Windows 7 Ad Highlights Mac's Lack Of Blu-ray

[morcrist]

00:21 PC "Oh, it's Blu-Ray. It's built in."

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/policystmt/ad-decept.htm

The Evil Empire is at it again....

 

[molo9000]

This will all be forgotten in a few years when 99% of people download all their movies from the interwebs. Optical discs are a dying breed.

This is a bit like when Apple introduced the 1998 iMac without a floppy drive, 2 years before USB flash drives came along.

 

[snotling]

[citation][nom]outlw6669[/nom]Nah, keep it classy Microsoft.No need to stoop down to Steve's level...[/citation]
Who Steve... Balmer?

 

[shloader]

Sorry to bring a slightly off base comment but how can Microsoft bring about an ad displaying a non-existent feature of their OS when there's a non-existent chance of ever having same feature for their gaming console? Given their past stance on Blu-Ray w/ Xbox 360 this just ... I don't know, it pisses me off. And yet I'm copying a blu-ray on a PC running windows 7 in the other room. Weird, right?

 

[snotling]

[citation][nom]xbeater[/nom]SO WHAT?? They give you the flexibility to make it work. The only reason that M$ doesnt have builtin BluRay support is because of massive licencing fees probably. just TRY and get bluray on your mac, is the point they are trying to make.[/citation]
Yeah, but the add says "built-in"

 

[kronos_cornelius]

The problem with Apple is that they like to kill technologies before their time. Of course the floppy was going to be faced out, but it took the industry another 5 years to do so.

Blue ray has 5 to 10 years of life still. Remember a blue-ray packs 50GB, with movies going in the rage of 30GB. There is no way you can watch that level of detail over the Internet, although Silverlight gets close (Netflix), clouding shots, or scenes with lots of movement completely break up. So if you have something that really exploits detail (like Planet Earth, The Wolfman, Iron Man, or Avatar) you will be missing on the experience if you don't use a blue-ray.

 

[soundping]

I'm surprised the commercial didn't mention anything about Win7 being CableCard ready.

I love my Centon quad CableCARD tuner.

 

[Guest]

Rated PC.
Most awesome thing ever!

 

[NuclearShadow]

A interesting and cute commercial. For those who says whom would travel with their blu-ray library just remember the ad only mentions one movie being brought with them which was already in the drive before hand.

Personally what I would do in such a situation is simply create blu-ray rips
so no actual physical media is needed.

 

[Travis Beane]

[citation][nom]jhansonxi[/nom]I waiting for Sony to come out with an ad about Blu-ray on the Xbox.[/citation]
I bought my PS3 to be a media centre.
I don't play games on it.

I think someone once said that full raw 1920x1080 is about 500GB (could have been Gb, can't remember) a hour.
LTO4 800GB tape drives are about $30.
Maybe it's time to bring the cassette back.

 

[mrrifleman]

actually, i think what they're really saying is with a mac, it's not even a question about support for it. mac could support it with 3rd party stuff, sure. but you CAN'T get a mac laptop with a blu ray drive, period. end of story. you CANNOT argue that point. if you can find a slot load drive and can get your fancy unibody macbook apart, you could possibly install one. but apple is also designing every product they make to discourage upgrades.

 

[jj463rd]

[citation][nom]usersname[/nom]Take 2…Mac looks at PC playing a Blu-ray DVD of Avatar…"Hmm, what's that PC?""Oh, I'm spinning this Blu-ray disc to watch Avatar.""Yeah, cool movie…CGI made on a Mac… Hey, what's the matter, you look a bit weak?""My batteries running flat, and I'm only half way through the movie""Never mind, PC. You can always watch my HD copy downloaded just before take-off. We can finish watching that and a couple more HD movies before we land."PC… "I think I'm gonna be sick" and ejects Blu-ray disk into a sick bag before passing out."[/citation]

Nice try but Avatar was developed with Linux software "Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as their OS. The CGI are created using 64-bit Linux-based software for painting textures and 3D modeling."
http://www.junauza.com/2010/01/technology-behind-avatar-movie.html

 

[Guest]

"In the not to distant future..." Anyone else feel the intro is a rip off/tribute to MST3K?

