The Time Machine I believe the

The Time Machine

I believe the copies will be full quality which will be nice in that we can put the copies through every day use and keep the original as a master. Both next-gen drives are available for computers and laptops. They just dont have the MMC technology to come along with it. The Blu-ray drives are even capable of BD-R and BD-RW along with your typical playback of DVDs, CDs, etc. Also, I agree, Apple has a wonderful opportunity here to really shine. There is a The Time Machine of the Samsung Blu-Ray player over at the AVS forums. It looks like it is designed as an actual disc player and takes just 15 seconds to load a disc. The Toshiba HD-DVD player on the other hand is actually a PC with long booting times. This was probably done to save costs and hit the market early. LINK?t683987 Lots of images on the second page! 5 seconds from power on to The Time Machine a disc and 15 seconds to start playing the disc. So about 20 seconds to play a move compared to about a minute and a half to do the same thing on Toshibas HD-DVD player. There is a review of the Samsung Blu-Ray player over at the AVS forums. It looks like it is designed as an actual disc player and takes just 15 seconds to load a disc. The Toshiba HD-DVD player on the other hand is actually a PC with long booting times. This was probably done to save costs and hit the market early. LINK?t683987 Lots of images on the second page! 5 seconds from power on to accepting a disc and 15 seconds to start playing the disc. So about 20 seconds to play a move compared to about a minute and a half to do the same thing on Toshibas HD-DVD player. Does that result in a picture quality advantage? I hear the Toshiba Qosmio plays a disc much faster as well. If thats an issue with customers which I doubt it will be then there are ways around it. Half of these vendors have either openly stated theyll support both platforms or have hinted at support for both. Apple Openly supports Blu-ray, has current HD DVD support Half of these vendors have either openly stated theyll support both platforms or have hinted at support for both. How is this half? What is half of 17? 5 right? I see only 7 that support both Heck, Im even giving you Apple, but I still think they are Blu-ray exclusive as I think well find out in the coming months. 10 exclusive to Blu-ray and 7 that support both. Even at this, this still gives Blu-ray support at 17 with HD DVD support at So, Im not sure where you were trying to go with this. I took the liberty of adding Hitachi, LG, and Pioneer that were missing from your list. I count Disney as a company thats wavering due to the CEO Igers statement that he thought theyd eventually support both formats. Samsung seems to have stiffened their resolve for Blu-Ray but they were wavering back in the day as well. Apple is not going to go exclusive anytime soon. Amir said they voted for iHD The Time Machine Java and they want to sell Final Cut Studio as the editing and authoring environment for both platforms. Steve Jobs doesnt give a damn about the war he just wants to sell more software. It makes sense for content providers to support both formats, whereas manufacturers can be more choosy. There is a review of the Samsung Blu-Ray player over at the AVS forums. It looks like it is designed as an actual disc player and takes just 15 seconds to load a disc. The Toshiba HD-DVD player on the other hand is actually a PC with long booting times. This was probably done to save costs and hit the market early. LINK?t683987 Lots of images on the second page! 5 seconds from power on to accepting a disc and 15 seconds to start playing the disc. So about 20 seconds to play a move compared to about a minute and a half to do the same thing on Toshibas HD-DVD player. I was reading and saw this not trying to spread FUD marzetta ; Samsung BD-P1000 play only BD and DVD-Video. Can not play: Nothingggggggggggggggggg!!! Only Orginal BD and DVD Video region 1 us I am guessing WMVHD is different from VC-1, correct? So no biggie there, as I would bet that the HD-DVD player only does Original HD-DVD and DVD Video region The the ability to files isnt that big either. For most people these devices are made to play the next gen disks pressed by studios. My crap DVD player does SVCD/VCD/KVCD/DiVX/etc and I have used that capability once. 9% of what I play is pressed DVDs or DVD-Rs I have made with content I have produced.