Sounds like someone's bitter over an experience they had at some point in the past. I'll assume this was 10 years ago with OS 9, since you conveniently left out when you had a bad experience, what the problem was and any kind of detail that would steer you in the direction of anything but a blathering Windows fanboy.

Feel free to jump in here with your experience and prove me wrong (I honestly hope you do).

"Apple is stonewalling the technology to protect it's iTunes movie store and it is very frustrating. it is time to embrace the technology!!"

To which I say... digital delivery. It's time to embrace the technology! Yes, Apple would rather you use iTunes to get your HD media. Saying that Apple isn't embracing a technology in a timely manner is a silly argument here.


"also... let consumers decide. apple ought to just start using Superdrives which can read BD discs without writing, they are economical also."

Consumers *are* deciding, with the huge torrent of HD video sales via iTunes. There isn't a huge clamour for BD on the Mac. The poll here is incredibly skewed (we're on a HD content blog). Consumers marketwide don't really care for BD on their systems.


"Apple is behind the times here. and it shows ... they used to lead in technology. now they are slow laggards."

Talk to me in five years when damn near everything is being delivered digitally to most of the consumer market, as the current trends indicate is happening. Netflix just increased their BD pricing because not enough people are grabbing the BD versions of media to justify the increased inventory. Yes, this leads to a chicken/egg argument but that is their justification.


"and honestly, i don't like Digital Copy that much, maybe once in a while, but it takes up too much space on my laptop hard drive. i'd rather get a BD movie without that and pay less."

The market disagrees with you here. Consumers LOVE digital copy. Add to that, most readers here are familiar with how to manipulate video and convert it -- it's not all that hard to convert the stuff to a format and quality/file size of your choosing. You want that three hour movie in 100MB? No problem, but the quality is going to take a shit.


"movies that are brand new with digital copy in the box generally cost 35-40 list price. i'd much rather get a flick for less."

Sounds like you need to start shopping elsewhere for your media, you're a fool if you're paying list price.


"APPLE IT IS TIME DAMMIT! SUPPORT BLU-RAY PROPERLY!"

The market respectfully disagrees.

This, from a guy with a Ron Paul '08 avatar. Yikes.

"No, the lack of being able to run the software I need is preventing me from choosing Mac."

I don't doubt this claim, I'm just curious what you want to run.


"The Apple tax is preventing me from choosing Mac."

Yes, the same exact hardware on a Windows-based system will almost certainly be cheaper. However, you already are basing your purchase decision on factors outside of just the hardware. People using the Apple tax argument in a laundry list of Mac complaints confuse me because of this. Please elaborate.


"The cramming of AppleCare down my throat (which begs the question, if Macs are superior to PC's, why do they push AppleCare so much?) is preventing me from choosing Mac."

Funny, never had AppleCare shoved down my throat. It's an option when you buy a system, yes. No one is forcing you to buy it. Hell, Best Buy's coverage plan is "shoved down my throat with a nightstick" compared to AppleCare.


"I think a lot of people misunderstand the Blu-Ray format. I choose the Blu-Ray format not just for the increased quality of picture, but also the increased quality of audio. It's hard to find a laptop or desktop that can produce the same audio quality that is equal to my home theater. My laptop is for work, if I want to watch a movie, I put the laptop away, and go into my home theater."

Then you get it SO RIGHT! I want to believe you here, but without elaborating you just seem to be bashing for no reason above.

That's my point though... I don't see the HD tie in here. This rumored U-verse app isn't going to suddenly make my iPhone receive HD content, all it would be is a DVR hook in.

No, I stopped reading Engadget and Engadget Mobile because I couldn't get around iPhone stories -- even WITH the supposed "iPhone free" feeds.

I don't want to see HD start falling to the same trap. This is mobile news, not HD news.

This isn't U-verse "news". This is an iPhone rumor (half of which is basically common knowledge rumor at this point) which has one line about a possible tie in to U-verse. This is some story BGR is running with (source: We can’t tell you where or who) because that's what BGR does -- they're a rumor site!

When AT&T actually announces something, maybe I'll care then. Until then this simply does not belong on Engadget HD.

Wait... just because you figured a way to loop in U-Verse and FiOS? That's your hook for HD?

Weak. iPhone news that way, HD news this way please.

Why is this on Engadget HD? Has absolutely nothing to do with anything HD. This is why I don't read Engadget regular or Engadget Mobile.

Ah, pound of eggs.

Poundcake. WHOOPS.