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First Generation Apple TVs Unable to Connect to iTunes
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I understand your point and I agree. I wasn't really trying to justify it - it IS still stealing - but I merely wanted to illustrate that I wasn't someone who gives absolutely nothing back. I've got the first three seasons of GoT on BD for example, and will get the fourth when it's available. As such, I have absolutely no qualms about shamelessly watching an mkv of it in the meantime as I will, ultimately, pay to watch it, albeit a year later.
Flip side, I sincerely cannot remember the last time I pirated a PC game. Steam, Good Old Games etc give me the opportunity to easily pay, and justifiably reward, the makers of content. Same goes for books.
It's a real shame TV is still such a cluster fudge, and will remain so for a good few more years until they have reality thrust upon them ala the music industry. For a couple of years there wasn't even a legal means of watching season 3 of Breaking Bad in the UK, bar importing the DVD (which I did, and later bought the barrel complete BD boxset).
If Apple wanted them to stay why didn't they mention a fix or even a date ?
Apple isn't gonna say "How can we improve our service to keep you as a customer"
As they say "We wanna make great products." they never said anything about it "for customers"....
If people don't like something, feedback is one way, but if they choose not to do something, then that's their choice, and their choice only. I only got a free phone, because i demanded it, but had i not, Apple wouldn't care less.
It's more then likely a temporary issue I think. I know it probably made your day but I got the feeling this particular joy will be short lived.
And Jesus, just because Apple products are the most reliable products for many people, who said they will never have issues?
So you bought a bunch of crappy products and they died. I'm sorry? Who buys a RCA TV? By something name brand and not some junk that's probably been re-badged.
If you can't afford $700 every 36 months (3 years, so $20 a month), you probably shouldn't be on an Apple website. But looking at your specs of a ten year old MacPro 1,1 dinosaur stuck at Leopard, well, I already have my answer. You'll be complaining a lot more and Apple turns off support for such an ancient operating system.
Probably because they rolled out an update that also does a database update, so their options are limited to a rollback that would also remove a bunch of purchases from peoples' libraries, or fix it by writing more code. And there's less money to be lost by writing more code than there is in a database rollback for everyone.
Wow could you be any more rude, insulting, or just plain snobby?
If you idiots would just download your content from piratebay you'd have ownership and more control of your content instead of suckling from Apples teet and being at their mercy.
spoke to apple today
i spoke to apple joint venture today. membership does have its benefits.
the technician had no idea there was a problem and said he would get back to me.
within 10 minutes he called back and said he spoke to the apple tv folks. they are aware of the problem and working on a fix. they believed it was a problem with their server. it was not intentional.
they are working on having it fixed.
jr
i spoke to apple joint venture today. membership does have its benefits.
the technician had no idea there was a problem and said he would get back to me.
within 10 minutes he called back and said he spoke to the apple tv folks. they are aware of the problem and working on a fix. they believed it was a problem with their server. it was not intentional.
they are working on having it fixed.
jr
This is kind of a crazy response. RCA does make some good things and I'm pretty sure that RCA is a name brand.
And your logic that a payment for a TV is simply based on a monthly budget could lead to the assumption that whoever buys a TV should plan on it's future failure and start budgeting based on that assumption for its replacement.
A MacPro 1,1 can also run OS X Lion (FYI) and that is still a great machine. And that poster's machine looks like it's pretty well taken care of considering the amount of RAM and the configuration of storage as well. I would like to have that machine even if it is an older machine and does not support the newest iteration of OS X.
I, until recently, had nothing but PPC Macs and was fine using those because they were able to do what I wanted them to do and are still great machines.
Yes he can, taken only from this thread:
Upgrade your equipment. Your stuff is old as dirt.
Apple did his on Easter on purpose to punish all you ATV1 people. It was foretold by Steve Jobs in the Bible.
Conspiracy people are nuts. These threads help me add people to my block list.
ROFLAMO. I'm so mad my Commodore 64 can't play DVDs. Arggg.
A very reliable person that fits in the "Mine works perfectly, it is a problem of yours" like hand in glove.
I hope to be blacklisted
Beautiful...thanks for the update...
It's a great little machine, still the only Apple TV that plays the Extras for Movies (amazing Apple hasn't enabled that on Gen 2's and 3's).
