Steve Jobs previously stated the Blu-ray was “a big bag of hurt,” but the new iTunes 8.2 splash screen mentions the format nevertheless. This, of course, could mean two things. One, Apple is about to support Blu-ray in it’s media organization software and disc info will be provided by Gracenote. Or two, it’s just something the lawyers wanted to included within the legalese of iTunes as some sort of future proofing.
Honestly, the format name would not be included without a solid reason. Chances are that Blu-ray will be included somehow within OS X soon. Perhaps in the next version of DVD Studio Pro? The high-def format is clearly doing fine and drives can now be found in a bunch of PCs. It’s about time Apple steps up to the plate and support the format natively. Thankfully, it appears that might happen sometime soon.
via 9to5Mac
This is good news, and it makes sense. Not only is there now affordable 8X Blu-ray burners, but the licensing just got a lot easier. And licensing was what Jobs was referring to with the bag of hurt comment.
Well, mind you, iTunes doesn’t even play DVDs does it?
In that case I think they are building an all-encompassing legal terminology to support Final Cut Studio 3 which should be dropping this summer.
Those be my thoughts.
I think it’s pathetic that you can’t get a Blu-Ray Reader in a MacBook prices $200 more than a WinDoze Laptop WITH a Blu-Ray Reader. If Blu-Ray is such a bag of hurt, then why is Apple member of the Blu-Ray consortium?