“According to anonymous film industry insiders Apple has been asking studios to include iPod video content on Blu-ray discs,” iClaire reports for iPod Hub. “Though movies on Blu-ray discs are expected to start shipping next month and a large screen iPod is still probably months away, Apple wants to make sure that when their next-generation iPod is released it will have a sufficient library of playable content already available for customers to watch.”
iClaire reports, “And Apple could be in a strong position to make their wish a reality. Already in the Blu-ray camp are Sony, who Apple have been working with closely of late with regard to its HD cameras; and Disney, who have been close partners of Steve Jobs’ Pixar.”
Full article here.
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” Disney, who have been close partners of Steve Jobs’ Pixar.” someones not up to date here haha, should be changed to….”Disney, whos majority shareholder is Steve Jobs, after the sale of Pixar”.
or should i say largest shareholder? i know how people like to nit-pick on herer ;P
Well, maybe not “majority”
andy… they’re jump you for “herer”
: )
Me? Nitpick??
…and me too for not proofing! Someone call in the Proof Nazi’s!
: )
This would actually benefit DVD sales, giving them some greater usefulness.
its rediculis! their reall bad aboy spellin here… dont wurry. Bea happy!
>andy… they’re jump you for “herer”>
It’s they’ll.
But REAL would sue (with financial support by Microsoft) Apple regarding antitrust and monopolist actions.
AL, why? I don’t think anyone mentioned that Apple was asking for an exclusive. There’s plenty of room on a Blu-Ray disc to fit portable content in several formats. Besides, the iPod video format is an open standard, so unless the version on the disc is somehow protected with Apple’s FairPlay DRM, which seems unlikely, since FairPlay needs the iTunes Music Store to manage the authorizations, then other portable players could play it as well.
There is enough room on a Blu-Ray for a WMP version as well. Also, these iPod videos will (I assume, confidently) include DRM.
What I am most curious about is whether the extras will also be included, and whether higher-resolution iPod videos will be supported, indicating a new video iPod from Apple.
Ok, ok, so what the movie distributers will need to do is, on every Blu-ray disc you’ll have every format for home theater, iPod, MS/Real thingy, and whoever else shows up in the market place.
I actually think it could work, and I think it would have the net effect of reducing the amount of copying by the end user to get it onto a portable device(s) to help keep the kids quiet while traveling and etc.
Some one inform andy of the existence of apostrophies.
Man, I can’t wait for Blu-Ray! But I’m really, really lookin’ forward to the availability of all those TV series!
Think about it: Entire seasons of all those great, quality 70’s shows like Sanford & Son, Maude, Good Times, Starsky & Hutch, Love Boat, Welcome Back, Kotter, CHiPs, Wonder Woman, Six Million Dollar Man, Charlie’s Angels, S.W.A.T., MacMillan & Wife, The Flip Wilson Show, Love, American Style, The Rookies, Laverne & Shirley, Barnaby Jones, Kung Fu, Baretta, Police Woman, Captain & Tenille, Holmes & Yo Yo . . . ohh, man — the list of quality just goes on and on!
And each of these entire series’ on one disc?!?!?!?!? WOW! NO MORE MULTI-DISC SETS??? Yes! That’ll clear up soooooooooo much shelf space for me! Why, my Rhoda and Three’s Company sets were taking up so much room they had to be moved to the den. Now they can come back out to the living room with the rest!
Oh, and now Man from Atlantis will fit, too!
YEEEEEHAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
Thank you soooooo much, Blu-Ray! This’ll be the best year ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
” Disney, who have been close partners of Steve Jobs’ Pixar.” someones not up to date here haha, should be changed to….”Disney, whos majority shareholder is Steve Jobs, after the sale of Pixar”.
The deal hasn’t actually happened yet, has it? I think it’s supposed to be finalized in July.
um… you suck.
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The 70’s suck
is actually the grandson of the IMB chief that said early in the last century that the world would only need 5 or 6 computers.
Jim – the independent voter
Is the dyslexic love child of tom cruise and brook shields… Its IBM not IMB you moron.
The 70′ Suck – What about “Fantasy Island”?
That really sucked too.
Uhh, Jim –“early in the last century”? As in, before 1925?
I didn’t know there were computers “early” in the last century!
A–hole.
(P.S. Add “Room 222” to the list of prime 70s suck.)
Blu Ray? Is that the new CD by Ray Charles?
“According to anonymous film industry insiders Apple has been asking studios to include iPod video content on Blu-ray discs,”
Hmmm, buy a BlueRay HD movie,
1) Play it on your BlueRay HD player in full quality on your HDCP compliant HDTV.
2) Play it in substancial lesser quality on your Mac without a BlueRay Drive
3) Play it substancial lessor quality on your PowerMacTel with BlueRay drive because there is no DRM chip in Apple’s monitors yet.
4) Play it in substancial lessor quality on a external monitor because the HDCP is decoded in the Intel processors and the Apple DRM doesn’t match the external monitor’s DRM if it has one. Or there is no HDCP pass through ability.
5) Play it in full quality on your BlueRay equipted Mac, with Apple DRMed monitor, but can’t use software to screen record it.
6) Play it in a really substancial substandard quality for iPods with no DRM and pass the copy to all your friends so they don’t have to pay the $50 or so to watch the movie.
Hmmm…
What incentive would Hollywood have to put anything other than fairplay encoded iPod compatible versions on the DVD. Many websites require Real Player or Windows Media Player.
Besides, if iPod has 80% of the market, why waste resources. It is the same with many windows only programmers.
Apple does not have to do anything illegal. Just the size would get lawyers waiting in line to call Apple a monopoly and sue Apple. We just need a few more compaines to stop making music players and portable video players, which will happen when they want to stop losing money.
Just a bit of info – Toshiba shipped 10,000 HD-DVD players (not recorders) about a week and a half ago. They sold out in about 3 days. There are only 8(approx) titles for it right now.
Sony better get Blu-Ray out the door!
They talk about it on DL.TV HERE
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