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I'd buy that for a dollar...
Apple, or ALL places, doing a huge TV that has a Mac mounted in it, is a ridiculous idea.
Second, it's a jokey article, which due to the schizophrenic social ability of most computer nerds comes off as plausible.
Third, A 42" plasma can be gotten for as little as $1900 now. Best Buy. Magnavox. HDTV. I know, I am shopping for one. But, the price of an Apple shoved in one would still be twice that much, if for nothing more then having Steve Jobses handie prints all over it. So if this rumor has any truth, it is for a plasma tv-apple monitor for $2599. Would I buy that? No. The Magnavox has DVI inputs.
Fourth, I would buy it if it was a 42 inch Plah, with a G5 tower in it and has 4 slots and hard drive area for lotsa so and so, and has all the so and so's of a G5 tower. For $2599? Hellz yah. I need a ... whatever I just wrote. For that price. But I would be one of about 12 people buying, because that dual/quad whatever processor computer/tv will go to nuts in about 6 years, if not sooner. Unless they make upgrades over the year. Yeah, right. Apple? HAHAHA oh man, I really made a funny one there.
Apple, or ALL places, doing a huge TV that has a Mac mounted in it, is a ridiculous idea.
Second, it's a jokey article, which due to the schizophrenic social ability of most computer nerds comes off as plausible.
Third, A 42" plasma can be gotten for as little as $1900 now. Best Buy. Magnavox. HDTV. I know, I am shopping for one. But, the price of an Apple shoved in one would still be twice that much, if for nothing more then having Steve Jobses handie prints all over it. So if this rumor has any truth, it is for a plasma tv-apple monitor for $2599. Would I buy that? No. The Magnavox has DVI inputs.
Fourth, I would buy it if it was a 42 inch Plah, with a G5 tower in it and has 4 slots and hard drive area for lotsa so and so, and has all the so and so's of a G5 tower. For $2599? Hellz yah. I need a ... whatever I just wrote. For that price. But I would be one of about 12 people buying, because that dual/quad whatever processor computer/tv will go to nuts in about 6 years, if not sooner. Unless they make upgrades over the year. Yeah, right. Apple? HAHAHA oh man, I really made a funny one there.
soosy said:
Not even close. I sense a Steve Jobs whiff coming. Not every Apple product succeeds, from time to time Steve throws something out there that's not ripe for market. The iPod brilliantly anticipated the market and hit at the perfect time when everyone had 100s of Napster songs on their PC but limited and shrinking means to acquire new ones.
But TV? Nothing's stopping me from time shifting at will. I have an HD-DVR, OnDemand, DVDs and UMDs for my PSP. If I wanted to go the illegal route, I could rent a bunch of Netflix films and rip them to my computer -- or go on BitTorrent and steal them outright (some of them months before hitting DVD.)
What I really need right now is a device that will prevent me from entertaining myself so much so I can get more work done.
Peace said:
Which doesnt work with iPod.
I thought the whole point was to leverage iPod as a trojan horse into the living room. Seeing as 95% of iPod users are probably Windows owners, it makes sense to ensure any Mac DVR can read a Windows iTunes collections via AirTunes.
BillGates said:
Are you kidding me? Of course I have a wife ... why do you think I need so many distractions?
if only i had a time machine to see what happens on teu. AND to go back into time and invest in apple when it was like 12 bux a share 
Cnt-fed / Sed
Steve said that he was pleased to get rid of CRT's because they do a big harm to the enviroment. Are these CNT-FED/SED better in this way, since they still using phosphor in the screen??? I googleed it and I'm not sure if they are better in this particular way...
yoda_four said:
Steve said that he was pleased to get rid of CRT's because they do a big harm to the enviroment. Are these CNT-FED/SED better in this way, since they still using phosphor in the screen??? I googleed it and I'm not sure if they are better in this particular way...
DPazdanISU said:if only i had a time machine to see what happens on teu. AND to go back into time and invest in apple when it was like 12 bux a share
Apple is already is a ridiculously overpriced stock. Honestly, do you think Apple is worth more than Sony? Sony has movie studios, recording companies, TVs, stereos, video games ... and consumer products and computers. Yet the market value of Apple is $20 billion higher than Sony. It's absurd -- Apple will NEVER be as big or valuable as Sony.
And what happens to Apple stock if Steve Jobs one day decides to become CEO of Disney and waves goodbye (again)?
But don't take my word for it: http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=120123&format=&page=1
Goldfinger said:
sorry, i meant too include these below. also check out the new sony Core Duo laptops. pretty nice.
