Screw 1080p.
I want my @2x 1536p or @3x 2304p or @4x 3072p Apple television. Can you imagine what native apps will look like at those resolutions?!!!
J/K. We won't have any GPU's powerful enough to drive those 2000+ resolutions within the next year I don't think.
I don't think a 40"+ Apple television will be considered a Retina display tv at "only" 1536p according to Apple's definition of Retina regarding the distance from which the human eye can distinguish the pixels.
However, since no one's gonna be sitting only a foot or so away from such a large display, it might.
Yeah, you know what? I think that at an average approximately 8'+ viewing distance, 1536p might pass for Retina. We'll have to wait until 2015 for the 3072p Apple TV to be announced with the new A24HolyCrapXXX 24 core processor of course - maybe alongside or within the timeframe of the opening of the new Apple Mothership Campus in Cupertino.
With the release of the new iPad at that same resolution, and if the rumors are true that this Apple TV is due for release/announcement in 4Q of this year/1Q of next year, that will give willing developers around 9 months at least to make their apps 1536p native. Those that don't make them native will just be able to use @2x which most of them will have already done anyways in order to take advantage of the new iPad's Retina display.
Can you imagine an announcement later this year saying "Today we're introducing the new (Apple TV) with a Retina display, Siri/voice command control, PLUS access to your ENTIRE iTunes library including all of your APPS that you've been using on your iPhone/iPod/iPad for years."?!!!
Add to that a new optional physical Apple input/interface device(s) for everything (especially gaming) like controller/glove/motion sensor/etc. and IT'S OVER!
I've been telling people since 2002 that "Apple is looking to replace Sony in the home space with it's 'digital lifestyle' in the next decade".
Prove me right Apple!
I want my @2x 1536p or @3x 2304p or @4x 3072p Apple television. Can you imagine what native apps will look like at those resolutions?!!!
J/K. We won't have any GPU's powerful enough to drive those 2000+ resolutions within the next year I don't think.
I don't think a 40"+ Apple television will be considered a Retina display tv at "only" 1536p according to Apple's definition of Retina regarding the distance from which the human eye can distinguish the pixels.
However, since no one's gonna be sitting only a foot or so away from such a large display, it might.
Yeah, you know what? I think that at an average approximately 8'+ viewing distance, 1536p might pass for Retina. We'll have to wait until 2015 for the 3072p Apple TV to be announced with the new A24HolyCrapXXX 24 core processor of course - maybe alongside or within the timeframe of the opening of the new Apple Mothership Campus in Cupertino.
With the release of the new iPad at that same resolution, and if the rumors are true that this Apple TV is due for release/announcement in 4Q of this year/1Q of next year, that will give willing developers around 9 months at least to make their apps 1536p native. Those that don't make them native will just be able to use @2x which most of them will have already done anyways in order to take advantage of the new iPad's Retina display.
Can you imagine an announcement later this year saying "Today we're introducing the new (Apple TV) with a Retina display, Siri/voice command control, PLUS access to your ENTIRE iTunes library including all of your APPS that you've been using on your iPhone/iPod/iPad for years."?!!!
Add to that a new optional physical Apple input/interface device(s) for everything (especially gaming) like controller/glove/motion sensor/etc. and IT'S OVER!
I've been telling people since 2002 that "Apple is looking to replace Sony in the home space with it's 'digital lifestyle' in the next decade".
Prove me right Apple!
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