The difference is, everyone hated their phones, and no one apart from a few enthusiasts actually used them to do anything else but call and text, even though it was obvious that you could do so much more.
Never going to happen.
This analyst hasn't a clue.
You know what. That sounds exactly like the state of home entertainment today. I hate setting up the myriad of cables, wires, speakers and everything else to get a result. The back of my cabinets look like a spaghetti factory explosion. I had my amplifier fixed a few weeks back. Setting it all back up again drove me to tears.
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I like the idea of selling channels as apps (as was mentioned earlier). I'd ditch my cable provider in a heartbeat if I could... That's something Apple could revolutionize if they want. Gimme the channels I want... Nothing more, nothing less... Though I realize the networks and studios are different people and this would be quite the challenge...
You know what. That sounds exactly like the state of home entertainment today. I hate setting up the myriad of cables, wires, speakers and everything else to get a result. The back of my cabinets look like a spaghetti factory explosion. I had my amplifier fixed a few weeks back. Setting it all back up again drove me to tears.
Apple enters markets that require simplification. You don't think the home entertainment market requires simplification?
16 speakers - that is where you lost me. there is no way i could picture making something like that. That would mean wires and specific locations.... nope that is totally not the way they do things. A surroundbar, maybe. But Apple likes the minimalist design.
How would you benefit from a higher resolution?
For a start, 720/1080p content would look horrible on it. Have you ever tried to watch a DVD on a 17" MacBook Pro? The content is stretched and it just looks bad.
I can't see any use for a resolution higher than 1080p when there is currently no content with a higher resolution than that.
6 grand for the ripoff Bose system. Shocking! lol!
You're right...good gawd, I wouldn't have room to place 16 speakers no matter how small. And the spaghetti of wires -- whatever you did with them -- would be a nightmare.
You know what. That sounds exactly like the state of home entertainment today. I hate setting up the myriad of cables, wires, speakers and everything else to get a result. The back of my cabinets look like a spaghetti factory explosion. I had my amplifier fixed a few weeks back. Setting it all back up again drove me to tears.
Apple enters markets that require simplification. You don't think the home entertainment market requires simplification?
This.
Offer me a single device that delivers good audio-visual performance and access to media (iTunes, Netflix, etc.) without me having to deal with multiple components and hide dozen of cables...and purchase a Harmony remote in order to deal with all the complexity, and I will likely buy it. Also, after several highly unpleasant encounters with Samsung's customer support, I for one would much prefer to deal with Apple in this regard.
and how exactly could an apple tv help you with that?
Do you expect them to get into the entire hifi business too and introduce a wireless standard for everything that forces you to buy new speakers, receivers etc, or least a myriad of adapters for everything?
Next on the wish list: Apple cars and kitchen appliances.
As much as i understand your enthusiasm, apple can't and won't make everything. They will make stuff they understand and most importantly, which has growth and profit-making potential. The tv market doesn't have that.
I see your point but I remember the same arguments being made when there were rumours of Apple releasing a mobile phone in 2006. "Why would they want to enter a saturated commodity market like that with such thin margins?"
Then look what happened.
The apple tv hdtvs would be way over priced. The margins on these things are so low its not worth it.