Oh Marta, so sorry.
Like the guy working on your car telling you what you need. BluRay is a much
clearer finish and you can put more in the trunk than you can with those old
DVD cars.
That's it in a nutshell.
John
On Aug 6, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Marta Edie wrote:
> Sorry, but what I got from you is utterly useless, the Wikipedia with all the
> explanation makes absolutely no sense to me, since I do not know meanings
> of these words, and what ever was to play through quicktime player did not
> even start, and I already saw all that junk of iTunes showing.
>
> I thought of hearing about your own set-up, not what iTunes wants to sell or
> show me on their offers, I already have a fight with them, always wanting to
> show me stuff I don't even want to see, and making it difficult to get to
> look at what I find interesting-- and that is very little anymore. So, sorry,
> --- only explanations from the macgroup's mouths, I made that decision a
> long time ago.
> Marta
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 6, 2010, at 12:48 PM, John Robinson wrote:
>
>> Marta, you make me laugh and laugh.
>>
>> It is nothing special, but for you I'll try to take a few shots, maybe a
>> little video and send it to you you using YouSend it. I can send very large
>> files using this firm and they will send you an email saying you can
>> download it. I'll put it in quicktime so you can view on your
>> computer......but, give me a little time. Much is going on in the family
>> and I am soooooo busy that I could only mow my grass one time during July,
>> today will be my second attempt since sometime in June.
>>
>> All three of our kids have moved since Feb. of this year, I am 66 and
>> totally exhausted for dear old dad gets involved in all this and it takes
>> days and weeks to get each one set up. This is why I bought all the new
>> equipment, if I was going to give away my 50 inch Plasma to my daughter and
>> her two sons (she is getting a divorce after 20+ years) then I had lots to
>> replace here.
>>
>> BluRay is the technology is easier to explain by copying Wikipedia's def:
>>
>>
>> Blu-ray Disc
>> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>> "Blue ray" redirects here. For the fish, see Neoraja caerulea.
>> Blu-ray Disc
>> <201px-Blu-ray_Disc.svg.png>
>> <200px-BluRayDiscBack.png>
>> Media type High-density optical disc
>> Encoding MPEG-2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, and VC-1
>> Capacity 25 GB (single-layer)
>> 50 GB (dual-layer)
>> 100/128 GB (BDXL)
>> Block size 64 kb ECC
>> Read mechanism 405 nm laser:
>> 1× @ 36 Mbit/s (4.5 MByte/s)
>> Developed by Blu-ray Disc Association[1]
>> Usage
>> Data storage
>> 1080p High-definition video High-definition audio
>> stereoscopic 3D
>> Future possibility:
>> Quad HD
>> 2160p
>> Ultra HD
>> it has high data transferring speed up to 54.0 mbps
>> Blu-ray Disc (official abbreviation BD) is an optical disc storage medium
>> designed to supersede the standard DVD format. Its main uses are for storing
>> high-definition video, PlayStation 3 video games, and other data, with up to
>> 25 GB per single-layered, and 50 GB per dual-layered disc. Although these
>> numbers represent the standard storage for Blu-ray Disc drives, the
>> specification is open-ended, with the upper theoretical storage limit left
>> unclear. The discs have the same physical dimensions as standard DVDs and
>> CDs.
>> The name Blu-ray Disc derives from the "blue laser" used to read the disc.
>> While a standard DVD uses a 650 nanometer red laser, Blu-ray Disc uses a
>> shorter wavelength 405 nm laser, and allows for almost ten times more data
>> storage than a DVD. The laser color is called "blue," but is violet (purple)
>> to the eye, and is very close to ultraviolet ("blacklight").
>> During the high definition optical disc format war, Blu-ray Disc competed
>> with the HD DVD format. Toshiba, the main company that supported HD DVD,
>> conceded in February 2008, and the format war came to an end.[2] In late
>> 2009, Toshiba released its own Blu-ray Disc player.[3]
>> Blu-ray Disc was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association, a group
>> representing makers of consumer electronics, computer hardware, and motion
>> pictures. As of June 2009, more than 1,500 Blu-ray Disc titles were
>> available in Australia and the United Kingdom, with 2,500 in Japan, the
>> United States and Canada.[4][5]
>> Blu-Ray Discs can be clustered together in systems such as optical jukeboxes
>> to increase data storage. This increase of storage can span multiple
>> terabytes and utilize hundreds of Blu-Ray Discs. These systems are currently
>> the largest storage units using Blu-Ray technology.
>>
>> Now comes 3d, I don't yet have the 3d glasses but in the store it the
>> Samsung demo was really cool but if you had a room full of people buying
>> that many glasses could really add up in cost. Hold on, I'll see what I can
>> do for you.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Aug 6, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Marta Edie wrote:
>>
>>> JOHN,
>>> How can you manage all these magical toys. Now, before I disappear into the
>>> fields where heavenly music plays without my plugging in anything, I will
>>> HAVE to SEE and HEAR what you are talking about. And do I ever have
>>> questions !!!!!
