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NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 18:10:53 -0500
Subject: Re: Home Movies on Apple TV
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From: Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:10:53 -0400
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On 2015-08-26 07:37, Warren Oates wrote:
> In article <-LGdnSMt06fASUHInZ2dnUU7-bsAAAAA@giganews.com>,
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-08-25 15:30, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> > On 2015-08-25, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> >> On 2015-08-25 09:59, Lewis wrote:
>> >>> In message <0_OdndFQ3dnBDkbInZ2dnUU7-RGdnZ2d@giganews.com>
>> >>>     Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> >>>> On 2015-08-24 12:17, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> >>>>> On 2015-08-24, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>> On 2015-08-23 10:51, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> >>>>>>> On 2015-08-23, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Your choice if you want to deal with iTunes - which I avoid
>> like the
>> >>>>>>>> plague.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> There's nothing to "deal with". I encode one of my DVDs with
>> >>>>>>> Handbrake,
>> >>>>>>> drag the resulting movie file into iTunes, and like magic it's
>> >>>>>>> automatically available everywhere I need (iOS devices, Macs,
>> Apple
>> >>>>>>> TVs). It is simple and effective.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I just plop DVD's into the DVD player.  (Ironic given your
>> television
>> >>>>>> reply below).
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Now you're just being silly. We're talking about *playing*
>> digital >>>>> media
>> >>>
>> >>>> Yes.  DVD's are digital media.
>> >>>
>> >>> Oh, get a clue; a DVD is a physical object.
>> >>
>> >> So is a disk drive.  They both contain digitally encoded data.
>> >>
>> >> Clued in?
>> >
>> > You're bing extremely silly, Alan.
>>
>> Is a DVD digital media or not?
>
> People who spend their lives picking nits are people who are too lazy to
> do any original thinking.

I am willing to widen my horizons.

If DVD is not digital media .... what the hell is it.  "Shiny disk magic 
movie thingy"?