Very nice. if it had OSX i'd already have ordered one -
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/04/kapsel-media-center-ceramic-pc-with-intel-viiv/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/06/sonys-vgn-xl100-media-pc-takes-on-the-viiv-chipset/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/06/niveus-media-center-denali-edition-getting-viiv/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/03/niveus-network-virtualization-technology-makes-dvd-streaming-l/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/sony-vaio-xl2-digital-living-system/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/d-links-dsm-5210r-wireless-hd-streamer/
http://engadget.com/2006/01/07/intels-ces-booth-tour/
these are one box solutions built into the screens (Windows Media Connect)
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/04/hp-hdtv-lineup-announced-one-with-wifi/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/02/oqs-hdtv-with-built-in-media-center-pc/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/07/toshibas-ces-booth-tour/
Wes Jordan said:
According to the boys over at Ars Technica the new Dell 30" LCD is priced to go, and Apple's current LCD lineup is not looking very nice next to it.
Read This
I hope this rumor is true, or that Apple at least drops the prices of their current LCDs to stay competitive.
/Three more pages of posts have been added to this thread as I read it. Holy crap, I am late to the game.
Thanks. Well it seems that most of the boxes only have HDMI, S-video and Component outputs. So a big F U to europe by leaving out Scart.d.f said:
Pleases me to see that the HP television has a QAM tuner though. As that is what DVB uses IIRC.
yoak said:If this turns out to bee true, I don´t think one can compare this to what happened with the iPod.
Items in that price range won´t fly off the shelfs in the way products that costs less do (even if they are expensive for what they are e.g MP3 player)
I might be proved wrong thogh, though I doubt it
Yeah, but everyone who needs a new TV is going to end up spending big bucks. Sure, a lot of people don't need new TV's, but for those who do...good price with some really spiffy stuff = good news for apple
I'd say that most consumers aren't ready to spend that kind of money. Film lovers, tv addicts and geeks, yes. But average consumers, no.thejadedmonkey said:
1k for a TV, yes. 2k+ for a TV ? I don't think, so. Not for the mainstream consumer anyway.
So I've finished reading 9 pages of posts...What can I conclude?
Maybe apple will release a top set box that plugs into the TV via ONE connector. Then, you use your nifty remote to select the input. You can play CDs/DVDs through the DC/DVD drive/iTunes, view slideshows off of a streaming slideshow (think iTunes streams), bla bla bla. The most important part though, is the ONE remote that you need to control everything with.
Front Row was just a public beta for all this.
So in the end of the day, you buy a TV, this apple device, plug it all in, and have ONE remote that uses graphics (not text-only menus) to navigate all of the media.
It's just what the doctor ordered.
Maybe apple will release a top set box that plugs into the TV via ONE connector. Then, you use your nifty remote to select the input. You can play CDs/DVDs through the DC/DVD drive/iTunes, view slideshows off of a streaming slideshow (think iTunes streams), bla bla bla. The most important part though, is the ONE remote that you need to control everything with.
Front Row was just a public beta for all this.
So in the end of the day, you buy a TV, this apple device, plug it all in, and have ONE remote that uses graphics (not text-only menus) to navigate all of the media.
It's just what the doctor ordered.
I post back and forth on this thread it seems, and this rumor has aspects that seem plausible, and those that seem ridiculous. It really came out of the clear blue, which either makes it an Apple Leak (like Intel, to get us prepped) or it is a hoax.
Its rather strange that no obscure rumors have surfaced months ago about such a project; such as Apple striking a contact with a panel maker or the like. Before the nano was released, we knew about Apple sourcing memory, we just didnt know the use.
Its rather strange that no obscure rumors have surfaced months ago about such a project; such as Apple striking a contact with a panel maker or the like. Before the nano was released, we knew about Apple sourcing memory, we just didnt know the use.
Lord Blackadder said:
Imagine the screen burn-in from just the dock and embedded icons alone! You would see the finder smiley icon every time you try to read the scrolling news bar on CNN! Then again, it might be nice to see at least ONE happy thing on the news, even if it is just a burnt-in image on your new $3,000 plasma set...
chicagdan said:
I wondered the same thing, and the only practical solution is a hot-swappable or easily replaced motherboard/"computer". Like 42-inch HD display meets iMac meets Xserve: hot-swapple CPU and harddrive units in a big, flat display.
Monday rumors will be very hot!!! Can't wait!
It's strange that my girlfriend thinks that I'm dumb every time that I try to tell her about the rumors we discuss here... Pity.
It's strange that my girlfriend thinks that I'm dumb every time that I try to tell her about the rumors we discuss here... Pity.
Apple need to jump on the media center ASAP. I hope at MWSF next week. I am afraid the longer they wait the worse will be for them to regain their lead. I like the concept of the Itunes video store, but still very small. With all the competitors jumping in the market, Apple needs to blow us away next week and leap ahead everybody else. That's why I think these rumors could be true. The worst case we'll see this happening at NAB.