So please, enlighten us and discuss it. Otherwise why are both of you on a discussion forum ?
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Steve Jobs on an Apple Television: No Need for 'All These Complicated Remote Controls'
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So please, enlighten us and discuss it. Otherwise why are both of you on a discussion forum ?
Touch screen remote, and then the tv knows what you have pluged into it and gives you the different buttons you want/need so you only need 1 remote. Then you can customize it ect. Then they can do stuff like put in a mic for siri or even for facetimme on your tv.
On another note they can really do a lot of thing to the remote like add a acceleromoter, bluetooth, and the option to plug headphones into the remote to hear whats going on the tv ect.
Using that logic, there must be thousands of lawsuits against TV manufacturers from blind people who can't see the picture, and against bicycle manufacturers from paraplegics who can't use the pedals, and, and, and.....
What it you have an Apple TV box, satiable box and cable TV and a separate audio AV amp and you want to record a show off the cable box while watching a blue ray movie?
Also voice kind of fixes the problem of a misplaced remote control.
Siri can figure out you are talking to her because you say "Siri" followed by a command or question that makes sense.
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It's just as well an Apple TV won't have a remote - the batteries would only last 3 hours
It's just as well an Apple TV won't have a remote - the batteries would only last 3 hours
And still nobody has answer his question
Because it doesn't resolve the problem with multiple remotes?
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But this is not new, Logitech and Philips touchscreen remotes?
There are limits on "reasonableness"
This reminds me of the case where this blind guy sues the owner of a strip club. He wanted the owner to make special accommodation for him. (The girls objected to him wanting to use his fingers to "see" them)
What about Hollywood move studios being sued by those who are both blind and deaf. Or for that matter stupid people sueing a university for offering classes that are not adapted to their low IQ.
Do you ? Can you then enlighten us ? Because all these discussions about Steve having "cracked it" are just pure speculation. All I've heard until now about this topic and no one has yet to come up with something that requires an actual Apple TV (you know, the screen portion).
with time warner cable you can program their remote to control everything except the PS3 and x-box. very easy to do
Because we have no clue how high or low Apple is aiming.
Simple logic this is is. Jobs said no remotes, so we think Siri. Obviously Siri will not always work well, but he also said NO REMOTES, so there won't be Siri + remote, touch based or classic. I'm thinking GESTURES. FaceTime camera intergration and problems is almost solved.
Here's a possibility.
The thought just occured to me that content that travels via HDMI uses HDCP to deliver said content.
Now here's how Apple could make one remote for all those HDCP devices.
From Wikipedia :
"The system is meant to stop HDCP-encrypted content from being played on devices that do not support HDCP or which have been modified to copy HDCP content. Before sending data, a transmitting device checks that the receiver is authorized to receive it. If so, the transmitter encrypts the data to prevent eavesdropping as it flows to the receiver."
Now if HDCP requires a device to identify itself before sending the throughput couldn't the built-in Apple TV software automatically identify that device using the encrypted data sent via HDCP and tell the remote what the device is and add it to the plist file thus being able to automatically control said device ?
Why does anyone think Apple would need to sell an actual screen to change the way you interact with your TV? I don't see it myself. But maybe it's all based on rumors I've been ignoring.
Yeah - but there are also regulations. For example: The Television Decoder Circuitry Act. The Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990 states that since July 1, 1993, all television sets with screens 13 inches or larger manufactured for sale in the U.S. must contain built-in closed-caption decoders.
So it's not just as simple as you'd like to make it sound.
Why does anyone think Apple would need to sell an actual screen to change the way you interact with your TV? I don't see it myself. But maybe it's all based on rumors I've been ignoring.
my new TV last year came with 3 HDMI ports. one is for the cable box, one for x-box and one for PS3 that i use for blu ray. where am i supposed to plug in the apple tv?
For everyone who doesn't understand how the voice activation would work with other sounds in the room (from others, the tv, etc.), does anyone have a Kinect for Xbox? Specifically in the new fall dashboard update beta? It's pretty simple. Start every command with 'Xbox...' and go from there. I can yell PLAY <title> all i want, but unless I say 'Xbox' first, nothing happens.
That being said, I still don't use the voice recognition commands.
Edit: and saying 'Xbox' and starting my command isn't preceded by me hitting any buttons...
That being said, I still don't use the voice recognition commands.
Edit: and saying 'Xbox' and starting my command isn't preceded by me hitting any buttons...
I had a touch screen remote with My SONY 5.1 surround receiver that could control everything ten years ago. It was called a Commander.