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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K (arstechnica.com)
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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days ago (3 children)

FireWire got killed too soon. 

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

Too right, brother

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wha?

AFAIK FireWire is part of the Thunderbolt protocol, you can get FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt adapters. Apple even used to sell one.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Apple killed Firewire 4 years before Lightning came along.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

??? My 2012 MacBook Pro had FireWire, that’s the year Lightning came out…

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Apple announced it was moving away from Firewire in 2008

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

My current Macbook (M2 Air from 2022) can sync with my 4th gen iPod over FireWire if I have the right adapters.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

it was way too ahead of its time.