>>>
>>> Yes, you hear me right. You will have to send a limousine!!
>>>
>>> Do you actually have a job besides trying out all these things? Does your
>>> wife still have room on the kitchen or living room table? I with my four
>>> computers and iPhone and a small tv not connected to anything by Insight,
>>> several printers and a scanner free standing, I just about used our house
>>> up.( It is a mall place, considering where I live) My cabinets are filled
>>> with cords and plugs and what not, most of them I cannot identify
>>> anymore----how in the world do you do, hear, see and keep up with it all?
>>> Yes, I need to see your contraptions in your home museum. It must be
>>> something -- and, by the way--- what is a blue ray? I only know blue jays -
>>> even the sound they make. I do not know whether blue ray makes a sound,
>>> too. Come on, deliver to the lover of all these gadgets, but not in the
>>> know what they are and do!!!
>>>
>>> Maybe you can even arrange a bus tour for us? And I am NOT kidding.
>>> Marta
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 6, 2010, at 11:31 AM, John Robinson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since the subject of Bose has been batted around I wanted to mention a new
>>>> product of theirs, been on the market about a month. It is a home theater
>>>> system, the V35. I have the home theater systems that they call the 49,
>>>> for both the upstairs TV and the downstairs as well. In that unit they
>>>> have a regular DVD player and a way to store your music, but since I use
>>>> the Mac for music I don't need that feature of the Bose.
>>>>
>>>> That unit did NOT have a BluRay player and many times I would get on their
>>>> case about this but they never had a definitive answer, well now they do.
>>>>
>>>> They have just introduced the V35 home theater, same jewel cube speakers
>>>> and sub-woofer but boy is the system completely different. First, no
>>>> music storage, AND no DVD player. As the industry changes so much they
>>>> have left these features to other devices, and I now think they are right.
>>>>
>>>> I just purchased a Samsung 8000 that will play the DVD, BluRay AND 3d, so
>>>> had Bose finally put out a BluRay now they would be behind with the 3d.
>>>> So what are the advantages? This system is the coolest, and here is how
>>>> it works.
>>>>
>>>> Plug in the Bose, run ONE cable to the TV, and as soon as you plug in the
>>>> first component the screen on the TV says "you have installed a new
>>>> devise, what is this". You choose cable box, or whatever. It walks you
>>>> through the installation and THEN it ask you to point the device at the
>>>> Bose (no more codes to look up). It walks you through a few steps with
>>>> the cable box remote and then says it is recognized and you are done.
>>>>
>>>> You then plug in the BluRay, and it says "You have installed a new device,
>>>> what is this". You select BluRay and go through the same process as
>>>> before, a few clicks of the remote and now it is recognized.
>>>>
>>>> You plug in the Apple TV and the same process, but here I had difficulty
>>>> due to the very simple remote from Apple. I called Bose and they said
>>>> there was an update that if I would install that the Apple TV would have
>>>> NO setup, once you tell the system it is an Apple TV you are done, no
>>>> remote buttons to push.
>>>>
>>>> They send you a thumb drive, you plug it into the front of the Bose, it
>>>> reads your version and it tells you to remove the drive and install on
>>>> your computer. (Why they didn't use ethernet I'll never understand).
>>>> Plugging the drive into your Mac it then goes to the Bose site and without
>>>> you doing anything it loads the latest version, when done the computer
>>>> screen says to plug the devise into the Bose (these controls are on the
>>>> front of the Bose so easy to get to).
>>>>
>>>> It downloads the latest and greatest, then installs. Then you unplug the
>>>> Apple TV, it ask if you are wanting to remove this devise from the list,
>>>> you say yes and it is now removed. Plug the HDMI cable back in and this
>>>> time when you choose Apple TV from the list of devices you are installing
>>>> it says you are done.
>>>>
>>>> Now when you use the Bose remote you select your input, and they are shown
>>>> on the TV screen in a list (very Apple like) and you scroll to the one you
>>>> want and in a few min. it will load.
>>>>
>>>> One caveat, the BluRay 3d players are pushing so much down the pipe that
>>>> Bose recommends you use the HDMI for video only and then plug a fiber
>>>> audio from the TV back to the Bose for the sound. Works fantastically.
>>>> This also means that when you are done using the BluRay you may have to
>>>> pick up the BluRay remote to get away from it and back to the Bose.
>>>>
>>>> That's it, the most simple system I have every seen. I can change from
>>>> Cable box, BluRay, AppleTV, Am,Fm, all so easily and from one remote.
>>>>
>>>> How do folks keep inventing all these magical toys?????
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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