Re: Guess: Will New Apple systems sport Blu-Ray?

Derek Janssen wrote:

Just to throw out a few absolute guesses [-GUESSES-]:

iPod Video is just starting to become the default technology for studios to push their TV-rerun download product (yes, even Warner's given in), but that's essentially become king of the frog pond--
It hasn't really become the "replacement for DVD" yet that clueless analysts thought it would.

So far, Steve's big push to make the iPV (which he didn't really want to make in the first place) a new default technology has been to ask studios to include "iPod-ready" .MP4 versions of their movies as an extra on the commercial disks and HD's...

Amazon has already made your analysis questionable.

...By what, doing a Blockbuster?

<checks>
Ohh, I see, you mean that "Unbox" thing.

Which can only be accessed through Amazon's own downloading software.
For Windows only.
To download files playable only on Plays for Sure-compatible players, such as the Toshiba, Archos, and Creative Zen.
At prices equal to or more than the DVD release, at most discount outlets per sale.

(How many reasons Why Apple Is Not Immediately Worried can YOU spot in the above?) :)

Derek Janssen
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