[MacDV] Re: iDVD iDvDidn't.

[Paul Williams]

What brand of of blanks are recommended for a mac?

Paul

>On Sunday, January 18, 2004, at 02:18 PM, Bobbo wrote:
>
>>  After another four-hour attempt at encoding and burning, I came up 
>>with another pancake. It does play oK on my  Superdrive, but 
>>Crikey, the idea behind iDVD is that you burn a freaking DVD! If I 
>>wanna pass out home movies to my family, do I REALLY have to buy 
>>them a Superdrive equipped Mac to go with it? This is outrageous.
>
>Well, Apple can hardly be responsible for the compatibility of your 
>DVD players with the latest technology, or with the brand of blanks 
>you're using.
>
>You might as well rail on that Apple is stupid because the Mac won't 
>run your PC programs. Or that your Sonicare toothbrush is stupid 
>because the brushes for your Panasonic won't fit, or your Mr. Coffee 
>is stupid because the cone filters for your Braun won't fit.
>
>The state of technology just isn't at a point that you can burn a 
>DVD on any arbitrarily chosen brand of blank and have it play on 
>every DVD player in the world. You can blame Apple for the state of 
>the art, or you can take the time to figure it out. Its really not 
>that hard.
>
>SR
>
>
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