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Cupertino Hotel Adds Apple TVs to Guest Rooms
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No, I'm talking about the horrible look of the Apple TV interface, i.e. compared to the elegant look of the PS3 interface.
Somehow I doubt they're supporting and installing new systems with hundreds of jailbroken ATV2s. Unless these guys invested 100 grand in ATV2s back when and just have 1000 in stock, but if so you're still going to run out actually pretty quickly...
Your stating your opinion as if it was fact without giving any specifics. I don't have a problem with people having different tastes. What I do have a problem with is when people state their opinions/preferences as if they were "facts" agreed upon by the majority without giving any specific reasons or criteria.
I happen to like the UI of the AppleTV as it has continued to evolve over time. The Sony XMedia bar interface, however, has not changed much over the years. It is a set of icon menus with with hierarchical submenus items. I find it frustrating to use at times.
Contrast that with the current AppleTV UI, each program is represented by an Icon and all settings are under the "Settings" icon. There is no hierarchical menus cluttering up the screen. Once inside the Settings section, you navigate into another submenu as another "screen" which can be easily backed out of.
If we compare the configuration screens for networks, for example between the Sony Playstation and the Apple TV, the sony version is really frustrating to use if you want to customize an existing network connection for DNS settings. With the Apple TV, you select the connection and then you can chose among the different settings of the connection from that screen. To change the DNS on a connection on the PS3, you have to select the connection and then go through the setup wizard again for that connection in order to switch from a dynamic DNS to a static (manual) address.
I'd like to see a detailed explanation from you or alternatively, stop stating your "opinion" as if it were fact. Did you notice that nowhere did I directly state that the PS3 was "horrible"? I stated my feelings about different aspects of it with specific examples. You can say that you "don't like it" or "I think it sucks" or "I think it is horrible" all day long but if you say "it is horrible" then you are making a statement as if it were fact without providing any reasoning behind it.
You download the Apple Configurator from the Mac App Store. This is the same tool you use to customize and lock-down the iDevices. I have to use this app to put my AppleTV on the wifi network at work because we use WPA2. There are quite a few other options available to you as well. You just connect the devices via USB and can put the profiles on there. For iDevices it allows things like disabling the home button, locking to a single app, etc. A nice tool for sure.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id434433123?mt=12
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Could be it's functional, but it still looks like ****. It's about just as elegant as the OS X 10.8 calendar.
You can do a lot of things with that tool, but I don't think putting Apps on ATV is one?
OK, so go check into the hotel and to use the Apple TV we have to log in with our iTunes account right? How is this reset every time? Are these reset remotely or something? Is this an additional duty of the chamber maid?
Interesting enough is that it will put them on there, but they do not show up in the UI. I had not clicked through to the other site so didn't see that they had customized the text menu. It shows the old text menus which are now gone in favor of the app icons. I'm wondering if there is an undocumented policy class for the customization.
Hotel Sweet Home
This is a brilliant idea, hotels need to add things that make us feel like its our home away from home! And adding an Apple TV to my room would do just that.
This is a brilliant idea, hotels need to add things that make us feel like its our home away from home! And adding an Apple TV to my room would do just that.
NO AWD FOR THE 3.6 TURBO.
NO DCT FOR ANY UPCOMING CADILLACS.
GM continues to be a failure with each and every release.
The "standard" of the world continues to be the "joke of the world".
Apple TV without any account means I can play music with real speakers, play movies from my Mac, play iPhone games on the big screen... It's already useful without any internet connection.
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You don't have to log in on the Apple TV. You can do it all on your Mac or iPad or iPhone. Just using Airplay, nothing is stored on the Apple TV. And they could set it up with the hotel's AppleID and Netflix (no idea if Netflix would allow commercial use like that).
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That's built into Apple TV. You put the Apple TV into "conference room" mode. When you turn on AirPlay, the Apple TV displays a PIN on the screen, and you type that PIN into your Mac or iPad.
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It is an Apple device. It runs iOS, which is over 85% identical to MacOS X. Did you complain when they reported about _Samsung's_ failed attempts of building a useful _smart watch_ ?