HD- DVDS and apple DVD player
Hey guys, I saw some threads on here saying that the macbook cannot play HD-dvds but I am a little confused as to why the apple dvd players have HD settings. Any thoughts would be fantastic.
Hope y'all are doing great!
Being able to support HD video is very different than being able to read HD Disc formats like HD-DVD or Blue Ray. The discs themselves are very different than standard DVD's. The drives cannot support the discs. That doesn't stop the mac from playing back or even burning HD content onto a regular DVD.
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