Time frame falls in line with my prediction of the last Apple computers being offered.
How do you spell consumer electronics company? A-P-P-L-E![]()
Congratulations. You and the analyst are both wrong.
Time frame falls in line with my prediction of the last Apple computers being offered.
How do you spell consumer electronics company? A-P-P-L-E![]()
Actually ATV is a hobby. Even apple say so! Also i'd like to ask SD? Does anything other than the Wii use that now?
The government tried to force them to offer cablecards that would allow customers to integrate far more advanced devices into the cable pipeline, but cable companies successfully crippled the technology (no program guide, not PPV, etc.) and made sure there were never enough cablecards available, to discourage customers from asking for them and interrupting their "pay a huge monthly fee for a used DVR with outdated technology, small HD, and tendency to overheat and break" racket.
Congratulations. You and the analyst are both wrong.
Congratulations. You and the analyst are both wrong.
Exactly. I would immediately replace my lcd-tv for an 55-60" apple set.Maybe a stripped-down version of the 27" iMac with iPhone OS?
Exactly. I would immediately replace my lcd-tv for an 55-60" apple set.
The user experience that apple could deliver in combination with an iPad or iPhone/iTouch for navigating trough channels, videos, photos, internet, games and apps etc would just be unbeatable.
Yes, it can be done today with a mac-mini or or something similar however I would expect a well designed all-in-one solution to top todays "media-pc's" by far.
So Apple, please surprise me again in 2012 !
Not into it. There's too many TV technologies and they're not one size fits all.
Some people love those ultra-thin new LED LCD TVs. I like plasma because of the low input lag for gaming and better viewing angles.
Plug in my Apple TV, and any TV I choose has all these features.
Maybe someday there will be a standard in TVs that lets you load different a different media OS onto them, like software-only versions of Apple TV or Windows Media Center or Netflix.
All these people who spent $3,000 for good TVs aren't going to shell out money for another one that syncs with iTunes.
Certainly not when there are TVs out there today that support DLNA/Internet technologies. Anyone who wants to Tweet from their TV will already have bought what they want in 2-4 years time. DLNA is pretty fledgling right now, but in 2-4 years time, it'll be more than good enough for what most people want from it. If Apple's answer is 2-4 years from now, it'll be a me too technology already supported by everyone's Blu-Ray player or TV set.
Unless they port XCode to the iPad. TBH, its a real fear.![]()
apple is going to have to make it like the iphone though. competitive price, better features and the competition. no one is going to buy a locked down $2000 IPS TV with yellow banding that only works with other apple devices just because it's apple
I can't quite see Apple making a TV.
But it does explain the AppleTV "hobby".
I see the advantage.
Instead of buying a 250 channel package with maybe 5 to 10 good channels.
You subscribe to what you want.
I doubt it.
I don't. Steve Jobs said at the intro of Apple TV, "You can see where we're going with this product." I paraphrased what he said but I'm sure he was meaning for the AppleTV to either be adopted by TV manufacturers to include in their hardware or Apple would make their own TVs.
i wouldn't put it out of realm of possible someday, just probably not within the next couple years. i would like to see a more robust apple t.v. in the meantime, however.
also, apple denied getting into the mobile business . . . then the netbook/slate/tablet business . . . they'll eventually do it.