Blurry Leaked Images Depict Alleged 'Apple OLED TV' in Testing Facility [Updated]

[Surf Boy from Barcelona]

Well, don't forget Apple invested 2.5billion dollars in LG's OLED production a few weeks ago. Maybe, it'll be the new Pro Display but with larger screen options which work hand in hand with Apple TV5 and the new HomePod / HomePod sound bar (in the near future maybe) for it's sound

 

[cube]

3d is dead

It is not. But most people don't really care about any content.

 

[Surf Boy from Barcelona]

OPINION

I never understood wall-mounting a TV.

Usually they are mounted waaay too high. Above the fireplace, in particular, is a terrible angle for viewing.

And you still need a cabinet for various other equipment: cable boxes, streaming boxes, DVD/BR players, game consoles, etc.

I agree and many people who rent apartments cannot have a TV mounted on the wall according to tenant agreements. Heck my first apartment, I had to get permission to mount art on the wall Imagine the mess, a TV makes on the wall!

 

[Ulisescm]

Happy with my Lg's Oled...

 

[neutralguy]

The TV will play Carpool Karaoke: The Series on a 24/7 loop until the end of time.

Actually the tv will come with the series preloaded. And you can't delete it

 

[zooland]

I would buy an iMac like that, 30" that is. I mean why not, dire in need for a redesign.

 

[dazz87]

OPINION

I never understood wall-mounting a TV.

Usually they are mounted waaay too high. Above the fireplace, in particular, is a terrible angle for viewing.

And you still need a cabinet for various other equipment: cable boxes, streaming boxes, DVD/BR players, game consoles, etc.

Cause in some case like myself my center speaker has no room on the media cabinet beside where the tv would sit if it wasnt mount, also most cabinet are too low to have the tv place on.

 

[cgsnipinva]

The Apple TV set will be a dock for the upcoming Apple TV (the box), think Nintendo Switch reversed.

As computer hardware ages, just switch the brains instead of buying a new TV.

/nostradamus

That is an interesting thought. If its a platform for an upgradeable Apple TV that also serves as a hub to all of your other devices. You might have a value proposition.

Otherwise - I like what I am hearing on the new apple TV - 4K, more powerful and more content coming to the platform.

 

[Mikey44]

You know... the one thought I have looking at this... what if, crazy thought here.... this was for use within the store, rather than a product that Apple intends to sell.

We have seen that in the past few years as Apple has pushed a number of devices through the FCC or put them in internal databases, products or services of which have never seen the light of day.

Just a thought, not to be a buzz kill, but it might be nice way to have Apple replace the LG TV sets in their stores.

 

[millar876]

Why 55" I don't have room for a 55" TV, I have 108cm of wall between the two windows where my tv is wall mounted I've got a 42" there at the moment but if there were true bezel-less tv I could maybe squeeze a 49"tv in there. I have a 100" projector screen and full HD projector for "big screen" stuff, but why oh why can't you get decent features like local dimming on smaller sets. Anywhere else in my living room my tv would get washed out by sunlight, right wall in the morning, back wall 10:00-3:00, left wall afternoon and evening, so it's in the only place it can be. I just want a really nice (not bargain/entry level) 42-49" tv with the latest features. I'd love an OLED but no one will make one in that size bracket

 

[cgsnipinva]

I don't really understand the point of this. I mean what will this product provide that an LG OLED TV + an appleTV doesn't?

I don't really understand the point of this. I mean what will this product provide that an LG OLED TV + an appleTV doesn't?

The same could be said with the HomePod. However, if you think about it --- a quality tv integrated with an upgraded AppleTv that connects with the HomePod to deliver content and audio. Add the ability to be the Hub for all your devices, software and services from Apple -- it could be compelling. Apple also announced a 1 Billion war chest for content - they could be making a move to augment what is delivered on AppleTV.

By itself it might seem mundane - but integrated with everything else ---- it could be cool.

 

[mdriftmeyer]

A beautifully designed Apple television with a super-fast UI and quality internals would be lovely, but I bet they'd still ruin it by not including any HDMI ports or some such nonsense. I hope they prove me wrong. If this is even real.

HDMI is an adaptor purchase on all iMacs/Macbooks, Mac mini built-in, AppleTV built-in and what not. Your paranoia is skewed.

 

[garirry]

Blurry pictures? Check.
Very bad angle? Check.
There's no way this is fake.

