There has been talk about TV competing against NetFlix and TiVo... niether of which is remotely similar to TV. The one I want to weigh in on is TiVo:
Now I highly doubt that AppleTV will be released with DVR capabilities but there has to be a reason they put a HDD in there. I mean, if you can stream with 802.11n, there's no reason to store anything onboard.
Apple may or may not someday give it the opportunity to become a DVR, but all it *should* need is a Firmware update to make it possible. You can almost gaurantee, however, that someone will hack the unit, teach it to run linux, and write some DVR software for it. I mean, look at what they can do with the iPod and the PSP. Lots of crazy stuff. (How much content can you store on 40GB, though?)
So I think AppleTV will someday have DVR capabilities... the only question is whether they will be Apple-endorsed.
Anyone care to weigh in on this?
-Clive
Now I highly doubt that AppleTV will be released with DVR capabilities but there has to be a reason they put a HDD in there. I mean, if you can stream with 802.11n, there's no reason to store anything onboard.
Apple may or may not someday give it the opportunity to become a DVR, but all it *should* need is a Firmware update to make it possible. You can almost gaurantee, however, that someone will hack the unit, teach it to run linux, and write some DVR software for it. I mean, look at what they can do with the iPod and the PSP. Lots of crazy stuff. (How much content can you store on 40GB, though?)
So I think AppleTV will someday have DVR capabilities... the only question is whether they will be Apple-endorsed.
Anyone care to weigh in on this?
-Clive