Posts by retiarius

Thanx for the actual data point -- looks like iLounge did a teardown http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/art...entals-part-2/ to find out the rate for the HD version of the Simpson's movie, clocking in at ~ 4.2 Mbps. One...

Quote: Originally Posted by retiarius d For the second case, E = .75 ( (8/1.5) + 1 ) = 19 / 4 Mpbs = 4.75 Mbps Whew! They probably built in some slop so perhaps the bitrate is really only 4.5 Mbps. Slight gaffe --...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism From my very rough estimate based on the downlaod speed it looks to be about 3x faster than my SD iTunes rentals. That means about 4.5—5Mbps. This is just about right, I get 4.66-4.75 Mbps...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wiggin "Apple TV is essentially a low end Mac with a video card supporting 1280x800 resolution." This is the first I've read anywhere the actual video card resolution limit. I always understood...

Now that HD rentals are out, Is the bandwidth closer to 3 mbps or 5 mbps, to motivate those who are gauging how much money to give to an ISP for this service. If much higher than 3 mbps, there won't be much instant gratification to...

Regarding AppleTV content resolution, at Macworld the Apple emps demoed the three resolutions for widescreen at 1280x720p, the current iTunes standard 640x360, and the new resolution for SD rentals -- 720x480 anamorphic, just like DVD,...

Quote: Originally Posted by CREB Now here is something that will actually increase sales, and Apple's stock value. My son works for AT&T and he cannot wait for this move to happen as it is a major complaint among business...

Quote: Originally Posted by casper3 (What the hell are you talking about with wireless power?! There's no such thing, except for an experimental lighting of a lightbulb!) There's resonance power coupling in existing products like the...

Now that Apple is going with Sun's ZFS, isn't the RAID controller (but not the array itself) a bit old-fashioned?

Quote: Originally Posted by hypoluxa Im curious as to how Jobs lives day to day if he only gets paid 1$ a yr does he just use his stock $$ to live off of? How exactly would would that work? I have some investments/ stocks but nothing...