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When will Apple make the optical drives for all their machines - Superdrives, etc. - be compatible with the BluRay dvd format as well as backwards compatible with regular dvd's? Soon, I hope.
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Thats anyones guess. Alot of folks are hoping but with apple tv take 2 pushing hd rentals, my guess it won't happen. Maybe a 3rd party will do it. Not holding my breath on it though.
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The hardware must support the DRM format of Blu-Ray. Chances are the current generation of Mac's aren't compatible and therefore won't have external drives available for them. The next generation Mac's may support it, we'll see.
This may not be the gospel though, I'm just relaying what I've read on the net recently about this issue.
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What I want is an external FW800 Blu-ray recorder/player.
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Originally Posted by DanMacMan 
What I want is an external FW800 Blu-ray recorder/player.
Drive + Enclosure = 
FW800 is a waste when 4x BR is only 144Mbps.
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With Toshiba potentially dumping HD-DVD, the HD format war will be over. Then, perhaps Apple will start making blu-ray drives at least an option.
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Apple will not make Blu-Ray drives. They may start including them in Macs at some point in the relatively near future, but I think it won't be until there are "three-way" combo drives: CD-RW, DVD +/- RW-DL (the current Superdrives) PLUS Blu-Ray read or RW. Otherwise you'd have to have a "johnny one-note" drive in addition to the "do it all" drive most Macs already come with.
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Originally Posted by ghporter
They may start including them in Macs at some point in the relatively near future, but I think it won't be until there are "three-way" combo drives: CD-RW, DVD +/- RW-DL (the current Superdrives) PLUS Blu-Ray read or RW.
You mean exactly like the drives that have been on the market for months if not years? They're down to about $350 for SuperDrive+BR read+single layer BR write or $600 for SuperDrive+BR read+dual layer BR write.
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I didn't know that BR combo drives existed (I lead a sheltered life). In that case, it'll probably be demand that drives when these are offered-though I don't think it'll be a standard item, at least not for a while.
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Originally Posted by ghporter
In that case, it'll probably be demand that drives when these are offered-though I don't think it'll be a standard item, at least not for a while.
I agree. At such unit prices (even if Apple can get a steep volume discount) it will be a while before these become standard. There will be BTO upgrade options but it won't happen soon. Even more so since Steve seems convinced movies on optical disks are a thing of the past.
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Originally Posted by iOta
When will Apple make the optical drives for all their machines - Superdrives, etc. - be compatible with the BluRay dvd format as well as backwards compatible with regular dvd's? Soon, I hope.
WHY and what for ?
For data, yes, it would be nice down the road.
For watching movies ? I don't see the point just right now.
If you have a monitor < 24", you would only see a difference if you only sit less than 3 feet away. But what kind of movie watching experience is that ?
If you have a 30" or greater screen, chances are you could afford a big flat screen TV anyways, so what's the point of BR for your computer ?
-t
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