Remote for Next-Generation Apple TV to Include 'Touch Pad' for Scrolling

[Reason077]

up converted 1080p content looks better than straight 1080p.

Yes, sure it does.

Just like how HD content looks better when you use a $100 gold-plated HDMI cable compared to a cheap one

 

[mdridwan47]

On an Apple TV? For what?

Not typing passwords.

 

[mdelvecchio]

Maybe this time, I won't lose the remote. Every one I know always lost their remotes. It's so thin, it slips through every crack easily and you'll never find it again.

Thank god for the Remote app on the iOS devices.

i havent lost any of mine. there, now you know somebody who hasnt lost their remote.

 

[webbuzz]

Not typing passwords.

Use the IOS app and you can copy + paste passwords from a password manager. Touch ID would be a solution, assuming the App Store is available on the next ATV, along with associated password manager apps.

 

[ctdonath]

believe it or not, 4K content is still rather sparse. So why the push for that now

Chicken-and-egg problem. If it's easy to make the hardware available on a large scale (like iPhone 6 supporting NFC in a way people want to use), it's easy for content providers to supply 4K content.

 

[shanson27]

Revolutionary

 

[happygodavid]

Game controller as a game controller, please
And I mean any old Bluetooth game controller like the Xbox 360 one, not the ripoff "MFi" ones.

YES!! Let the ATV remote be whatever it is (Siri text input, BT, force touch, etc.), but wouldn't it be cool to have an Apple-designed physical-button controller like the XB1 or PS4? Hey, we can dream.

 

[Antares]

Why not just convert the circle to a click wheel? It'd be perfect.

I love the click wheel. You can scroll indefinitely, and as fast as you want; something you can't do on "touch pads."

Yes you can. Make a circle motion on the touch pad. Same as if you were doing the circular motion on a click wheel. How fast you do the motion also determines the speed of the scrolling.

 

[bluespark]

It's pretty ridiculous that in order to search for something on Apple TV, the remote can only shuttle the cursor around one letter at a time using direction keys.

Extremely hokey when you're sitting there with an iPhone or worse, iPad, and Apple has every ability to make a decent, full featured Remote app to interface with the Apple TV, but won't do it.

Apparently that would be too useful, or ?

I'm confused. Why not use the Remote app and the keyboard on your iPhone or iPad? That's how I always search, enter passwords, etc., on the Apple TV.

 

[AlecZ]

Yes, sure it does.

Just like how HD content looks better when you use a $100 gold-plated HDMI cable compared to a cheap one

A good pixel prediction system will actually make the video look better than the original.

 

[Risco]

I would much rather prefer an Apple TV that was not reliant on iTunes on my Mac Mini to serve videos and music and that had upgradeable internal storage.

 

[xmichaelp]

believe it or not, 4K content is still rather sparse. So why the push for that now

Future proof.

 

[cowbellallen]

A "slightly thicker" Apple product?

This is a BS rumor.

 

[boston04and07]

Ideally, I want to be able to control my Apple TV from my MacBook, via something similar to screen sharing. My computer is on my lap almost all the time I'm watching TV. I would love to be able to select a program without reaching for another device.

This!! Or even just a Remote app for Macs similar to the iOS remote app. I always have my MacBook Pro on my lap when I'm watching my Apple TV and seldom have my iPhone, oddly. Usually it's charging after having used it all day. This would be super helpful.

 

[Coleman2010]

Yes, sure it does.

Just like how HD content looks better when you use a $100 gold-plated HDMI cable compared to a cheap one

Do you own a 4KTV? You're basing your opinion on what exactly?

1080p content unconverted to 4K looks better than straight 1080p.

A good pixel prediction system will actually make the video look better than the original.

Indeed

 

[bommai]

I would much rather prefer an Apple TV that was not reliant on iTunes on my Mac Mini to serve videos and music and that had upgradeable internal storage.

I second that except I would like the option to connect a USB HDD to AppleTV and let it store everything there or even a NAS. I want the NAS to run iTunes server instead of a Mac/PC.

 

[2010mini]

Chicken-and-egg problem. If it's easy to make the hardware available on a large scale (like iPhone 6 supporting NFC in a way people want to use), it's easy for content providers to supply 4K content.

Wrong. NFC was widely available before Apple joined. 4K would require a change in infrastructure of studios, networks and Broadband providers to accommodate it.

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I second that except I would like the option to connect a USB HDD to AppleTV and let it store everything there or even a NAS. I want the NAS to run iTunes server instead of a Mac/PC.

Why? The present and future of storage is cloud based.

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Future proof.

There is No such thing as future proof in technology. By the time 4K is widely used by studios and TV networks, a whole new standard could be used that would make any 4K tech today obsolete.

 

[farewelwilliams]

Why not 8k while they're at it? Gotta think ahead!

then there wouldn't be any room for selling a new gen next year.

 

[leon44]

This tells me the TV4 is going to have a completely new UI more suited to a little trackpad.
Well I hope so, because personally I think the current remote is perfect for the current UI.

 

[hipnetic]

Currently, navigating through content on a channel like Netflix with the Apple TV remote requires users to click multiple times on the click wheel.

I think you just have to click-and-hold. Works fine.

 

[RenoG]

I have enough devices to stream from, so hopefully the next Apple TV offers something compelling enough for me to get one.

It does actually, it's called AirPlay. Would adding the App Store and Siri do it for you?

 

[attila]

The remote did see one redesign from white plastic to the current aluminum one.

And I wish it was as short as the old one.

(that's what she never said)

 

[anthonylambert]

what is it with making things so small it becomes a bad thing....

The Apple TV is too small. The box isn't heavy enough to stop the cables pulling it about and can even stop it laying flat. It isn't an Airport express so you need that in addition then because both boxes are so light they don't really stack and are just a mess.

The Apple TV controller is way too small and is always getting lost. Also it is a pain when you have to search by typing text or scrolling generally.

 

[Dargoth]

No deal unless the remote has 2 Gb of RAM #

You probably mean 2GB. Unless you really do mean 2 Gb or 256 GB.

 

[Tech198]

Apple just like to replace those 'clickers'

This may look good, but just like any touch based (including mac's, u have set for 'Tap to click' there is always gonna be a situation u were accidentally touch it.

If it stays 'a clicker' then u can click and be happy First think i do with a new mac is not enable the Tap to click, cos it drives my absolutely balmy..