AppleTV vs Blu-ray

[blu-backer]

I'm sure some people will say that HD downloads are the future and Blu-Ray's victory over HD-DVD is meaningless. I still don't buy into it and reading this makes me happy that I chose Blu-Ray and will be sticking with it for a while. I have no desire to line Apple's pockets.

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/art...he-comparison/

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by blu-backer

I'm sure some people will say that HD downloads are the future and Blu-Ray's victory over HD-DVD is meaningless. I still don't buy into it and reading this makes me happy that I chose Blu-Ray and will be sticking with it for a while. I have no desire to line Apple's pockets.

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/art...he-comparison/

For it to because mainstream every need to have AppleTV in their home and unlimited bandwitdh account + very high speed.

[Sporty]

Originally Posted by ryoohki

For it to because mainstream every need to have AppleTV in their home and unlimited bandwitdh account + very high speed.

Yeah it's still years away, but the article was just comparing PQ of both, and you can see AppleTV looks like crap

[hardcore_canadian]

If Digital Downloads take off, i hope Apple is at the forefront, and not Microsoft. Then Like I've stated before, i hope Pirates kill it

[blu-backer]

Originally Posted by Sporty

Yeah it's still years away, but the article was just comparing PQ of both, and you can see AppleTV looks like crap

I, for one, am seriously hoping that AppleTV dies a slow and miserable death.

[thunderclap]

While digital download for movies and television makes sense from a rental standpoint, I don't get the interest for purchase. Considering how big the files would be storage will end up being an issue. Also, what about special features? If it does take off I can see it working for the film itself but how will one get the supplemental material?

[Animusmors]

Digital downloads is a lost cause right now. Don't get me wrong, I love apple's products and I love Blu-Ray since i got my PS3. But, I would like the apple Tv if it had recording functions. The movies look like crap compared to Blu-Ray so does the sound. I think it's a good concept and it IS the future but only the future after Blu-Ray. By the time the download technology is out of it's infancy, we SHOULD have storage crystals instead of hard drives......like Superman's set up.

[bilbravo]

Originally Posted by thunderclap

While digital download for movies and television makes sense from a rental standpoint, I don't get the interest for purchase. Considering how big the files would be storage will end up being an issue. Also, what about special features? If it does take off I can see it working for the film itself but how will one get the supplemental material?

I think this is the biggest issue here. After seeing the comparisons (which also all look like they were paused and taken with a camera--so there is still much to be said about the actual difference one would see in person) the AppleTV looks pretty good. So the difference isn't visual, but instead owning vs. renting. Who cares how you get the movie when renting, and if it looks almost as good--people probably won't care. But for owning, you want the best quality--and you want to have it on a disc. Storing on a hard drive isn't going to work right now (if they're as big as they need to be for the quality) and people won't want to have to stream it every time they watch it.

[BluStar88]

Originally Posted by Sporty

Yeah it's still years away, but the article was just comparing PQ of both, and you can see AppleTV looks like crap

I own apple tv it is crap.. can't compare quality


it takes me like 2-3 f@*#ing days to dowload a movie or a show. and the quality isn't that good.

I do like using it for tv though as I can't get american cable in china.

[BStecke]

If the quality got up there with Blu-ray I would use Apple TV for rental purposes in a heartbeat. It'd be a much more worthwhile investment than Netflix/Blockbuster, at least at this point. I'd still purchase the movies I really want.

[TheTenth]

The internet speed will not allow enough speed to give good quality to everyone, as bandwidth would die if millions of people were downloading 50Gb files at the same time, so it would work for occasional use, replacing rent imo.

[camper]

Originally Posted by BStecke

If the quality got up there with Blu-ray I would use Apple TV for rental purposes in a heartbeat. It'd be a much more worthwhile investment than Netflix/Blockbuster, at least at this point. I'd still purchase the movies I really want.

By the time the infrastructure will be able to handle Blu-Ray quality movies, the next big thing will be out and digital downloads will not be capable of handling that either.

Unless they start laying terabit fiber instead of gigabit.

~Camper