Posts by 11thIndian

It would be interesting to see a grab from the BluRay of this ep as a comparison benchmark. Anyone got it and can throw it up? The thing to keep in mind with all these lower bit-rate codecs is that they always look better in motion...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil The bitrate here won't be an issue much longer. I can see Apple being the first to adopt HEVC once it's finalized and iTunes to be the first digital store to push HEVC content. My stars,...

Quote: Originally Posted by gareth_moore The download of Men In Black has just finished and it's still 720p so it seems like 1080p is only available in the US. I think this is very bad on Apple's since its not clear. People with Apple...

Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Why would they announce both on the same day? Seems odd to me. The iPad would steal Apple TV's thunder. Is the new iPad going to be the new Apple TV as well? I have no idea why but it...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H ProRes is not processor intensive, that's the whole point! Playing back a high-resolution file that is ProRes encoded is I/O bandwidth intensive, not CPU intensive. Funny... that's what I'd always...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer Pro-Res has definitely eliminated the need for absurdly large uncompressed video files; a 30 second 8-bit uncompressed SD file would be like 900MB, while a 30 second 1080p Pro-Res LT file is closer...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer Wouldn't even those numbers be conservative? A 1080p blu-ray is 18-45GB for the movie alone. A typical SD movie on iTunes is about 1.2GB, and HD movie is about 4.5 (4x the pixels). I was...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer Really hope the new Apple TV hardware doesn't pack one new killer feature that Apple won't provide to previous generations, like they did with Airplay and TV rentals with the last hardware refresh....

Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody While I think they are right about the sales and will certainly buy one myself at the earliest opportunity, I think it's a bit of a stretch to call this a "significant update." It...

Quote: Originally Posted by lvidal The problem with live streams is that journalists and other kind of invitees don't go to the events, and Apple, as any other company, wants to see their room full after all the effort of creating such...