Tag: blu-ray
Apple Says No To Blu-ray, “A Complex And Not-Great Technology”
Those who were holding out hope for a Mac with built in Blu-ray support can probably stop holding their breath. When asked why they chose...
Asus Announces A Sleek External Blu-ray Writer
If you’re in need of a Blu-ray writer for your Mac, you’re probably going to need an external device. Not many of us are rocking...
1080p iTunes movies are almost as good as Blu-Ray
So, Apple has upped the quality of their high definition movies on iTunes to 1080p. Good news, right? That’s the same quality as Blu-Rays, right?...
VLC 2.0 to ship this week with Blu-Ray support and a new UI
VLC, the popular open source media player, will be hitting the 2.0 release this week, and with it comes some significant UI changes.
Has the rumor mill lost its collective minds? 3D iPhone screens?
The rumor mill has apparently lost its collective minds with this latest rumor. Now take this with a fairly large grain of salt. Apparently Apple...
Macbook Air SuperDrives being pulled from Apple Store shelves?
Earlier today we reported that MacBook Air supply seems to be thinning out at third party resellers. MacBook Air rumours are in full swing again....
Microsoft spreading FUD with their new ad campaign.
As Apple gains market share, they are going to see their competitors become more aggressive in their advertising. Currently, Dell and Microsoft are each independently...
A Bag of Hurt: In Defense of Steve
BLU-RAY! I have been doing a lot of complaining lately about the lack of Blu-Ray playback on Mac OS X. If I want to watch...
Getting non-encrypted Blu-Ray content to play on your Mac.
The lack of Blu-Ray support in Mac OS X is slowly driving me insane. As my Blu-Ray collection grows, my disdain for Apple executives snowballs....
Mac Users Need Some High-Def Love
The High-Def format war has been over for almost a year and a half now. That fact begs the question “When will us Mac users...
A Beginner’s Guide to Video: Part One
Complexity is an unfortunate byproduct of technology. Many substantial innovations we have seen in the last hundred or so years are very hard to understand on the surface. The process of compression is incredibly hard to understand in full unless you feel like studying volumes upon volumes of specifications for codecs (Compressor/Decompressors). Luckily, we don’t have to understand the intricacies of compression to use it handily. Before I continue further about compression, there are some important highlights about video sources that I need to touch on.