What will it be? That's the question.
I currently have dish network DVR with over 300 channels. Te ability to surf is paramount. I also like the fact that It will search for all episodes of a preticular title even if there are reruns on 6 different channels. That service is hard in and of itself to manage.
Apple does not want to do that. (remember, easy for the consumer.)
Thats why I have reason to believe that the service will only include shows that you missed last night, and full movies.
I have thought about it, and the full movies could be done several ways.
1. You buy the movie. You watch the movie, anyday all day.
2. You rent the movie, for 2.99? (what is blockbusters current rate?) You get to watch the moive once it is downloaded, but its locked untill you either purchase it, or rent it again.
3. Like some movies on satellite, you can purcahse what is called an "all day ticket", that is, pay once and get to watch the movies as much as you want for the whole day. Then when the day is over, your movie is gone.
4. A netflix type service. If you don't know, what netflix does is send you 3 movies for 9.99 a month. You get to keep them as long as you like provided you pay the 9.99 a month subscription. When you are done with one movie, you can send it back and they will send you another one. Apple could do such a service where you can buy some movies, watch them, and then trade them in on others......a whole host of possiblities.
as far as the hardware is concerned, it might be as good as a progressive scan dvd player. I don't see full 1080i for the sheer fact that the card would have to be enormus, and they would also need backward compatbility with component and composite.
Remember how when the ipod first came out they thought that firewire would kill all, now ipods dont even sync via firewire anymore.
What ever is done for the hardware probally needs at least s-video and maybe dvi.
Hopefully optical audio, with the correct dts and dolby decoders so that I might be able to junk my dvd player.
I would take the size hit I was able to junk my dvd player.
Maybe (i'm dreamin for a first edition of this machine) cable card / satellite access card compatability.... then I could junk my dish dvr and use network storage...
.....
That being said, what about remote? Keep the slender one and add a wireless keyboard? Bluetooth? With a mounted trackball?
all options to be had.....
I currently have dish network DVR with over 300 channels. Te ability to surf is paramount. I also like the fact that It will search for all episodes of a preticular title even if there are reruns on 6 different channels. That service is hard in and of itself to manage.
Apple does not want to do that. (remember, easy for the consumer.)
Thats why I have reason to believe that the service will only include shows that you missed last night, and full movies.
I have thought about it, and the full movies could be done several ways.
1. You buy the movie. You watch the movie, anyday all day.
2. You rent the movie, for 2.99? (what is blockbusters current rate?) You get to watch the moive once it is downloaded, but its locked untill you either purchase it, or rent it again.
3. Like some movies on satellite, you can purcahse what is called an "all day ticket", that is, pay once and get to watch the movies as much as you want for the whole day. Then when the day is over, your movie is gone.
4. A netflix type service. If you don't know, what netflix does is send you 3 movies for 9.99 a month. You get to keep them as long as you like provided you pay the 9.99 a month subscription. When you are done with one movie, you can send it back and they will send you another one. Apple could do such a service where you can buy some movies, watch them, and then trade them in on others......a whole host of possiblities.
as far as the hardware is concerned, it might be as good as a progressive scan dvd player. I don't see full 1080i for the sheer fact that the card would have to be enormus, and they would also need backward compatbility with component and composite.
Remember how when the ipod first came out they thought that firewire would kill all, now ipods dont even sync via firewire anymore.
What ever is done for the hardware probally needs at least s-video and maybe dvi.
Hopefully optical audio, with the correct dts and dolby decoders so that I might be able to junk my dvd player.
I would take the size hit I was able to junk my dvd player.
Maybe (i'm dreamin for a first edition of this machine) cable card / satellite access card compatability.... then I could junk my dish dvr and use network storage...
.....
That being said, what about remote? Keep the slender one and add a wireless keyboard? Bluetooth? With a mounted trackball?
all options to be had.....
