Interesting that there's an integrated Store. Perhaps a a harbinger of the simplifications of iTunes?
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iOS 10.2 Beta 2 Includes New 'TV' App for Discovering Content
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Library button, for iTunes purchases only. How really really great. How about the DVD rips and Amazon or any other purchases? Which is like 80% of my library since I bought most of my movies on DVDs.
this.
The live streaming channels you have access to with your provider subscription need to be shown somewhere along with what's currently streaming. I can never remember what apps offer live streams, and having to go into each app to see what's on or rummage through a generic tv guide to find the few channels you might get is a pita.
^This. It really sucks as I have a large library of all my ripped DVDs and BluRays that won't show up in it.
Have you ever tried finding a specific movie on Netflix or Hulu? Good luck. And using "less legit sites"? How about you pay for your media.
Pretty much everything that Apple announces or releases nowadays has me either shaking my head or leaves me having 0 interest. Granted I'm not a tech company expert so maybe Tim and his team are doing a great job leading the company into the future. But as a rabid tech fan who use to absolutely love almost all Apple products (at least the Steve Jobs 2.0 era products and beyond), I am just losing more and more interest in Apple while the competition seems to introduce more useful and cool technology. This TV app is just another example of how (IMHO) Apple is just not focusing on what people want.
I got 60 movies (some brand new) for $60 on their 10th anniversary and you can regularly pick up movies for $5.
Yes. People who like the idea of investing in a movie collection which they can never watch on, or transfer to, another device.
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Apple "We are more committed than ever to the Mac".... and we get a TV guide missing the two largest content companies Netflix and Amazon.... WTF?
I am a loyal Apple user but I'm not sure they are as committed as they say.
I am a loyal Apple user but I'm not sure they are as committed as they say.
Kinda like curated playlists in Apple Music or Spotify...or recommended movies in Netflix. Our apps will be nothing but ads in the future.
Yes. I use discounted iTunes gift cards. Not all shows I watch are available on Hulu. Not is guaranteed to be on Netflix after the season.
In what way is this related to the Mac? Also how is it Apple's fault that Netflix and Amazon refuses to leave the comfort of their own apps?
I am not interested in anything other than Amazon and my own movie collection I ripped from my own DVDs.
I bought a lot of albums from iTunes, maybe for $10 to $20 each month for the last 10 years and even more on physicals CD for the last 30 years. But I have never ever bought a movie from iTunes since they are so expensive.
I'm also in that camp give me a grid.
To begin with I watch mostly sports. Then every once in a while a movie.
I found the presentation boring and totally uninteresting, but then , I would never bother somebody to tell them, I watched this movie, listened to this song, read this book etc.
Maybe in conversation, but not via an app.
Plus SIRI is so useless!
Now they give us a SIRI and PING experience. LOL
I feel like Apple is gearing up for an AppleMusic-like service for video.
[doublepost=1478548921][/doublepost]Also I wonder if when iOS 10.2 officially releases if the Videos app will die. It is still on my screen now but with the TV app I feel like Videos will be obsolete.
[doublepost=1478548921][/doublepost]Also I wonder if when iOS 10.2 officially releases if the Videos app will die. It is still on my screen now but with the TV app I feel like Videos will be obsolete.
You're not getting first run movies in Netflix and Hulu. There's a reason the studios hold back their best stuff and only later let some, not all of it by any means, on those sites.
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What do you mean? For shows you stream illegally? Maybe you can download the channel apps without having to sign up so it will let you see the shows schedule? which is what you want to do no? To let you know when a show you watch airs?
$10 billion per year in R&D and Apple gives us a TV guide. I'm overwhelmed by all of this innovation.
Macrumors is the worst for anti Apple crowd . For some reason, most of the detritus ends up here. I stop by periodically, usually when I am waiting in line, to keep the trolls semi-honest and because they are such easy sport. It's a little like fishing in a barrel but it keeps the fly casting sharp.