sharksdelight
Contributor
It is not a matter of Mac not supporting blu ray at all. You can create settings for blu ray in Compressor. The problem is that the powers that be in the Blu ray camp wanted an absolutely outrageous amount per Mac computer in order for Apple to get the licence. I should remember the $ amount but I was told by an Apple big-shot a long time ago and have since forgotten.
You can still buy an external blu ray burner and burn blu ray discs. I really think it is all a moot issue as Blu ray will not be replacing standard DVDs and haven't come close to equally the amount of them sold in the past year. Newer technologies already exist that already surpass blu ray in terms of accessibility and cost. While the blu ray prices have dropped some, I would advise no one to invest in it. In my mind, it is a shame that Toshiba gave up the ghost for their HD DVDs...who needs all the extra trailers and talking heads that the larger capacity blu ray offers and very few people could see a resolution difference between the two formats.
With NAB this week, plan to view many new items coming out.
Steve
You can still buy an external blu ray burner and burn blu ray discs. I really think it is all a moot issue as Blu ray will not be replacing standard DVDs and haven't come close to equally the amount of them sold in the past year. Newer technologies already exist that already surpass blu ray in terms of accessibility and cost. While the blu ray prices have dropped some, I would advise no one to invest in it. In my mind, it is a shame that Toshiba gave up the ghost for their HD DVDs...who needs all the extra trailers and talking heads that the larger capacity blu ray offers and very few people could see a resolution difference between the two formats.
With NAB this week, plan to view many new items coming out.
Steve