 

[JGIGS]

Unless it's competitively priced or has a substantially better picture quality than current OLED TV's you're better off with a LG or Sony and just buying an Apple box with one of those sets. The other big problem for Apple to jump into the TV market is that it's highly promotional which obviously Apple takes no part in.

 

[mudflap]

I would buy an iMac like that, 30" that is. I mean why not, dire in need for a redesign.

Why does the iMac need a redesign? It's gorgeous. It's a classic design like a Porsche 911.

 

[gugy]

OPINION

I never understood wall-mounting a TV.

Usually they are mounted waaay too high. Above the fireplace, in particular, is a terrible angle for viewing.

And you still need a cabinet for various other equipment: cable boxes, streaming boxes, DVD/BR players, game consoles, etc.

The case you are describing I agreed but for example I have mine mounted in the wall not too high and all my AV equipment in a closet nearby. It looks clean and minimalistic. So for some situations it is great to have it like that.

 

[9594864]

Blurry photo's make the photograph all the more believable though. No one wants to get caught, so it has to be quick, hence motion blur.

And using an old tiny device to take pictures, not a large smartphone.
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A beautifully designed Apple television with a super-fast UI and quality internals would be lovely, but I bet they'd still ruin it by not including any HDMI ports or some such nonsense. I hope they prove me wrong. If this is even real.

An Apple Cinema Display (TV set) should be a display with only the internals to run the display, and absolutely nothing else. See a TV is not upgraded often, and therefore placing computer chips in it is an unimaginably awful idea. You have the Cinema Display be a display, and then you have the external Apple TV box which is cheap to upgrade, be the 'brain'.

 

[Lone Deranger]

Wait. So they can make (allegedly) an Apple TV display, but can't be arsed to put out a Cinema Display to support their Pro clientele. Lame Apple. Lame.

 

[9594864]

Why 55" I don't have room for a 55" TV, I have 108cm of wall between the two windows where my tv is wall mounted I've got a 42" there at the moment but if there were true bezel-less tv I could maybe squeeze a 49"tv in there. I have a 100" projector screen and full HD projector for "big screen" stuff, but why oh why can't you get decent features like local dimming on smaller sets. Anywhere else in my living room my tv would get washed out by sunlight, right wall in the morning, back wall 10:00-3:00, left wall afternoon and evening, so it's in the only place it can be. I just want a really nice (not bargain/entry level) 42-49" tv with the latest features. I'd love an OLED but no one will make one in that size bracket

There is NO REASON for small TVs in 2017. See iPads and other tablets and even smartphones have taken over viewing purposes. A TV has to have a very large display to compel people to not just pick up their iPad and hold it 1ft from their face...

 

[0990848]

Also, just for posterity's sake, here's the other image I had saved from yesterday that are less blurry than the ones used on the front page:

To kind of play the devil's advocate, since there were three images, was the logo inserted on all three of them? I'm thinking its most likely faked as well but I want to believe cause I want a fully fledged Apple TV, not just some set top box.

 

[9594864]

Wait. So they can make (allegedly) an Apple TV display, but can't be arsed to put out a Cinema Display to support their Pro clientele. Lame Apple. Lame.

I think you're missing what this would be.

This would be (if it's real), like so:

Apple Cinema Display:

21" and 27" or 32" = Computer display
60", 75", 100" = TV display

All of them would be identical in design and specifications. Their only internals would be to have the graphical capability to display 4K for all but the computer displays which would be 5k, and thunderbolt ports on the computer displays.

 

[snebes]

I think you're missing what this would be.

This would be (if it's real), like so:

Apple Cinema Display:

21" and 27" or 32" = Computer display
60", 75", 100" = TV display

All of them would be identical in design and specifications. Their only internals would be to have the graphical capability to display 4K for all but the computer displays which would be 5k, and thunderbolt ports on the computer displays.

Maybe these will be the 8k displays that had a single rumor 2 years ago.

 

[melendezest]

basically a really expensive TCL/Roku TV.

It'll have a single button remote too. And no ports except a single, new, proprietary lightning connector...

 

[9594864]

Maybe these will be the 8k displays that had a single rumor 2 years ago.

8k is worthless for anything less than like 120"+. It's simply too high pixel density for a TV that sits on average 8-10ft+ from viewers.

 

[1Zach1]

There is NO REASON for small TVs in 2017. See iPads and other tablets and even smartphones have taken over viewing purposes. A TV has to have a very large display to compel people to not just pick up their iPad and hold it 1ft from their face...

Interesting thought, though I disagree with it. Have sales of TVs less than 50" plummeted?