[X4U] MW Expo; I'm underwhelmed

[Crandon David]

720p and 1080i are essentially equivalent in quality.


On Jan 16, 2008, at 5:18 AM, Jim Robertson wrote:

> I'm actually underwhelmed by Apple's announcements. The new  
> software for the
> Apple TV box is OK, but movie downloads are rental only, not  
> available until
> 30 days after the DVDs are released, have to be watched within 24  
> hours of
> the time you start playing them, and only 720p format for the HD  
> versions.
> Amazon's "unbox" service matches feature-for-feature, puts the  
> movies into a
> TiVo box, and has higher quality (1080i) video.
>
> The new laptop is "cool", but it's less powerful than the machines  
> already
> available, more expensive, and "better" only in that it weighs less  
> by two
> pounds and has "bling" value.
>
> I thought that when Apple introduced new Mac Pros two weeks ago, it  
> was
> because they'd have great stuff here at the show. They have "OK"  
> stuff in my
> view, but everybody else who looks at the MacBook Air (stupid name,  
> if you
> ask me) drools.
>
> I didn't see the Keynote, so I don't know how much information was  
> made
> available about the iPhone software development toolkit. Whether  
> enterprise
> mobile platform developers embrace it will be far more important,  
> in my
> view, than a stupidly-named laptop.
>
> Jim Robertson
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