Blu-ray Now In 10 Million Homes

[wes]

Netflix and Blockbuster on a monthly basis are cheaper per movie than downloading movies on Apple!

[HomeTech]

So are bootlegged versions, the local video store, etc, etc, etc... We are comparing to NOW, not in the mail maybe but NOW.

We are talking cool interface. Not a couple of bucks difference in getting what you want NOW. We are talking millions of people who already have accounts on itunes and know-how to use the interface. READ there VISA card is already on file. NO GOOFY points system or mail system. I mean apple is laughing all the way to the bank.

Better sell your stock in netflix, blockbuster, and perhaps sony; cause apple made every music player obsolete within a few short years while we all nashed our teeth about quality and compression and how much better SACD is and blah blah blah blah blah.

Can you say paradigm shift.

I had ten 4 year olds at a birthday party a week ago and after all the fun and games everyone ended up in my theatre watching a Jimmy Neutron Movie within 5 minutes of deciding that would be a great idea. Not one kid or parent said, "You know the audio presentation sort of suffered and I dont think that 720P looked as good as my BlueRay" they said, "That was awesome, you mean I could get one of those to hook to my TV"

[wes]

Bla Bla Bla yes Apple TV is cool but I still think it is still a half baked product. We own 4 Macs and 4 iPod so I am not against Apple, but they need Apple TV 3.0

Here are the specs: Apple TV 3.0

- 1 Terabyte Flash storage
- HDMi 1.3b
- Decode DD Tru HD and DTS Master Audio
- Sell movies in 1080p with high def sound

[HomeTech]

I could not agree more that those specs would be nice. In fact I bought my apple tv almost a year ago and threw it on the shelf when I realized it would only output the video in Ipod resolution. It has only been since February that a firmware upgrade allowed me to even put it in my system. I hope maybe a firmware upgrade will get better audio presentations. I dont hold out any hope that they would even attempt 1080p at this or any close future update due to the bandwidth requirements to get such a download and the fact that most people just wont care and be very happy.

[wes]

One can always dream!

[rlpiii]

Originally Posted by HomeTech

. . . I dont hold out any hope that they would even attempt 1080p at this or any close future update due to the bandwidth requirements to get such a download and the fact that most people just wont care and be very happy.

Apple has been carrying 1080p trailers for free download for well over a year now, so stepping up to 1080p for selling full length movies should not be that much harder for them.