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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Apple's influence... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-11 02:35 · Score: -1, Troll

and from now on we'll call it BondiBlu-ray
Market Share by Jozer99 · 2005-03-11 03:15 · Score: -1, Troll

Apple plans to show its support by launching high end editing software that 1% of the 10% of Mac users with high end PowerMacs of the 4% Apple market share will use. What an event!
Re:The invisible elephant by Gilmoure · 2005-03-11 03:43 · Score: 0, Troll

You mean that porn chicks will look all flabby and stretch marked? NSFW

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