Don't know if this is related or even real:
http://digg.com/news/technology/http_farm4_static_flickr_com_3144_5859820735_8b06d49486_b_jpg
http://digg.com/news/technology/http_farm4_static_flickr_com_3144_5859820735_8b06d49486_b_jpg
Don't know if this is related or even real:
http://digg.com/news/technology/http_farm4_static_flickr_com_3144_5859820735_8b06d49486_b_jpg
an image like that can easily be photoshopped to include whatever info they want, so i'd take it with a grain of salt.
I would also think if apple were looking to do something like this they would be looking at something along the lines of IPTV, where no other devices are required, not DirecTV which needs a satellite dish.
IPTV? over what cable?? no way that comcast will let that happen that 250gb download cap will shut this down fast.
hitekalex said:DLNA? Surely you jest. Apple won't touch that garbage with a 10 foot pole.
Is that the same "garbage" with which I can stream HD video across my home network from my NAS to my TV? With no additional hardware?
Guess I better throw it in the nearest skip.
I used to think this but the more i see airplay the more i think they want the ipad too hold the apps and the Apple Tv be nothing more than a mirroring device. Its hard enough to do anything with that stupid apple remote.... the ipad solves that.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/sep/07rokr.html
Not happening ... Apple controls their own destiny these days.
I would be very surprised.
Complete non sequitur. What does ROKR have to do with this?
All Apple has to do is put a HDMI port and a standard optical audio port (not combine it with the 1/8" jack) on a Mac Mini. control it from your iPad or from a bluetooth setup or from your iPhone. I do all that from my last generation Mini. All the "stations" you want and it plays DVDs. If Apple paid the royalties for BlueRay, updated FrontRow (make it a better Plex) and added that to the MINI too it would be a perfect unit.
The Moto Atrix does DLNA HD streaming straight from the phone to my DLNA equiped Panasonic TV."No additional hardware" other than your NAS running DLNA server? Show me DLNA server that runs on a mobile device (phone or a tablet).
I believe that is a reference to the failure of the ROKR and how displeased Apple was with it since they did not control the hardware. The point may have been that Apple would have to partner with a TV manufacturer and co-brand the TV - which at this point they would never do.
The Moto Atrix does DLNA HD streaming straight from the phone to my DLNA equiped Panasonic TV.
No additional hardware required.
Is it perfect... no. I'd say about 90% of the time it works without any issues.
The other 10% are either content encoding issues or user error.
I believe that is a reference to the failure of the ROKR and how displeased Apple was with it since they did not control the hardware. The point may have been that Apple would have to partner with a TV manufacturer and co-brand the TV - which at this point they would never do.
ROKR didn't fail because Apple didn't control the hardware. It failed because Apple didn't control the software, and the Moto OS that it ran was complete junk.. not to mention a silly 100 song limit, which was artificially imposed to protect Apple iPod sales.
Partnering with a TV manufacturer for some of the hardware components is perfectly fine, as long as Apple controls the software and the UI elements of the device. Do you really think that Apple designs and engineers the 27" screen that comes in every iMac? Of course they don't - they partner with screen manufacturers like LG, Samsung, etc. It wouldn't be any different with Apple-made TV.
So let me get this straight - Apple can "barely" (by iOS device standards) sell the $99 Apple TV, but they are going to roll out actual TVs?
Not happening. Just keep adding features (*cough* apps *cough*) to the $99 ATV and they'll move.
Could they possible turn the 27" iMac or a new 30" iMac into a TV? I was thinking about this last night.
I really can't see this happening as there is very little profit to be made in TVs. Panasonic recently let 16,000 go and Phillips shut down it's TV production completely.
You still need that $99 piece of hardware in between your iPad and TV for it to work.The AirPlay between my iPad and AppleTV works 100% of the time, and doesn't leave much room for "user error"
Why do you think Apple can successfully sell LCD screens (Apple Cinema Displays), but not TVs?
A modern TV is basically a large / lower resolution LCD screen with a built-in ATSC tuner (the latter is a low-cost commodity component).
Apple can EASILY take the current ACD design and extend it into a TV form factor, adding integrated ATV2/A5 module and perhaps ATSC tuner.