 

[doctah no]

Haha, cute commercial.

 

[dEAne]

very nice - yes blu ray is really a pain.

 

[thorkle]

[citation][nom]j3ff86[/nom]The stupid thing about this ad is that Windows 7 by itself has no Blu-ray disc playback support. Windows Media Center can play Blu-ray discs, but you need PowerDVD or Arcsoft Totalmedia installed, which start at $50.[/citation]
a lot of bluray drives come with this software bundled with it

 

[nebun]

[citation][nom]geoffs[/nom]Cute ad. Flawed, but cute.Let's take one thing at a time.1. Windows 7 doesn't come with BR support, you have to buy it third party. However, the ad implies that it's natively supported on Windows, so it's misleading and could backfire on MS. There is no reason third parties can't support BR on Mac, there simply isn't enough market for it yet.
what are you talking about? Even though you need a third party software at least the option is there, just like an HDMI port. This is one reason why i will never buy another MacBook Pro again. Are you telling me that there is no need for and HDMI? Apple is so far behind when it comes to tech that people need.

 

[snoogins]

[citation][nom]Shloader[/nom]Sorry to bring a slightly off base comment but how can Microsoft bring about an ad displaying a non-existent feature of their OS when there's a non-existent chance of ever having same feature for their gaming console? Given their past stance on Blu-Ray w/ Xbox 360 this just ... I don't know, it pisses me off. And yet I'm copying a blu-ray on a PC running windows 7 in the other room. Weird, right?[/citation]

I feel that there is a difference between a console 5+years old, and a company in general that has written off a certain technology, even in their overpriced up-to-date machines.

 

[eddieroolz]

At least this advertisement has some truth to it, unlike the "I'm a Mac" adverts

 

[Usersname]

[citation][nom]jj463rd[/nom]Nice try but Avatar was developed with Linux software "Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as their OS. The CGI are created using 64-bit Linux-based software for painting textures and 3D modelling.[/citation]

I threw that in for the Linux fanboys to get irked about. I know which buttons to press. This crowd is child's play.

 

[neblix]

The thing I like most is that rather than bashing Apple (like Apple bashes Microsoft in their Mac commercials) they just show Apple getting impressed with Microsoft.

Who to trust, the company who tries to condescending to the other, or the company that actually just shows how great their own product can be? I don't recall from Mac commercials that they actually advertised any advantages other than being "faster" and "more secure".

 

[guardianangel42]

[citation][nom]Shloader[/nom]Sorry to bring a slightly off base comment but how can Microsoft bring about an ad displaying a non-existent feature of their OS when there's a non-existent chance of ever having same feature for their gaming console? Given their past stance on Blu-Ray w/ Xbox 360 this just ... I don't know, it pisses me off. And yet I'm copying a blu-ray on a PC running windows 7 in the other room. Weird, right?[/citation]
Windows may not support Blu-ray natively, but if you buy a windows laptop with a blu-ray drive, then you get the software needed.

So the comparison between a hardware manufacturer and a software manufacturer, Apple vs Microsoft (a comparison Apple instigated), gets retconned so to speak. Microsoft said, "Alright Jobs, you want to compare us, lets compare us" and thus made an ad including functionality provided by the manufacturers (Toshiba, Asus, Sony, Dell, etc.) rather than itself.

Pretty ingenious really. And now that they produce a full featured, free AV suite as well as built in Windows Defender, Jobs can't really use the virus angle anymore.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]j3ff86[/nom]The stupid thing about this ad is that Windows 7 by itself has no Blu-ray disc playback support. Windows Media Center can play Blu-ray discs, but you need PowerDVD or Arcsoft Totalmedia installed, which start at $50.[/citation]
All laptops that come with bluray drive comes with software to play movies. Even most bluray drives sold also comes with the proper software to play movies.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]morcrist[/nom]00:21 PC "Oh, it's Blu-Ray. It's built in."http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/policystmt/ad-decept.htmThe Evil Empire is at it again....[/citation]
Like the I'm a mac adverts weren't also full of deceptions.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]usersname[/nom]"Yeah, cool movie…CGI made on a Mac… Hey, what's the matter, you look a bit weak?"[/citation]Take 3.
Actually the CGI was made using linux.