Show Notes
- EverythingDigital Podcast 2006-6-22
    - Welcome
        - EverythingDigital Podcast (http://everythingdigital.org
          <http://everythingdigital.org>)
        - Thursday, June 22, 2006
        - *Play: Podcasting Sweep
        - *Play: EverythingDigital Voiceover (ol_dave from
          RadioDaddy.com)
        - *Play: EDP Intro Music
        - Host: Alan Joyce
    - On this Show
        - *Play: On this Show Music
        - Review of my new 17" MacBook Pro
        - Rumors of lossless quality audio on the iTMS
        - Reports of Apple's negotiations with movie studios
        - News from the front lines of the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war
        - The obscenely expensive DirecTV Titanium Package
    - Five Five-Second Technology Headlines
        - *Play: News Music
        - IBM researchers have produced a microprocessor operating at
          500GHz under -451ºF temperatures.
            - www.macworld.com—index.php
              <http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/20/500ghz/index.php>
        - Opera Software has released version 9.0 of its Opera web
          browser featuring support for widgets and BitTorrent
          downloads.
            - www.betanews.com—1150822317
              <http://www.betanews.com/article/Opera_9_Web_Browser_Unlea
              shed/1150822317>
        - Sony has released its first 7 high-definition Blu-ray Disc
          titles each priced at $24.99.
            - www.smh.com.au—1150845208401.html
              <http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Sony-launches-7-Blura
              y-Disc-titles/2006/06/21/1150845208401.html>
        - Apple has updated its Shake video compositing application to
          a new Universal Binary and reduced its price from $2999 to
          $499
            - www.macworld.com—index.php
              <http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/20/shake/index.php>
        - A new device from the Georgia Institute of Technology can
          overwhelm movie pirates' digital cameras in theaters by
          projecting bright white light into their sensors
            - news.bbc.co.uk—5097774.stm
              <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5097774.stm>
        - Links to full stories in show notes at everythingdigital.org
          <http://everythingdigital.org/>
    - Apple News
        - MacBook Pro 17" Review
            - Screen
            - Speakers
            - Whine
            - Heat
            - iSight
                - iSight Capture App
                  <http://www.everythingdigital.org/weblog/archives/2006
                  /06/isight_capture.html>
            - Keyboard and Keyboard Backlight
                - Keyboard Backlight Music Sync
                  <http://everythingdigital.org/iweb/MBP%20Keyboard.html
                  >
            - Speed
            - Battery Life
            - Boot Camp and Windows XP
            - Pics and Video of the MBP
              <http://www.everythingdigital.org/weblog/archives/2006/06/
              pics_and_video.html>
        - Rumors that Apple may be offering lossless music files on iTMS
            - Apple iTunes Producer software updated to 1.4
                - Used by record labels to post music to the store
                - Includes ability to export to lossless format
            - No Apple FairPlay DRM for lossless format currently
            - Will Apple allow users to upgrade their previous
              purchases?
            - Will there be a difference in price for lossless?
            - arstechnica.com—20060622-7114.html
              <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060622-7114.html>
        - Apple and the Movie Industry
            - Apple in talks with studios to make movies available on
              iTunes within weeks
            - Steve Jobs wants to price movies at $9.99 each
            - Studios want different prices for different movies
              depending on popularity
            - Studios becoming frustrated with Jobs
                - Doubts as to the effectiveness of selling movies
                  through iTunes
            - Jobs is the majority shareholder in Disney and could
              likely convince them to sell movies through iTunes
                - Other studios may follow if it is a success
            - www.businessweek.com—tc20060621_022435.htm
              <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc
              20060621_022435.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_
              today's+top+stories>
    - General News
        - Toshiba has announced the first consumer HD DVD recorder
            - Available on July 14 in Japan
            - Will incorporate a 1 TB hard drive with HD DVD media
            - Records up to 130 hours of HD video on hard drive
            - Up to 230 minutes of HD video on each HD DVD disk
            - Will be available for 398,000 yen or about $3,464 U.S.
            - Toshiba says will launch next generation HD DVD recorder
              in July
              <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-2&fp=449b56f
              874ff96a0&ei=tQubRIvLK4P2owKIzqGPBg&url=http%3A//www.forbe
              s.com/technology/feeds/afx/2006/06/22/afx2832872.html&cid=
              1107384648>
        - First Commercially-Available Blu-ray Disc Player Now In Stores
            - Samsung BD-P1000 available in U.S. stores
            - Follows Toshiba's HD DVD player already available
            - BD-P1000 priced at $1000
            - Backward compatible with older DVD and CD formats as well
              as a variety of flash-based memory cards
            - Outputs to composite video, S-video, HDMI, and component
              video, as well as analog, coaxial digital, and optical
              digital audio
            - www.bestbuy.com—olspage.jsp
              <http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?categoryid=pcmcat
              87100050010&id=1142289574588&skuid=7772822&type=product&re
              f=06&loc=01>
        - New DirecTV Titanium Package
            - $7,500 per year ($625 per month)
            - Access to all DirecTV programming
                - All HD programs
                - All Pay-Per-Vew movies
                - All sports events
            - As many as 10 HD DVR boxes per residence
            - 24-hour concierge service
                - DirecTV employees will come to customers' houses to
                  provide technical support
            - Will be available on approximately June 28th
            - www.engadget.com—directv-titanium-the-ultimate-couch-potat
              o-package
              <http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/19/directv-titanium-the-u
              ltimate-couch-potato-package/>
    - Wrap-Up
        - *Play: EDP Outro Music 
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