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Google to Supply Video for Apple iTV?
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I found these video upload sites to be entertaining for about a week but now am completely bored of them.. yawn. Now if this was a talk about getting video podcasts onto the iTV, which I am sure you will be able to do, then that is something to be a bit more excited about.
zim said:
Now that is a divine idea. I had not thought of that before. I'm loving the idea of the iTV more and more. Let's hope that one has some truth in it.
Compile 'em all said:Okay, I don't get this. So they will be selling movies through the iTunes store
and at the same time allowing you to play the DVD version on the very same
device
I'm not convinced the "dvd included" claim is authentic. but i DO see some merit in a high-end iTV with a blu-ray player/recorder. That would be a pretty nifty dvr, wouldn't it? Others on the forum: problems with this idea? or expansion of it?
puuukeey said:
Since you took what I said personally, let me explain more clearly what my post was actually saying. I never once claimed that I produced better content then others. Your criticism makes it sound like I think my content should be available on iTV. If you do a search through Google Video or YouTube you will notice that none of my content has been submitted (at least to me knowledge) on either site. I do not promote my work on those sites for reasons I have already stated.
I do have my own site where I feature my videos. This site is primarily for friends and family who wish to watch my work whenever they like. I understand that these free content sites are trying to provide that for everyone else. Some people do not have enough money or care to create their own site and these sites are of help to them. I understand that there is a benefit for such a website to exist.
If the iTV were created to watch videos from google video on a HDTV then the product is stupid. That is my opinion, sure, but an opinion that I am in-fact entitled to.
I dont feel that is why the iTV was developed and allowing this kind of content on it from the start will set a bad president for it. Others will agree with me when the criticism starts coming out. "Why am I spending $299 to watch a bunch of free content on my TV... which is a higher resolution then the video should be viewed at."
It is my opinion that this rumor will not come to fruition. Google Video is not meant to be played on HDTVs or really any TVs for that matter.
While it is my opinion that most of the content on the site is crap, I am not claiming the idea of the site is crap. I think the logic behind YouTube and Goggle Video are great (if they had a way of actually making money it would be better). They should not be streamed to a TV though. The resolution is to low and the content is not worth $299.
Reading comprehension is a lost art these days... Jobs says iTV is like a DVD player, another box in addition to your cable settop. It does not have to replace your settop, so Apple doesn't have to add a ton of additional circuitry that is already inside your cable or satellite settop. How you guys or gals go from "adopting the DVD player as our model" to "it seems certain that it will include a DVD player" is beyond me.
Actually, two sentences earlier the article says: "Instead of trying to be a digital workhorse with DVD drives, a hard disk and a tuner, it's simply a Wi-Fi-enabled connection machine ..."
Actually, two sentences earlier the article says: "Instead of trying to be a digital workhorse with DVD drives, a hard disk and a tuner, it's simply a Wi-Fi-enabled connection machine ..."