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Honestly, they really need something like this but not necessarily for 'discovery' but just for an actual watch list.

But, does Tivo have a patent on this?
Unlikely - it's already done by BSkyB in the U.K. on their Sky+ platform.

Besides, Apple also already have some similar technology where TV shows are recommended to you in iTunes, based on what you've previously bought/watched there.
 
This entire concept is pretty dead, Smart TVs does whatever Apple TV does without paying more for it.

There is not a single smart TV on this planet that is able to do everything the Apple TV can. I bought a top of the line smart TV last year and by now it isn´t updated anymore and services are shutting down as the support dies. My smart TV has grown dumber by the month and it wasn´t that smart to begin with.
 
You missed the part where services are up 26% over last year...

Indeed, but what this guy means is the following: "Apple might be introducing new products and services and doing well financially, but as long as they don´t introduce new gadgets that matter to me PERSONALLY, they are a dead company walking, Tim should be shot and Eddy Cue too".
 
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What would have been more exciting, is a proper DVR style watch list. So that there was one place, where all my "subscribed shows" would show up. Some programs in Hulu, a show in HBOGo, a couple in ShowtimeAnytime, maybe a few in Netflix. And the ones I currently watch all show up as sort of like links in a list, and when I click on a selection it takes me to the prospective app that supports the show.
That functionality is similar to Tivo's One Pass. If Apple TV could help us from constantly having to hunt between apps, it would be a far more streamlined experience for us cord cutters. I think the biggest complaint to cord cutting, is how we have to navigate between all these apps, and when I was on Cable TV and a DVR, everything was just in one place.

A Genius Recommendation function in Apple TV is nice, but I feel is not that innovative....

This. 1000 times this. Plus announce apps from cable companies that let you access the DVR through the Apple TV.
 
Apple, nobody cares about this. EVERYONE, however, cares about a new Mac Pro.
We also care that the new MBP has the ports we need: (HDMI, SD card reader, headphone jack).
If you focus on what customers WANT, you'll be more profitable. It's that simple.

Actually no. Everyone doesn't care about the Mac, much less the new Mac Pro. Apple sells around 20 million Macs a year, and over 200 million iPhones, and tens of millions more of everything else.

What this tells us is that the days of a Mac only media event are over. Apple will use their spotlight to introduce multiple items of their ecosystem, sometimes completely unrelated like the Spring event that introduced the SE, 9" iPAd Pro, and new watch bands -- something for everyone.

Sharing the stage with other products does not mean Apple cares any less about one product than another.
 
When I see the innovation at Oculus, and at Microsoft, and I compare it to the tap dance that Apple is doing shaking money out of people a few bucks at a time with watch bands and "dual cameras" or "smart search" for TV content, and "touch strips" for laptops, it just makes me sad as hell. Someone has taken a bite out of my Apple.
 
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You mean if you watch some late night HBO stuff at times (interesting Apple allows porn apps now), and then similar suggests to the rest of your family?

Apple's solution is always their devices are single user. Buy an AppleTV for each member of family. Make sure you keep track of which remote goes to which box.
if Apple had it their way, this is egg-zactly what they want. All they care about is moolah, not what the customer wants. Apple is the Goddess, only they know what the customer wants, Apple is full of themselves, especially that donkey Tim Cooks
 
When can we browse the Apple TV App Store on safari? I am about to switch my old Apple TV for the new one if only I knew what Apps there are to know if it is worth it. Tim or Eddy? Are you reading this??
 
If they add the OLED bar to the MacBook pros and the rest get a spec bump only, that will be one sad event indeed. Hopefully they don't kill a whole hour with this, some new watch band, and a spotlight on how macs are used in schools. SNORESVILLE.
 
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I'm hearing a lot of complaining in this thread, but:

This app is the next step towards getting the shows out of their silos in separate apps. First was universal search. Now you'll have universal browse. Over time, you won't care what channel or app the show comes from, you'll just watch what you want to watch.
 
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I read the headline too quickly and thought this was a new ATV to be announced tomorrow.

My excitement quickly turned.

Well, at least the ATV is getting some attention.
 
Such a shame they still are lagging on the AppleTV. Still no SSO, no method of cloning or syncing an AppleTV config. For example if I purchase a second AppleTV I still have to go through and install/configure all the apps all over again.

The set top box market is ripe for the taking and would be much bigger than the smart watch market yet Apple moves at a snails pace. /rant
 
They've never had an event under 90 minutes. Did you really want to watch 10 new videos about the new Magic Bar™?

I think some of us expected the years of waiting and neglect to be justified by something more momentous than a lighty-up bar and a fingerprint scanner. Padding the Mac presentation with an app is a sign of something going badly wrong somewhere.
 
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Sharing the stage with other products does not mean Apple cares any less about one product than another.

Yes it does. Apple has shown an obvious disregard for the professional consumer. We've been abused by being ignored. If Apple wasn't so outright rude, they'd at least tell the professional consumer base that they have no intention of continuing the development of Pro products. It's outright inappropriate for them to go 3.5 years without a Mac Pro update, with ZERO explanation/justification to the profesional world.
 
But I already know which shows I want to watch and they aren't on Apple TV. They are on FireTV. Why is this? Oh, hobby TV.

Now I sense the aTV distraction will be there to deflect attention away from the media focus on the ship date for the MBP. Has intel released the right high end 6th gen HQ chip for the 15" yet? 6920 no iris graphics. 6970 no VPro.
 
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