Internal Blu-Ray drive for the MacBook Pro at DVinfo.net

Paulo Teixeira · April 6th, 2007, 12:24 PM

http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/04/...drive.upgrade/
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/04...tmac/index.php

Geoff Murrin · April 6th, 2007, 12:44 PM

great for burning, but will you ba able to playback bl-ray movies and have them play as full 1080p out put through the macbook/Pro's dvi out?

My guess is no. The dvd player in a macbook/pro is just that: a dvd player.

Maybe third party bluray play back support will be needed.

Steve Benner · April 6th, 2007, 01:07 PM

After NAB or WWDC I expect that the new macs will support BOTH HD DVD and Blu-Ray as Apple has claimed they will be supporting both formats since both use H.264.

Geoff Murrin · April 6th, 2007, 01:47 PM

Yeah, but I would love my current 1.83 core duo macbook pro to be able to play back bluray from either store bought movies, or ones I edit then burn to bluray disc via FCP.

Cool none the less.

Paulo Teixeira · April 7th, 2007, 09:04 AM

There are a lot of people complaining about Apple not releasing a built to order Blu-Ray/HD DVD option and the obvious conclusion is that Apple doesn’t want to take sides yet but my theory is that it’s probably because of DRM issues.

Steve Benner · April 7th, 2007, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulo Teixeira

There are a lot of people complaining about Apple not releasing a built to order Blu-Ray/HD DVD option and the obvious conclusion is that Apple doesn’t want to take sides yet but my theory is that it’s probably because of DRM issues.

I think that they will soon unvail (Likely with Leopard in June) a Dual-Blue Drive that does both. Apple is not just going to keep offering Dual-Layer SD drives. They have claimed to support both formats, and I expect either a combo drive, or the option of either especially now that the Mac Pro's have two slots.

Paulo Teixeira · April 20th, 2007, 08:14 PM

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/we...omments/13364/

Harrison Murchison · April 21st, 2007, 06:49 PM

The website for the fastmac BD drive mentions NOTHING about playing back movies. Frankly I don't think it can because of HDCP and AACS issues. The thing is why are journalists "assuming" that it does?

Paulo Teixeira · April 27th, 2007, 08:24 PM

It may not be the best Blu-Ray burner but 500 dollars is not a bad deal
http://fastmac.com/slim_bluray.php

April 6th, 2007, 12:24 PM	#1
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April 6th, 2007, 12:44 PM	#2
Geoff Murrin Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 46	Cool! great for burning, but will you ba able to playback bl-ray movies and have them play as full 1080p out put through the macbook/Pro's dvi out? My guess is no. The dvd player in a macbook/pro is just that: a dvd player. Maybe third party bluray play back support will be needed.

April 7th, 2007, 09:04 AM	#5
Paulo Teixeira Trustee Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,773	There are a lot of people complaining about Apple not releasing a built to order Blu-Ray/HD DVD option and the obvious conclusion is that Apple doesn’t want to take sides yet but my theory is that it’s probably because of DRM issues. __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/PhotoVi...esEtc/featured https://www.pond5.com/artist/paulot

April 20th, 2007, 08:14 PM	#7
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April 27th, 2007, 08:24 PM	#9
Paulo Teixeira Trustee Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,773	It may not be the best Blu-Ray burner but 500 dollars is not a bad deal http://fastmac.com/slim_bluray.php __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/PhotoVi...esEtc/featured https://www.pond5.com/artist/paulot

April 6th, 2007, 01:07 PM	#3
Steve Benner Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United States Posts: 590	After NAB or WWDC I expect that the new macs will support BOTH HD DVD and Blu-Ray as Apple has claimed they will be supporting both formats since both use H.264.

April 6th, 2007, 01:47 PM	#4
Geoff Murrin Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 46	Yeah, but I would love my current 1.83 core duo macbook pro to be able to play back bluray from either store bought movies, or ones I edit then burn to bluray disc via FCP. Cool none the less.

April 21st, 2007, 06:49 PM	#8
Harrison Murchison Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 243	The website for the fastmac BD drive mentions NOTHING about playing back movies. Frankly I don't think it can because of HDCP and AACS issues. The thing is why are journalists "assuming" that it does?