comforting about having a little disc on the shelf with my movie on it. - deadbaby, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1Definitely would make the AppleTV a more interesting device. How about CableCARD support while you're at it? I'm not expecting a TIVO killer or anything but at least having the ability to use it for live TV (sports in my case) would be huge. I'd be willing to pay $500 for a box that can buy from iTunes, rent from iTunes, watch BR, and tune digital cable.
- randomerratum, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1I have to disagree with you there... This would make PERFECT sense.
An Apple BD player is sure to be (among) the most popular of players out there. You are either going to buy a stand alone BD player, or you are going to buy a BD player AND an Apple TV (or neither). By not adding BD capability they are not going to stop people from buying content elsewhere. But by combining the two and keeping the price competitive people will check iTunes for their favorite movies BEFORE running out to the store--- also rumored; iTunes movie rental service....
It'd be stupid of them NOT to add BD drives to these. If they do, I'm on board! Lets just hope their downloads start supporting 1080p - Tippis, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1If they're not doing it, it's more likely to be because it would require rewriting the whole graphics layer to comply with HDCP standards, much like what MS had to do in Vista.
That kind of rewrite isn't likely to happen with anything less than adding a completely new cat to the OSX lineup. - deadbaby, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1I'm a big fan of Apple but this is a pretty funny comment anyway.
- SPECOPS, on 01/04/2008, -0/+0YES! Cablecard+MultiFunction DVD (Bluray and HD)+120GB(or higher) hard drive (yes, to record your live shows, not just itunes transfers)=one successful apple tv!
- happyseamonster, on 01/04/2008, -2/+2Wikipedia::: The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is the industry consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray Disc technology and is responsible for establishing format standards and promoting business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc. The BDA is divided into three levels of membership: the Board of Directors, the Contributors, and the General Members. [1] The "Blu-ray Disc Founder" was founded in May 2002 by nine leading electronic companies: *****, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, Samsung, and Sony. Spearheaded by NP Infotech, on February 19th 2002 the companies announced [2] that they were the "Founders" of the Blu-ray Disc and later changed their name to the "Blu-ray Disc Association" on May 18, 2004 to allow more companies to join their development. Some examples of companies that signed in include{{{{{{{ Apple}}}}}, TDK, Dell, Hewlett Packard, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. and Universal Music Group. At the moment there are more than 250 members and supporters of the Association.
- DFENS, on 01/04/2008, -6/+3The new mac resembles Steve Jobs dick and only operates when it's in your mouth.
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