According to MacRumors, Steve Jobs has responded to an inquiry about the future of Blu-ray on the Mac. MacRumors reader Siva emailed Steve questioning the lack of a Blu-ray player in the recent Mac-mini hardware revision. To this, Steve Replied
Bluray is looking more and more like one of the high end audio formats that appeared as the successor to the CD - like it will be beaten by Internet downloadable formats.
Siva responded saying that the medium term benefits were substantial, including high density backups and high quality video. However, Jobs’ response offered little hope for Blu-ray in Mac.
No, free, instant gratification and convenience (likely in that order) is what made the downloadable formats take off. And the downloadable movie business is rapidly moving to free (Hulu) or rentals (iTunes) so storing purchased movies or TV shows is not an issue.I think you may be wrong - we may see a fast broad move to streamed free and rental content at sufficient quality (at least 720p) to win almost everyone over.
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Bluray is looking more and more like one of the high end audio formats that appeared as the successor to the CD - like it will be beaten by Internet downloadable formats.
Siva responded saying that the medium term benefits were substantial, including high density backups and high quality video. However, Jobs’ response offered little hope for Blu-ray in Mac.
No, free, instant gratification and convenience (likely in that order) is what made the downloadable formats take off. And the downloadable movie business is rapidly moving to free (Hulu) or rentals (iTunes) so storing purchased movies or TV shows is not an issue.I think you may be wrong - we may see a fast broad move to streamed free and rental content at sufficient quality (at least 720p) to win almost everyone over.
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