I'm considering getting a Blu-Ray drive when I finally get fed up with my SuperDrive and can afford to do something about it. The cheapest route would of course be an external DVD drive, but when I took my PowerBook G4 in for some repairs they said that they charge a standard price for repairs regardless of parts, something like $250-300 (which was a big plus at the time since I needed to replace a logic board that can cost $500+ from third parties), and I have seen some BD-ROM/DVD-RW/CD-RW drives compatible with Mac for around that price. If I were going to pay that much anyways I would want increased functionality, and, being the cinephile I am, eventually I will need to start upgrading my collection of post-2000 DVDs to Blu-Ray (all films made before 2000 I only buy and watch on LaserDisc) and since I don't have an HDTV and don't plan on buying one in the near future the Mac would be the only way to watch HD. My reasoning is that although I don't have any problem with the video quality of DVD and I don't even have a TV that could make use of the increased definition, eventually Blu-Ray will eclipse DVD just like DVD eclipsed VHS, and it would be more cost effective to switch sooner and start buying movies on Blu-Ray so I have fewer DVDs to replace later on. But I'm not planning on doing that very soon, and for people who don't have a large number of videos and don't care about HD that solution wouldn't make much sense.
Steven On Sep 25, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Joshua Juran wrote: > > Should I pay the Apple Store to replace the dead optical drive with the same > model, pay a third party to install a better device, buy an external DVD > drive (that doesn't require opening the iMac), or just punt the whole issue > and watch films on my 15-inch MacBook Pro? > > Josh -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
