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macintologist · Sep 2, 2006, 05:12 PM

I'm wondering if any MacNNers here own or use Blu-Ray movies and watch them on their HD-compatible widescreen TV?

Has anyone here purchased and successfully used the new Logitech Blu Ray drive which is Mac compatible?

C.A.T.S. CEO · Sep 2, 2006, 05:16 PM

No. but i hope to.

link?

powerbook867 · Sep 2, 2006, 05:42 PM

Too pricey for me yet....I'll wait a year till they are 100-200 dollars...

goMac · Sep 2, 2006, 05:44 PM

June next year I'll either be picking up an HD-DVD player or a combo player. When I get my new desktop next WWDC I'll either be putting in an HD-DVD drive or a combo drive.

stevesnj · Sep 2, 2006, 05:49 PM

The Blu-Ray Players don't even play HD DVD's yet...if you look it up the Blu Ray drives need a firmware upgrade to allow HD playback of HD-DVD's. If I find the article I will post it

edit : Blu-ray camp can't get 50GB titles to work? - Engadget

baw · Sep 2, 2006, 05:59 PM

Both formats will fail.

Joe: "It looks like a DVD disc to me."

Salespeon: "But it isn't a DVD. It is HD-DVD."

Joe: "I don't see the difference"

Beta ftw!!1!

TETENAL · Sep 2, 2006, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by stevesnj

The Blu-Ray Players don't even play HD DVD's yet...

Do HD-DVD players play BueRay disks?

Gossamer · Sep 2, 2006, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

Do HD-DVD players play BueRay disks?

I don't think he meant HD as in the HD standard, but the high density Blu-ray discs. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.

turtle777 · Sep 2, 2006, 06:11 PM

Nope, not anytime soon.

-t

Eug · Sep 2, 2006, 06:59 PM

I may buy the HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360 around Xmas time.

Then again I might not.

P.S. Buying the Blu-ray drive for a Mac is useless for movie playback at this time AFAIK.

macintologist · Sep 2, 2006, 07:38 PM

I hope Apple does something about Blu ray support for mac sometime soon.

mduell · Sep 2, 2006, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by stevesnj

The Blu-Ray Players don't even play HD DVD's yet...if you look it up the Blu Ray drives need a firmware upgrade to allow HD playback of HD-DVD's.

You can't play both BluRay and HD-DVD on the same set-top player. A few have tried (Samsung, Pioneer come to mind) and Sony will not license BluRay for such a use.

The firmware upgrade for the Samsung BluRay player is so the video quality doesn't look like sh!t.

wataru · Sep 2, 2006, 07:44 PM

I, personally, have zero interest in post-DVD formats.

I'll upgrade when they're built into devices I'm buying already, at no extra cost.

goMac · Sep 2, 2006, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by macintologist

I hope Apple does something about Blu ray support for mac sometime soon.

I mentioned this in another thread, but my sources have said they're waiting for the format war to blow over. Although I could see them offering both.

macintologist · Sep 2, 2006, 08:09 PM

I really don't get it. I watch the HD trailers on Apple's site, and yea they look good, but a DVD movie experience is perfectly adequate and twice the resolution will NOT make a crappy movie less crappy.

Eug · Sep 2, 2006, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by mduell

You can't play both BluRay and HD-DVD on the same set-top player. A few have tried (Samsung, Pioneer come to mind) and Sony will not license BluRay for such a use.

Not a set top player, but this is promising nonetheless:

Pioneer to release hybrid BR/HD-DVD drive.

The first new drive, the BDR-102 will also support CD-R/RW discs, another disc format missing from the company's current product, the BDR-101. The BDR-102 is due to ship early next year, possibly in two versions, one with an IDE interface, the other with a SATA connector. It's not clear at what speeds the BDR-102 will write single- and dual-layer, 25GB and 50GB BD-R and BD-RE discs.

Further out, the BDR-103 will bring on board support for HD DVD, presumably recordable and rewriteable versions of the format as well as pre-recorded discs.

ink · Sep 2, 2006, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by wataru

I, personally, have zero interest in post-DVD formats.

I'll upgrade when they're built into devices I'm buying already, at no extra cost.

I'll upgrade when the default Netflix format is, whatever nextgen format wins.

By that time, I figure the bleeding-edge videophiles will have moved onto the next format, which will involve an extra dimension, a wall in your theater room, and some sort of network-transmitted aroma broadcast with two competing standards.

- - e r i k - - · Sep 3, 2006, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by wataru

I, personally, have zero interest in post-DVD formats.

I'll upgrade when they're built into devices I'm buying already, at no extra cost.

Agreed. Even though I agree that DVD looks like **** when scrutinized.

Obi Wan's Ghost · Sep 3, 2006, 04:30 AM

Originally Posted by mduell

You can't play both BluRay and HD-DVD on the same set-top player. A few have tried (Samsung, Pioneer come to mind) and Sony will not license BluRay for such a use.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09...y_hd_dvd_plan/

Pioneer will follow up the release of its Blu-ray Disc recorder with an updated model that supports dual-layer media, it has emerged. And the company said it is planning to offer a version that can also handle HD DVD.

The first new drive, the BDR-102 will also support CD-R/RW discs, another disc format missing from the company's current product, the BDR-101. The BDR-102 is due to ship early next year, possibly in two versions, one with an IDE interface, the other with a SATA connector. It's not clear at what speeds the BDR-102 will write single- and dual-layer, 25GB and 50GB BD-R and BD-RE discs.

powerbook867 · Sep 3, 2006, 10:08 AM

Looks like the formats showed up to the party and no one else did...

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...chnologyNews-2