Bad photoshopping? It's real, it's the latest innovation having an escalator inside a lift (elevator). They're in all the shopping malls here in the UK.
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Bad photoshopping? It's real, it's the latest innovation having an escalator inside a lift (elevator). They're in all the shopping malls here in the UK.
OOPs i guess i meant ichat for windows, when i was responding to the person.
thanks for the corrrection.
Even if iTV does play anything that Quicktime can play, most of my video files won't play in Quicktime (mostly TV shows). If they make iTunes to work with VLC, that would ROCK because VLC plays anything whereas Quicktime does not play a lot of things.
Yeh...VLC owns Quicktime. And again...iTV with no DVR feature is a waste of money. Buy a damn cable and just plug your ipod into your tv!
I'm hoping they'll get smart, I've been looking for a set top player for my vids as well... if it plays divx then itv will be first on my shopping list this year.
Haha. Fair.
I still think that things have changed though since WebTV. TVs themselves are fundamentally different than they were back then. The intended audience for this will have HD TVs capable of actually displaying web content reasonably. The web has also changed, with more multimedia content and a lot more legitimate entertainment.
I've had my Mini attached to my 50 inch HDTV for almost a year now, and while I don't use it day in and day out, it's great when I just want to check the weather or show someone something from you tube etc...
Just my perspective. I don't think it would take that much more work to allow it to view a mac desktop though, but it would make the product more complex to use than a pure media streaming box.
That's a fair point, but there are lots of very easy solutions for converting non-Quicktime files to Quicktime files.
Much as this is a "cool" idea, you have to think of iTV beyond the mac. In other words, iTV will *also* be for Windows users, and frankly I *can't* see remote desktop for Windows as a feature of iTV.
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The iTV would need Dolby Digital and DTS support. Something Quicktime lacks right now.
AHH... But, maybe it won't be low quality after all. maybe itunes will have hd stuff available. Think for a sec. If they introduces a widescreen ipod, they would be smart to at least, make it an option for a higher resolution widescreen video on itunes. U agree?
This needs a DVD Player built in. Though our SkyTV subscription runs out in a few months and seeing it's nothing but crap these days I think an iTV will make a nice replacement.
Wii, iTV and the DVD recorder under the TV would be a lovely little setup.
Wii, iTV and the DVD recorder under the TV would be a lovely little setup.
Not sure if the USB port is there for this reason alone but I do know ALL new cable/satellite boxes are required to have USB or firewire or ethernet ports on them according to new FCC regulations.
Probably USB pendrives so you can display photos or connect a card reader to it to do the same......or a keyboard etc etc
The possibilities are endless.......how about a USB external drive with some movies and pictures on....
You had me until the DVD recorder. What do you need a DVD recorder for? Just curious here. My cunning plan (far from ideal I'm sure) is to replace my cable set top box with something like an Elgato device at the computer and use my computer for all recording - that way the media sits on the computer and can be beamed to my television on demand, and the television is only tethered to a mains power source.
i might be wrong but i think he already has a DVD recorder?
This is why he states the 'iTV' as a seperate device to the DVD Recorder in his post
This is why he states the 'iTV' as a seperate device to the DVD Recorder in his post
Agreed on the divx part. If iTV plays only formats that quicktime can, I won't buy it. Let's hope that the platform powering the iTV is open enough for homebrew and hacks.
How many people are going to reply to the elevator pic without reading the thread and recognizing it as a joke?
The simple fact this thread constitutes so much controversy and speculation rather than fact and reporting, means Apple is up to something.
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Apple UK has to sort it out and be consistent with the US site more often. It is not updated with stories, articles, etc enough. I'm sick and tired of the Macbook advertising on there, getting a little long in the tooth. Why can't we run the I'm a Mac adverts on these sites, it would work great as it has in the US! But no action whatsoever. A campaign like that is desperately needed in the EU, but I fear that Vista will take the honors there, and a lot of the previous adds may not be as relevant anymore...... I hope I am wrong...
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we had the 'get a mac' adverts on the UK site when they were released on the US site!
The only difference between the UK and US site is that the UK keeps the different features up for less time than the US one
we had the 'get a mac' adverts on the UK site when they were released on the US site!
The only difference between the UK and US site is that the UK keeps the different features up for less time than the US one
OK. We're getting close. Where are the elevator spyshots? The Photoshop fakes? Come on people let's get with the program!
i can attest to that. I was in London two weeks ago and took the lift escalators in two different locations.