Posts by womblingfree

Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 Customers are looking for value in this economy, which means DVDs. I bought Nightwatch and Daywatch together for £8. Four pounds a movie! For the blu-rays! Why would I buy an inferior product that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tauron http://www.maclife.com/article/news/...ncovered_video enjoy! But still no blu-ray

So now you can get a White Macbook with 4GB ram, 500GB HDD, and firewire for £150 less than an alluminium Macbook with 4GB ram, 320GB HDD and no firewire. Gotta be some serious upgrades round the corner, but they'll never bring...

Looking at all the 0% offers and free iPhone give away offers over at the Apple store, I'd say there'll be bumps of Macbooks, Pros and iMacs. Seeing as how the deals are being pushed most at students they'll probably announce the tablet...

Quote: Originally Posted by Guartho Let us know when you make up your mind because right now it looks like you're just making up numbers to support your position. Currently 32 files up to and over 8 gig. All of which are also well...

Quote: Originally Posted by trumptman FAT32 can be read by all platforms. But it has a 4gig file limit and loads of my movie files are over 8, so I can't even burn them to DL DVD. I have to split them into different segments and...

Quote: Originally Posted by trumptman Why burn it? Just stick it on your 320-500 gig 2.5in USB2 or Firewire Drive to take it somewhere. This would still have the problem of not being able to be read over different platforms without...

I've got plenty of HD films on my hard drive with sizes up to 8gig a movie. Now if I want to get that file off my Mac and onto a PC, console or whatever how do I do it? DVD isn't big enough, there isn't a cross-platform format that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 You did say 'back-up' not distribution. Those are two different things entirely. I suppose they are, but a BR burner would address both of them. I already have stuff backed up on drives. I'd just...

Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 If you've got tons of movies and media on your HD, I doubt BR is a feasible regular backup strategy. That's what Time Machine, SuperDuper, SATA drives and Drobo are for. Not exactly portable or...