[Swordmaker]

Hmmmm.... an interesting rumor about Apple DVD playing ability... PING!

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[Swordmaker]

Thanks to Hal9000 for the heads up...

[SunkenCiv]

Apple, big flat screen, all-in-one television entertainment system?

[IncPen]

But like a lot of real reasons, I think it probably comes down to hubris and the simple fact that by decoding video in software, road warriors have another incentive to buy a more expensive -- and more powerful -- computer

It could also be that standards change, and embedding a hardware codec inserts the risk that the codec could unexpectedly become outdated

Smells like this guy knows about 50% of what he thinks he does...

[1234]

this article suggests that Apple developers have become aware of a not much reported phenomenon: folks with DVR's on cable/satellite have a big wish for more easy storage/archiving of more programs..a current part DVR's market has 'gone beyond' the harddrives offered.

[antiRepublicrat]

Apple has been an early H.264 supporter, so this isn't a surprise.

it does hardware H.264 ENCODING

Now that's impressive, saving the purchase of an expensive hardware encoder, or a lot of your time. Apple's machines are already pretty fast due to putting a lot of video filters, etc., onto the video card (saving the purchase of a real-time card), and this move will make them even faster.

And this looks like a step towards DVR. Put that on a mini and you have the potential for the best DVR on the market.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

What exactly is iTV?

Would this putt iTV capability in all new macs?