Posted by Jay G. on 04/27/06 20:51

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:44:41 -0400, Derek Janssen wrote:

> L Leed wrote:
>> http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=14487&Page=1&pagePos=2
>>
>> Apple is asking movie studios to include iPod-ready versions of their
>> films on future Blu-Ray disc releases.
>>
>> CNN claims Apple - who signed up to support the Blu-Ray standard in
>> March 2005 - is using its membership of the standards-setting body and
>> its CEO Steve Jobs' Hollywood clout to convince studios to make such a
>> move.
>>
>> Apple new media ally Disney and Blu-Ray standard champion Sony have
>> been approached, the report states.
>>
>> Convincing studios to release iPod-ready movies using the
>> rights-protected Blu-Ray standard would "greatly expand Apple's movie
>> library," the report opines.
>>
>> The move is thought to be part of Apple's strategy to create a rich
>> ecosystem of content to help generate sales of its purported future
>> "true iPod video" product.
>
> Unfortunately, as Warner has already officially abandoned UMD, ANOTHER
> separate hard-copy handheld format ain't likely to happen from the
> studios soon...

I don't think you understood the article. Apple wants an ipod version of
the movie on the Blu-Ray disc itself. So it's not a separate hard-copy
handheld format. I'm guessing the procedure for getting the video on the
ipod would be to place the Blu-Ray disc of the movie you bought into your
imac, which would load up the ipod video version in itunes and allow a
limited number of transfers to a video ipod.

So Blu-Ray would have the same movie in two formats on the same disc. One
in standard Blu-Ray HD format, and the Ipod version.

-Jay

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