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Easy fix, load XBMC on it. Apple never did anything beyond using the 1st gen ATV as an experiment.
http://openelec.tv/
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Installing_OpenELEC_on_AppleTV
http://openelec.tv/
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Installing_OpenELEC_on_AppleTV
I'm not gonna argue that TVs today aren't as good quality as they used to be (the price you pay for them costing 1/10 what they used to, inflation taken into consideration,) but the 12 month warranty thing is pretty standard. The reasoning is that if your TV has a flaw that's gonna result in a spectacular failure, it will probably be in the first 12 months. Otherwise, it tends to last as long as it's intended to. Our cheapo 37" Toshiba is going on 6 years now. (But nowhere near the 18 years my family's old Trinitron got.)
The issue I have is when Apple decides that product X isn't allowed to do something. This is instead of product X actually being unable to do something.
Restrictions are based on marketing reasons - not technical reasons.
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The reason why anyone who buys media from iTunes* that isn't DRM free is an idiot.
*Or anywhere else that sells DRM protected media "licenses"
Restrictions are based on marketing reasons - not technical reasons.
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The reason why anyone who buys media from iTunes* that isn't DRM free is an idiot.
*Or anywhere else that sells DRM protected media "licenses"
I can see your reasoning for the first statement as far as actual capabilities of a machine/equipment versus the desire for Apple (or any other corporation) to sell more product. I saw this with the OS X Leopard requirements being set at 867 MHZ CPUs or higher and that left many machine that technically could run it not being able to. There is also the viewpoint that an unsupported machine wouldn't run the OS as well as it was designed for and why it's not considered one of the machines supported by the new software.
However, some of the unsupported machines that do run it dont always run it very well which usually results in a downgrade to the previous and often more stable version of the OS (Tiger). There are exceptions of course as some people will probably chime in especially with machines that were running Dual Processors clocked below that limit (such as the DP PowerMac G4s).
Basically, I can see the argument both ways.
Nope, didnt make my day, just gave me a little chuckle along with the others that liked the picture.
Most reliable? Have you got a source for that?
How was that a stupid comparison? It was a valid point. The iPad Mini and iPad 2 run the exact same hardware. So why does the Mini get to have Siri but iPad 2 doesn't? When they were released doesn't mean anything if you were trying to argue that the Mini was newer hardware so that was why it could run it.
This is why I only purchase true Blu-ray and DVD discs and do the ripping / conversion myself, and not purchase in iTunes Store anything DRM'ed (non-DRM'ed music is another question - I have no problems purchasing them). I won't ever get deprived of the stuff I've paid for - the physical discs will always remain mine.
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Exactly. And physical discs are sometimes MUCH cheaper than Apple's offering - particularly large series. The entire Monty Python's Flying Circus 16-disc set for $38; the entire Fawlty Towers series for $24; the entire 7+7+6 disc Star Trek TOS for $64, the entire 18-dics Allo Allo series for around $100 - how does that sound? (Amazon prices I've paid IRL; some of these titles were used.) Yes, MUCH cheaper than with Apple. And it's DRM-less, has tons of extras and noone will be able to deprive you of your rights / capabilities to play them.
Source? You kidding right? I been using Apple products along with so many non Apple products for over a decade! Still using many non Apple products, including Samsung ones. So have many people I know who share same opinion. Pay attention to comments, I never said for everyone on the planet. Seriously, I can't talk on the name of Apple haters you know. They will never admit anyway.
It's a damn shame that it is coming to that. To those complaining about this (and rightfully so), I feel your pain.
This very well may be an issue they'll fix soon.
Or perhaps it is time to move on to other ecosystems. Apple appears to be shortening their product lifespans, so it's either "suck it up and pay up", or "move along". There's no in between any more. Maybe there never was.
I said it before, and I'll say it again: Apple has always been in the habit of giving, but not without taking away first. The more Apple stuff I use, the more it seems I have less control over my devices and content. Such is the price of the "walled garden." Increasingly, it's "Apple's way" or "the highway."
For me, the "highway" it is, especially after hearing the complaints of many here (Thanks, fellas).
I'm done with iPhone. Now it looks like iTunes can go suck it too (I've had my own issues with it). I'll be whittling it down to just the Mac OS, just because it is one of the few devices where we still have some control left (software-wise), at least for now. I'll third-party everything else. Open formats, as non-proprietary as possible.
Sad, really, that I have to forgo convenience for (personal) power.
u realize this thread isn't about the issue of what's the matter; instead, it's about overall love/hate of Apple.
Neither did you specify that it was from your own personal use.
Just because I disagree about certain Apple positions, dosent automatically make me an Apple hater. Some people seem to think that anything other then absolute dedication to Apple makes them an Apple hater.
Yes, you just have to read the previous page.
But just to repeat it (clicking back can be a downer):