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Stewie said:
Hi. First post but I had to weigh in to this debate. I went to the Best of Stuff show in London in Dec (gadget magazine) and they had both side by side. While the Plasma screens were very nice (and big) the actual picture quality from the LCD's was amazing. There's the one that lights the wall from the back that had LCD2 technology and that blew me and my lady away.
Anyway, that's my two cents worth.
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PowerPage.org has another post strengthening the rumour about plasmas. O'Grady say's they'll be called Apple Digital Displays... Now since Apple Cinema Displays are known as ACD's, would Apple slip up and release something called an ADD (aka Attention Deficit Disorder)? 
Link's here: http://www.powerpage.org/archives/2006/01/this_just_in_more_plasma_juice.html
That picture does look a bit more Apple-ish though... And those specs are plausible...
Link's here: http://www.powerpage.org/archives/2006/01/this_just_in_more_plasma_juice.html
That picture does look a bit more Apple-ish though... And those specs are plausible...
I've posted this in the count down thread but it may be more appropriate here...
I'm not sure if this is related, but I thought i'd throw it out there as it's always a possibility.
I work for a reseller in the UK and a few weeks a go we received a kit that looked like a part of a stand. We can't quite figure it out, and it doesn't look to be useful for any of Apples current products. I have a photo, but I'm hesitant to post this as it would reveal to my boss/company who I am.
Could this be for a new Apple product?
There are 2 perspex (clear) squares and 4 bolts. Also included are some soft fibre gloves (so that you don't make smudge marks when assembling/re-assembling) This thing is BIG. The larger square being about the size of the side of a Powermac G5.
I'm not sure if this is related, but I thought i'd throw it out there as it's always a possibility.
I work for a reseller in the UK and a few weeks a go we received a kit that looked like a part of a stand. We can't quite figure it out, and it doesn't look to be useful for any of Apples current products. I have a photo, but I'm hesitant to post this as it would reveal to my boss/company who I am.
Could this be for a new Apple product?
There are 2 perspex (clear) squares and 4 bolts. Also included are some soft fibre gloves (so that you don't make smudge marks when assembling/re-assembling) This thing is BIG. The larger square being about the size of the side of a Powermac G5.
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Perhaps not the living room but the classroom?
Maybe Apple, if it is planning to launch a 50" integrated display is not really considering the home consumer market. Schools and businesses spend large amounts on expensive troublesome projector based classroom and meeting room whiteboards. perhaps Apple could offer a highly integrated plasma screen based white board solution. Although slightly smaller than many current boards it would offer much better ambient light performance, coupled with much lower installation costs complete with straight forward integration with classroom laptops and networks. This is a market in which there is still room for considerable growth and innovation. Apple is about selling high quality usability, an appproach that won it the mp3 player market but it was able to get in there from the ground up and set the rules. I think its unlikely that Apple would risk damaging its brand trying to play with the big boys in the low margin mass market consumer electronics business where its name is only tentatively established.
Maybe Apple, if it is planning to launch a 50" integrated display is not really considering the home consumer market. Schools and businesses spend large amounts on expensive troublesome projector based classroom and meeting room whiteboards. perhaps Apple could offer a highly integrated plasma screen based white board solution. Although slightly smaller than many current boards it would offer much better ambient light performance, coupled with much lower installation costs complete with straight forward integration with classroom laptops and networks. This is a market in which there is still room for considerable growth and innovation. Apple is about selling high quality usability, an appproach that won it the mp3 player market but it was able to get in there from the ground up and set the rules. I think its unlikely that Apple would risk damaging its brand trying to play with the big boys in the low margin mass market consumer electronics business where its name is only tentatively established.
posted in the wrong thread earlier...
O'Grady pulled the post with the specs, model numbers and pics. He also calls into question his own original predictions on his Zdnet blog:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=69
The original post is still on the powerpage server:
http://www.powerpage.org/archives/2006/01/this_just_in_more_plasma_juice.html
My money is on that you won't be seeing a Plasma TV from Apple.
O'Grady pulled the post with the specs, model numbers and pics. He also calls into question his own original predictions on his Zdnet blog:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=69
The original post is still on the powerpage server:
http://www.powerpage.org/archives/2006/01/this_just_in_more_plasma_juice.html
My money is on that you won't be seeing a Plasma TV from Apple.
TMA said:
No, that's the build-your-own monolith from MacWorld 2001 ... too bad it never caught on. I guess the UK shipments were a bit late.
Lunja said:PowerPage.org has another post strengthening the rumour about plasmas. O'Grady say's they'll be called Apple Digital Displays... Now since Apple Cinema Displays are known as ACD's, would Apple slip up and release something called an ADD (aka Attention Deficit Disorder)?
Link's here: http://www.powerpage.org/archives/2006/01/this_just_in_more_plasma_juice.html
That picture does look a bit more Apple-ish though... And those specs are plausible...
Those specs are pretty tempting. 750GB!
I will convince my dad to put one in the living room....he's been in a spending mood lately.
Well, now we know. Just making stuff up. Maybe we can just count on O'Grady being page 2 from now on.
doogle said:
History has shown that that some predictions are off in time. Who knows what may happen in the weeks and months ahead.
I see Apple moving towards a total solution package of products and services. The plasma TV's seems to fit very well in their iPod history. Only time will tell.
doogle said:
I do think in hindsight with what Steve did talk about and released, I am not sure that a plasma Mac/TV would have fit in right.
With the MacBook and the new iMac. the power is back for Mac. Aperture may run well for those of us without $5K to spend. To me iLife 06 was center stage, not withstanding the MacBook and new iMac.
iLife and Frontrow are the future of Apple for the consumer. As for the plasma TV, it would fit better in a month or two with one of Apple's "special" press events. I can see it being done just a month or so before the May "sweeps" here in the US.
An Apple Infomercial in the near future:
Porchland said:
The issue with just using your primary computer as a mothership for media serving is storage. Serving up music is fairly easy. But I already have 29GB of music. And if I actually took the time to rip the other 700 or so cd's I own using Apple lossless, your looking at another 200GB or so.
And if that is bad, video is a lot worse. A 45 minute show, in about dvd quality is about 350MB. Bump it up to HD and 5.1 and its over a GB. So a 2 hour movie in HD and 5.1 would be ~2.5-3GB. So if you have 50 movies and say 20 tv shows, your at ~150-200GB.
Basically, I think you really need a minimum of 500GB of dedicated storage to do media center stuff. 1TB would be better. You need space for music, movies, tv shows, and dvr caching/storage.
Don't they do this, like, every time? I propose we automatically send these to Page 2. Or 3. Or preface it with "Warning: the following is probably crap".iMeowbot said:
solvs said:
But at the same time these rumors take time to come to market. I think the iPod was in a similar place at one time.
Plasma and LCD TV's are poised to go to new low price points this year. Given the iPod video, I can see Apple maybe doing a plasma TV with the core of OSX for an EyeTV type of thing. Add in the ability to surf the net. Download your recorded videos to your iPod. Not to mention the Apple style points. And you have a winner.