Comments on: Next-Gen iMac to have Quad-Core Processor, but No Blu-Ray? https://isource.com/2009/10/16/next-gen-imac-to-have-quad-core-processor-but-no-blu-ray/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:34:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: HappySpaceInvader https://isource.com/2009/10/16/next-gen-imac-to-have-quad-core-processor-but-no-blu-ray/#comment-30596 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:34:42 +0000 http://www.mactropolis.com/?p=5857#comment-30596 If you call heavily compressed 720p “high-def”, then you’re right… but you’re not exactly making the most of your iMac screen when stretching a 1080×720 picture over 1920×1200 pixels (or 2560×1440 on the new 27″ iMac).

Blu-ray (which is 1920×1080 pixels and nowhere near as compressed) would be doing these large screens a far greater justice.

]]> By: LearningOSX.com https://isource.com/2009/10/16/next-gen-imac-to-have-quad-core-processor-but-no-blu-ray/#comment-30595 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:19:55 +0000 http://www.mactropolis.com/?p=5857#comment-30595 That’s pretty disappointing, although I imagine it is a business decision. They want to drive iTunes purchases, you can download high-def content from there.

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