Chupa Chupa said:
Thank you. I didn't mean to sound silly or literal. When I read your original post, that is how I interpreted it....sorry, it was late for me and I was tired.
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iTunes Movies... and New Media Device?
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Thank you. I didn't mean to sound silly or literal. When I read your original post, that is how I interpreted it....sorry, it was late for me and I was tired.
macintel4me said:
The possibilities are just too many.... iPhone, MediaCenter, touch-screen 10" ipod..... I guess we just have to wait for 12th September!
Any idea if we can watch live streaming of the event on the Internet?
As you said, Apple is a business and they have to think of the money first. Let's say they sell a media center for $300. That's $300. Upfront. They put it in the bank and turn it into $400. Taking that initial $300, that is 150 TV shows. That's a lot of TV shows. And that money will be gradually trickling in. Being a business, Apple wants your money now, not a couple bucks here and a couple bucks there. Plus there will be a lot of people that won't buy the media center and will continue buying the shows from iTunes.mox358 said:
Apple also lets us rip CD's in iTunes, listen to podcasts and most of us already have a VCR or DVR, recording TV-shows is just an extra option to put it on an iPod and thats way more important than those few dollars they make on a show.
Don't hope for a $300 media-center, a PC media-center cost's between $1000 en $2000 so a $600-$800 "Mini Media" with a bigger HD and extra Front Row functionality will fit the bill perfectly.
Don't hope for a $300 media-center, a PC media-center cost's between $1000 en $2000 so a $600-$800 "Mini Media" with a bigger HD and extra Front Row functionality will fit the bill perfectly.
Bonte said:Maybe Apple wants to be ahead of the rumors.
Finnish store is still up. As is UK. Only US store seems to be down.
Probably just a minor update.....Don't expect a biiiig update without any formal announcement or a press conference!
If we see new macs when the store is up. then it will be clear that the upcoming event will be only iPod related. here's to mac updates this morning!
berkleeboy210 said:If we see new macs when the store is up. then it will be clear that the upcoming event will be only iPod related. here's to mac updates this morning!
If there are Mac updates coming, why is only US store down?
New Hardware on Sept. 12
My Predictions:
1) Apple Movie Store, probably with a limited scope, but a start.
2) New Apple Airport Express Base station that streams video content as well as music.
3) New Apple Cinema Displays that have built in wireless to interact with 2) above as well as your computer...You heard it here first.
HOPING for the eagerly awaited Apple media centre/PVR thingie...but doubt it. If this replaces 2) with an added hard drive and DVD burner I will go crazy.
Skull Leader.
My Predictions:
1) Apple Movie Store, probably with a limited scope, but a start.
2) New Apple Airport Express Base station that streams video content as well as music.
3) New Apple Cinema Displays that have built in wireless to interact with 2) above as well as your computer...You heard it here first.
HOPING for the eagerly awaited Apple media centre/PVR thingie...but doubt it.
If this replaces 2) with an added hard drive and DVD burner I will go crazy.Skull Leader.
The store is updated but will show the new content on the 12th i guess, available the day itself.
Juss@mac.com said:
I'd be overjoyed if Apple has "bought out" the EyeHome from Elgato and gives it the polish and compatibility only Apple could do. I've used EyeHome for over 2 years and it's at best "OK" as a media hub. The box itself is tacky (make it look like the mini or a stereo component...and give it an optical drive), the on-screen interface is pretty kludgy (replace it with Front Row), protected media cannot play (of course Apple can fix that), MP4 support/quality is inconsistent and H.264 support completely absent (again Apple can fix that).
I've always seen EyeHome as a good try by a 3rd party, but really needing some spit and shine that only Apple could provide. I bet the quiet disappearance of this product from Elgato will indeed prove itself to be the hardware analogy to SoundJam-->iTunes. The new Apple "EyeHome" (iHome??? hmmm...already taken...iPod Home?? Front Row Media Center??) should be a very stripped-down mac mini that boots up to Front Row with the addition of a "Settings" menu, and access to purchasing music and/or movies which end up in the iTunes library of a connected computer.
I was planning to buy a mini to replace my EyeHome as soon as it had Front Row available, but then the price went up by $100...simply not worth buying a whole computer for this use. Sell a device like this for $200 and you've got me!
Elgato has not removed the EyeHome product
http://elgato.com/index.php?file=shop_onlineshopus
scroll down.you can buy one right now.
http://elgato.com/index.php?file=shop_onlineshopus
scroll down.you can buy one right now.
I think I speak for most everyone when I say that feeling we used to get, before Intel processors were in the machines, is back.
Wow, AppleInsider is making a lot of predictions! (And it's usually the most accurate source because it tends to be rather conservative). Either it's going to be an exciting month, or there will be a lot of disappointed MacRumors readers...
Darn! That article indeed wowed me. Not only what it says, but also (and that is a Good Thing) the way it says it. The writing style really sucks you in the article. Of course, the products it 'promises' do help to raise the interest meter.hyperpasta said:
But, all in all, really good article.