OR the fact that Apple has been a member of the BDA (Blu-ray Disc Association) for 3 years.
I do actually believe iTunes is the hold up. Hasn't Jobs decreed iTunes the wave of the video future? One thing is for sure, AppleTV is NOT selling like hotcakes, even after touting revision 2.0 -- stupidest revision ever (stuck at 720p while 1080p is now the defacto standard) -- and announcing actual HD video.
Okay enough complaining. My point is that HD video is one of Jobs' duds, at least his way of implementing it. Being a member of the BDA, and Blu-ray being the new optical standard, Apple *needs* to support it. Burnable 50GB data discs are great. And people want to *own* their copies of the movies, which downloads make insanely difficult. I think iTunes works fine for rental, but not as a paradigm for owning, and I hope that Jobs finally realizes that.
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EatingPie @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:47PM
OR the fact that Apple has been a member of the BDA (Blu-ray Disc Association) for 3 years.
I do actually believe iTunes is the hold up. Hasn't Jobs decreed iTunes the wave of the video future? One thing is for sure, AppleTV is NOT selling like hotcakes, even after touting revision 2.0 -- stupidest revision ever (stuck at 720p while 1080p is now the defacto standard) -- and announcing actual HD video.
Okay enough complaining. My point is that HD video is one of Jobs' duds, at least his way of implementing it. Being a member of the BDA, and Blu-ray being the new optical standard, Apple *needs* to support it. Burnable 50GB data discs are great. And people want to *own* their copies of the movies, which downloads make insanely difficult. I think iTunes works fine for rental, but not as a paradigm for owning, and I hope that Jobs finally realizes that.
-Pie