Apple Could Still Be Planning Television-Related Announcement for Late This Year

[Gasu E.]

Remember what Jobs said in his biography about the control for a new television: "It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine."

What if you have no imagination?

 

[mtneer]

What if you have no imagination?

You have no TV

 

[thefourthpope]

It would be a cool one more thing, but tighter Apple TV integration just seems so much more likely than a full set

 

[NMSUballa]

FYI, NEVER! It would have to pass the competition commission who would never allow it. Their would be far too many objections to the buy out across the industry, plus Apple hasn't got the money I doubt, you think it's going to buy iTV for a few billion and them dump the entire company and it's thousands of staff just for a name? And again the competition commision would never allow it.

So unless you people are going to also conclude Apple is going to own it's own UK based TV production and broadcasting company that it will have to run and support, or that Apple will somehow persuade the competition commission's plus all the Apple share holders it's a great idea to totally damage it's public image and name, by spending billions for a product name and then throwing thousands of people out of a job,

THEN IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN, GET IT IN YOUR HEADS!

It would pass the "competition committee" here. There are a lot of large cable distributors. Xm and Sirius merged even though they were they two main satellite radio companies. I'm not sure how the laws go in the UK, but it would easily pass in the US.

 

[NOS2U]

I hope this rumor is true. I'll be in the market for a new TV at year's end and would like to see what Apple has to offer. I'm already heavily invested in Apple's ecosystem.

 

[twoodcc]

i just want a better appleTV box

 

[HurryKayne]

Well i see an iphone right to be a good remote controller and even a Gamepad,
but Ios7 has built in an option to be controlled by an external Gamepad,
so perhaps giving the chance to plug an iphone (which has ,correct if i'm wrong a similar hardware to an Apple Tv) on a 4K monitor you can have a very "modular" Apple Hdtv ecosystem.
Also as a Gamepad an Ipad mini could work a lot better than a normal Ipad
acting as second screen/Gamepad and then perhaps the same dock for iphone could accept the mini as well or even better an Apple Tv 3 module could be just built in Apple Hdtv to receive Ios streamings and also allow to put in the Ipad dock connector a digital Tv receiver to have also a real Tv on the a 65 Cinema Display tv.
This could be quite smart because you could build your chain as you prefer,
such as Mac Pro/Mac Mini/Haswell Laptop plus 4k 32-55-65 Thunderbolt Cinema Display
or a Gamepad plus an Ios7 device (Iphone-Ipad Mini-Ipad)+ a DVB-T
etc etc..while still staying a Computer Company with a new possibility and the chance to cross Osx and Ios within a sort of Ecosystem Hub device.

ps.
This if only the 4k 32-55(or 42-47?)-65 from Apple will stay competitive with other vendors with prices like
around 2000 for the 32 ,around 2500-3000 for the 42-55 (?) and under 4000 for the 55-65,
this and an Hdmi input,good response time and low input lag.
If they will be more expensive than this ( while i hope to see prices very lower around 1000 for 32 and so on)
i think it will be more smart to buy a Sony,Lg etc..and then connect your Apple devices by Hdmi and by plugging in an Apple Tv 3.
Last ,If Apple will release some sort of 4k Hdtv or Cinema Display this will make us very happy because other vendors will sell their ones lowering the prices a lot,at least,i hope.

 

[otismotive77]

Just open the App Store on it already. It's also sad that I can't even get public airwave channels and record them. I've always liked the TiVO box except that its interface was horrible.

And as many live media options as possible. If content producers could make apps, this could be easier.

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From what I've seen, it doesn't have anything like AirPlay and doesn't have a very good interface, and there's nothing special it offers (not even lower price), but I still need to try it.

ummm... why?

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Why are you here?

bcoz it's a FREE web.

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It won't be an app. They will roll the tech into their store

please elaborate.

 

[donutbagel]

ummm... why?

Free TV shows, local news, and sports.

 

[asthamapheo]

the margins in tv sets are much lower than apple's. they are low-margin, hi-volume items.

but profitable enough to consider it. LG and Samsung make billions annually.

 

[the8thark]

MacRumors and others have been predicting an Apple TV (not TV) for ages now. And nothing has surfaced. I think this is another rumour based on analysts wants and not on hard evidence.

Give me some part leaks or words directly from the mouth of Apple then I'm more inclined to think Apple might be making an Apple TV.

And you can't take jobs words in the book about revolutionising TV to be an Apple TV. It could be taken as TV hardware or it could be taken as better UI, software and content for the TV. And I think it's the latter.

 

[Fishticks]

MacRumors and others have been predicting an Apple TV (not TV) for ages now. And nothing has surfaced. I think this is another rumour based on analysts wants and not on hard evidence.

Never have the rumors about iTv been so low, and hence never has the expectation for such a product been so low: meaning this won't happen.
Probably ever.
Bye bye.

 

[coffeemadmanUK]

Does Roku have AirPlay or AirPlay mirroring? Or an equivalent?

They are getting there; they now have local content mirroring. Whilst in the US market (with a lot more content on the Roku and Apple TV) this is a negative, the Roku has BBC iPlayer and Demand 5 on so there aren't as many things you'd need to mirror like you do on the Apple TV.

I own both a Roku and Apple TV and whilst I think the Apple TV wins in terms of the looks, feel, smoothness and some features, the Roku is closer to what I think a TV box should be (with more channels and third party apps allowed).

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apple tv works worldwide. roku only in us because netflix, hulu, and all the other streaming services are us only

Wrong. Netflix is available in the UK too.

And since Apple TV only really has Netflix and Sky News in the UK, the Roku is almost certainly more "global" than the Apple TV as it also has Demand 5, BBC iPlayer, CNN and support for third party streams.

 

[Mac Taylor]

What it should do:

1. Allow me to subscribe (for a reasonable price) to only the channels I want. Apple should bypass cable entirely and work directly with the networks to stream live TV. Don't know how possible this is, though.

in Germany there is streaming via internet for almost every channel (regulated by public law and the free ones), some with free, some with paid contents (mostly for those tv shows older than 7 days or the like). Since analogue cable is getting oldfashioned here I'm very interested in an internet solution for tv, since I'm not happy with the cable techniques offered here. So 100 yesses from my side

2. The remote control should be any ios device (including the iwatch). If using an iphone or ipad the interface should not be simply scrolling and play/pause. It should allow for content search, reviews, and then play what you've found. Social media tie ins would also happen so you can see what your friends are watching.

if there's some intelligence a normal AppleTV (aka Apple Remote) would do most of the things I like to do with a remote: play/pause, switch channels, a big "genius"-like selection screen for shows I like (or probably like) and so on... and the possibility to pair a bluetooth keyboard or a better interface via iOS remote app of course!

3. It should allow for other 3rd party content as well (e.g. Netflix, Vudu, Hulu, etc). Ideally, this would be tied into the content search capabilities, but if the 3rd party doesn't have an API for that, just launch.

well, why not

4. When displaying live TV, there needs to be a record option.

oh hell, yeah! Just store it as mp4 in the cloud and give me an option to download it to my device (or watch it later via streaming) or add it to my iTunes library. Maybe the iCloud space gets outdated after some time (out of space or after a given time period - whatever comes first)...

so Apple... just do it and then take my money! I'll buy...

Maybe they should really have a look at the german "Loewe" company. They are desperately looking for a solid investor and build excellent devices (at least regarding the design!). Even the user interface looks promising, so a mutual fertilisation should be possible!

Regards,
MacTaylor