DVD studio pro

[John Pale]

John- My opinion is it goes beyond Apple making enough profit. I think Apple’s modus operandi is to COLLECT royalties not PAY them.

Care to elaborate? What royalties are we talking about ?

[Jerry Alto]

John- Sorry, I mean’t to say licensing fees, not royalties. If I remember correctly, Apple was one of the lead companies in the early development stages of HD DVDs.

When Sony won the HD DVD vs. Blueray battle Apple bailed. I don’t think they liked the idea of paying Sony.

I meant to say; Apple likes to COLLECT licensing fees, not PAY them.

MacPro 2.93 Quad
FCP7
Sony Z-1
GV-HD700

[Shawn Birmingham]

Apple never supported the offical HD DVD spec. DVD SP created DVDs that had HD content, that would only play on Macs. They would not play on Toshiba’s HD DVD players. Toshiba changed the programming on their HD DVD players so they could play these Mac only discs.

[Thomas Frank]

Not true Apple was or is still a board member in the Blu-Ray Group.
The only reason why Apple cries Blu-Ray is dead, is called iTunes Store!

[Derek Andonian]

[Andree Franks] “The only reason why Apple cries Blu-Ray is dead, is called iTunes Store!”

I fully agree- even more so now that they’re getting rid of optical drives entirely right after the Mac App store came out. I remember when the Mac App store was announced Steve said, “It’s not the only way to get apps, but we think it’s the best way.” But now it’s starting to look like they DO want it to be the only way. I can’t help but wonder if we’re going to start seeing websites devoted to “Jailbreaking” the Mac in the not-to-distant future.

As for Steve’s assertion that Blu-ray is dead- it’s very much alive. It’s still small compared to DVD, but it’s been growing steadily since it was introduced. And I have a feeling it’s going to get a serious jump-start this fall, starting next month when the Star Wars films come out…

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“THAT’S our fail-safe point. Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.”

[Scott Sheriff]

[Greg Andonian] “If it IS transitory, the transition is going to be longer than Steve wants us to believe. Unless someone comes up with a miraculous new video codec, it’s going to be a long time before anything streamed online comes anywhere close to Blu-ray quality. And even if I’m wrong, there will be ISP-imposed data caps to contend with.”

Not to mention that only about 40% of America has affordable access to broadband.
I do dozens of DVD’s of every project I work on. Perhaps my clients are not on Jobs cc list, and didn’t get the memo that DVD’s are dead.

Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair

Where were you on 6/21?

[Craig Seeman]

I can’t define “affordable” but PEW research says it’s up around 90% that have access to broadband and about 60% or so have it.

66% have broadand
https://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Home-Broadband-2010/Summary-of-Findings.aspx

up to 10% don’t have access.
https://www.pewinternet.org/Media-Mentions/2011/Internet-service-map.aspx

https://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2010/Nov/Opportunity-Online.aspx