Now that the war Blu-ray vs HD-DVD is finished, the manufacturers of optical devices dream only of seeing the market of the blue laser developing so that they will be able to raise their margins that have become practically non-existent on DVD engravers.
The same applies with the manufacturers of computers that want to also pack their offers with Blu-ray products.
Since engravers, and the virgin media, are too expensive, the must-have item in midrange market is occupied by combo, able to read the BD but also to engrave CDs and DVDs.
The mass production of these products and their integration should be done starting from the third quarter of this year.
If all of industry launches out on this market segment, Apple will not have any other choice but to follow. It would thus not be surprising that the next generation of MacBook Pro is equipped with combo Blu-ray with perhaps in option of the engravers. Mac Pro should be also right there, at least so that the professionals can backup or manufacture film masters assembled on his machine. Note that will be needed imperatively once that Apple proposes a new range of HDCP compatible screens. All the portables are on the other hand already compatible with this HDCP protection.
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