[Ti] Dual Layer cable for Powerbook G4 400

[themacuser]

Yep, I've heard that one too. I'd say it's true.
On 14/12/2005, at 4:12 PM, Kynan Shook wrote:

> The theory I've heard is that it's actually an MPEG-2 licensing  
> issue; instead of licensing per copy of iDVD sold or distributed on  
> a computer (which gets especially costly with upgrades), they  
> license per DVD-R drive sold, since iDVD won't write to anything  
> else.  At a royalty of $4 a pop before 2002 and $2.50 since, that  
> could add up to some pretty serious dinero.
>
> And, unlike the MPEG-4 licensing fees where there's an annual cap,  
> I don't believe MPEG-2 producers have this safety net.  For MPEG-4  
> encoding and decoding, Apple pays a flat $2 million per year; they  
> hit the cap (25 cents per encoder, 25 cents per decoder) in well  
> under a month just from the free QuickTime downloads online.
>
> Chris Olson <chris.olson at astcomm.net> writes:
>> You can get around the Apple lock-in with iDVD on your PowerBook.
>> Apple did that originally to force people to buy their inferior and
>> overpriced (underspec'd compared to what you could get in a PC for
>> less money) internal DVD burners.  When the guys at OWC wrote "the
>> enabler" to allow iDVD burning with external or non-Apple burners,
>> Apple broke out the strong-arm tactics to shut it down.  So they
>> moved it to a website off US shores where Apple can't do anything
>> about it except throw a hissy fit.
>
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