RoughlyDrafted had a great post yesterday that predicts Apple TV will knock out Netflix and brick-and-mortar rental stores with one deadly blow. Apple also couldn’t force all of the labels to sell their movies in iTunes as digital downloads. It could, however, get them all to sign up for movie rentals if it matched the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Blu-ray’
Will Apple TV kill cable/satellite? Netflix? Retail rental?
Posted in Apple TV, iTunes Store, tagged Apple TV, Blu-ray, DVD HD, iTunes Store, Netflix on January 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Review: using the Playstation III as a Blu-ray player
Posted in Product review, Uncategorized, tagged Blu-ray, HD DVD, HDMI, Jagermeister, Playstation III, Sony Bravia, Talladega Nights, zombies on January 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Lately, Scott has been writing a good bit about the Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD (why is this in italics? It’s a Blue Book thing. Dang lawyers.) question. And, as you might recall from a previous post, I was on the fence as to how to handle the ticklish decision situation. It seems after some late [...]
And just like that, HD DVD is now basically toast
Posted in iTunes Store, tagged Blu-ray, HD DVD, iTunes Store, Macworld, NBC Universal on January 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wow, less than a week after Warner Brothers said it chose Blu-ray over HD DVD and would no longer sell high-definition discs in both formats, Paramount is also apparently dumping HD DVD, according to a report today by Financial Times. NBC Universal is now the only major studio in the HD DVD camp and — [...]
Notes: iTS movie rentals, non-DRM music, Radiohead
Posted in iTunes Store, Steve Jobs, Uncategorized, tagged Apple Insider, Blu-ray, iTunes, iTunes Store, Jeff Zucker, MacRumors, Macworld, NBC Universal, Radiohead, The Beatles on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There are so many rumors and news items blowing around, I’m going to need oxygen to keep from hyperventilating between now and Macworld. Let’s go: Macworld. Steve Jobs’ keynote address is Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 — one week from today — starting at 12 p.m. EDT. Movie rentals. BusinessWeek says today that Apple is close [...]
What’s a boy to do with his new toys?
Posted in Uncategorized, zombies, tagged Blu-ray, HD DVD, Michael Jackson, Wives, zombies on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am more overwhelmed with options than Michael Jackson at a Cub Scout Jamboree. The geeks came yesterday and mounted my new TV (that’s about the only kind of “mounting” those guys do, but, I digress.). As you can see, the wall is still opened up, as I have numerous wires and cables to snake [...]
Competing formats holding back HD disc, player sales
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Apple TV, Blu-ray, HD DVD, Macworld, New York Times, Steve Jobs on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The New York Times has a good piece today on the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format fiasco. Basically, the studios and equipment manufacturers have continued to dig in their heels over agreeing to a single format and — surprise! — consumers are still sitting on the sideline. The impulse Apple angle is to say that [...]
