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Apple Television Set to Include Siri and Face-Tracking iSight for FaceTime Calls?
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I agree that price will make it tough for Apple, unless they can blow the competition away with screen quality. Which I see as unlikely, becuase I doubt they will be manufacturing the screens themselves. Good luck though!
I still can't imagine any of those TV rumors being true .. but I learned to keep my mouth shut until after the announcements. I just hope that it is a product for the world, not a US only thing (like a lot of the Apple TV extras today are, i.e. Hulu, Netflix and so on).
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Yes, I can't imagine Apple having a better quality TV itself than Samsung or LG, unless it's of course built by them, and even then it would probably be somewhat behind Samsung's / LG's current offerings. And the quality of the TV is the most important thing. As as you can see, Samsung already has all the face recognition / gestures / voice control built in, and LG is coming soon. Lastly, both are planning to have a highly revised Google TV built in which is much better than the current Apple TV "box" offering, the latter of which is basically comparable to the built in apps og most TV's over the last 3 years.
So the Apple TV news here is anything but revolutionary.
The thing I (and most consumers) like about TVs is that most of the time they're simple. You don't have to be bombarded with updates. It doesn't have to be connected to the internet. You set it up once and you're done for the next 20 years. That's why Samsungs, Panasonics, and Sonys work just fine.
Apple doesn't have a market here. It's not like a cell phone, tablet, or computer. The user/machine interface for a TV is kept a minimum versus those other products. On a TV you turn it on, and change the channel or input. Can Apple really improve the experience of changing the channel? I doubt it.
Apple doesn't have a market here. It's not like a cell phone, tablet, or computer. The user/machine interface for a TV is kept a minimum versus those other products. On a TV you turn it on, and change the channel or input. Can Apple really improve the experience of changing the channel? I doubt it.
The apple would make a nice LED like Vizio has in their models. It changes color when it's on and off.
I think I remember a similar comment about an obscure product called....what was it now....iPhone I think. Some such device...
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Siri Enabled.....SOLD!
Multi Touch remote. End of story. Place my bet now!
I doubt that this is going to be done but it's actually a great idea. It's be way cool to adjust TV screen size, or picture in picture, or TV menu content, or built in internet browser scrolling or zooming. Go ahead and put a patent claim on that.
Well I guess you haven't seen the latest Samsung TV sets. They almost don't have a bezel anymore and only about 1.2 inch deep. I hope this is not the real Apple TV design, it would be very 2009...
Yeah, Aluminum is known to be a heavy and weak material. It would certainly never be used in situations where weight and strength were considerations.
call me old fashioned but i dont wanna talk to my tv, its the only time of the day where i can just shut up and sit down. its already bothering me on my xbox kinect, it was cool at first but got annoying after a while
the difference being that not everyone buys a new tv every few years unlike a phone
the difference being that not everyone buys a new tv every few years unlike a phone
That has to be the most douchey thing i have ever seen.
If I saw someone using one of those I think I would just shrink up into a ball on the floor and close my eyes until they were gone out of embarrassment for mankind.
This is easy. You have to "call" it. If there's only one person in the room, there's no need to call the TV. As soon as the second person walks into the room, the proper protocol is to call it. Once the TV is called, only that person's voice will be able to control the TV. Once that person leaves, the remaining people in the room will need to call the TV to obtain control.
It's easy. This is how it worked in the 80's and this is how it'll work in the 10's.
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You won't need a cable box/blue-ray player.
I think the real revolution will come in terms of content.
Weight is definitely more important with a television than it would be with computers, as it allows for easier wall mounting.
Anyway I think these rumors are reading way too far into very little information.
This is such a fabricated problem. Before remotes and of course still today, anybody can go up to the TV to change the channel. It's called common courtesy.
