Apple Backs Blu-ray

Posted by Hemos on Friday March 11, 2005 @02:10AM from the beta-vs-vhs dept.

zaxios writes "The New York Times is reporting that Apple has joined the Blu-ray Disc Association, and will use Blu-ray in upcoming versions of iMovie and Final Cut. The move puts Apple among Sony, Matsushita, Dell, HP and Walt Disney in supporting Blu-ray; companies including Toshiba, NEC, Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema, Universal and Paramount are pledged to adopt the competing HD-DVD format. Apple's support confirms Blu-ray's future dominance on the desktop, but the division in Hollywood and notebook manufacturers between the two HD videodiscs will ensure the bona fide format war we were all secretly pining for."

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Re:um? by Gilmoure · 2005-03-11 03:25 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yeah, how does a piddley 2% white box manufacturer have any influence on the computer industry?

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Re:Haven't you heard? by Farmer+Tim · 2005-03-12 00:05 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Who cares? The beleagured Apple is about to go out of business anyway, their decision to use the dying BSD as the basis of their OS just confirms it.

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