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1. http://www.miglia.com/products/tv.php

3. Apple declared support for Blu-Ray back in 06, and the OS has been ready for it since then. Apple isn’t shipping any BR drives just yet because of certain non-Mac-related compatibility issues: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/11/1815258

5. As a consultant, I can tell you that most “normal” people (not geeks) prefer to buy another machine rather than upgrade what they have.

Fair enough.

Software makes the DVR, not hardware. MythTV and WMC are great applications that allow me to watch programs in HD or SD on any TV in my house, computers or portable players. Until there is really good software for the Mac, that is still a liability. Front Row is a good start, but it doesn’t have the recording functionality.

Blu-ray is already here for Windows. I’m not sure Apple is willing to make the compromises necessary to play back the Blu-ray DRM.

I’m not a “normal” person when it comes to computers. I tend to like cheap, single purpose machines. One box sits in the corner recording TV and serving it across the network. Another is dedicated to work. A third is for internet use.

My next project will be a hackintosh, although I may break down and buy a mini.

As a consultant are you trying to geeks are not normal people!
Well if you are I must agree, have you seen what their trying to pass for normal these days. If you take normal and add some sanity and common sense you get adnormal people like me.