I believe it’s possible that Apple could put Blu-ray software “hooks” into Mac OS X which will allow you to play Blu-ray discs on your Mac with a third-party hardware. But, those chances are about a million to one since they still don’t ship with Blu-rays even in its latest Mavericks.
On 6th August, 2013, the Obama administration’s last-minute decision to overthrow the US import ban on Apple’s certain mobile devices including Apple’s iPhone 4 and 3G capable iPad 2 excited Apple stuff as well as Apple customers. Anyway, the Obama administration’s involvement in Apple vs Samsung’s case was a little bit jingoistic to the world’s public but promised a brilliant future for all Apple’s products. Forget about what the Apple spokesmen says about Apple’s products, let’s hear from the Apple’s customers, especially the critics.
“I find iPhone has a super intuitive interface and a wonderful design,” Li Yong says, “But the price is much higher than most smart-phones produced by companies other than Apple.” ”I like all the Mac machines equipped with retina display, but I am just wondering will Apple ever support Blu-ray playback on their computers,” a Mac user named Leon Kowalski complained on a Mac’s forum. The first question may be a little subjective, therefore hard to address. But we do have the right and authoritative answer for the second one. Also, the second problem seems to have bothered all Mac users for ages since Blu-ray won the format war, so we’ll talk about this in detail. Apple marketing mouthpiece Phil Schiller told Time Blu-ray is a “not-great technology”. “These old technologies are holding us back,” he added. “They’re anchors on where we want to go.”
According to the statistics released in January this year by industry trade group—the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), overall home entertainment revenue surpassed $18 billion. While DVD sales are way down, Blu-ray is doing quite well. On the webpage of DEG, its first report of 2013 shows Blu-ray’s popularity has seen a year-on-year boost. The DEG found that Blu-ray sales were 28.5% higher in the first quarter of this year than a year ago, with sales rising to US$2.1 billion. Even though with its wide spreading popularity, Blu-ray discs still apparently won’t be supported on Mac in the future. Playing them on Mac becomes an anxious desire for all Mac users. Indeed, it is possible to play Blu-ray on Mac, even though it costs you some money and time. All you need are a third-party Blu-ray drive and a kind of Blu-ray software installed on your Mac.
For the third-party Blu-ray disc drive, you can find them produced by Sony, Pioneer and Samsung. As for the Blu-ray software, there are actually not too much different kinds to recommend. The first software was produced by Macgo, called Mac Blu-ray Player. It’s a universal media player, which means not only can it play Blu-ray discs and files, but also it can play all kinds of videos, audios, even display pictures on you Mac. It is updated frequently and compatible with all the different versions of Mac OS.
Long in short, as long as you have the disc drive and the right Blu-ray software on your Mac, savoring the super high definition feast brought by Blu-ray technology is quite handy.
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