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12-12-2006, 05:35 PM
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Mac Pro with internal HD-DVD drive
I had a great idea today, a decent search returned no precedent. So here goes...
Somebody should get a Mac Pro and an XBOX360 HD-DVD drive. Pull the drive apart, make some cable and structural changes as required, remove the face plate and tray face. Install it in their free optical drive slot on the Mac Pro, then connect it to one of the internal USB ports.
Depending on the physical fit the idea is sound. Should work with a G5 as well.
PS: I tried looking for dissection pics of the drive but came up with nothing. If you know of any, link them so we can tell if this is even physically possible.
Discuss...
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12-12-2006, 05:46 PM
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Does OS X support Blu-ray or HD-DVD yet?
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12-12-2006, 05:46 PM
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Apple and Sony are supporting Blu Ray - HD-DVD is the Beta of the VHS world...
wait for internal Blu Ray drives...
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12-12-2006, 05:57 PM
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You'd be hard pressed to find much content yet on HD DVD. Unless you want it for storage.
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12-12-2006, 06:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Architect.mac
Apple and Sony are supporting Blu Ray - HD-DVD is the Beta of the VHS world...
wait for internal Blu Ray drives...
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Personally, I feel that the opposite is true. Bluray is like Betamax, not HD-DVD. When did Apple say that they were supporting Bluray?
The drive has been plugged into both Macs and PC's and picks up as a standard external USB drive. As yet there is no commercially available playback software for the PC, let alone the Mac. So I don't see much point in hacking up an XBox360 HD-DVD drive just yet.
I also don't think that there are any discs available in either format here in Aus. If you're in the US, it's a different story though.
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12-12-2006, 06:56 PM
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I think JB Hifi sell recordable blu ray 30Gb Cd's*
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12-12-2006, 06:56 PM
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Looks like it's already been done!
http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/...uADeQBqmdW.php
... it has a mini-ATAPI connector that can be changed to standard IDE using an adapter.
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12-12-2006, 07:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by applecollector
I think JB Hifi sell recordable blu ray 30Gb Cd's*
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Sure they arent 25GB discs? HT have had them, and the drives listed for the last few weeks. |
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12-12-2006, 08:22 PM
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Byrd, that's the original article that got me thinking about it. Just need the pesky software and everyone will be doing it. There are talks of groups trying to reverse engineer the software that the toshiba stand alone players use. They are essentially PC's running linux.
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12-12-2006, 08:44 PM
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EzyDVD have info pages on both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. The pages also list the respective titles that are available (or will be soon) in those formats. |
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13-12-2006, 11:56 PM
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Latest Windvd does have Blu-ray support. Err, watch high def movies in parallels? (which probably won't work with blu-ray, btw)
I don't believe there is any OS X software for either burning or watching blu-ray/hd-dvd.
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14-12-2006, 07:17 AM
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betamax was such superior format to vhs! unfortunately vhs took over! it's like windows taking over the mac......... lets not make thesame mistake again!
go apple!!!
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14-12-2006, 10:38 AM
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25GB vs 15GB. Blu-ray has more capacity.
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