agreed, stupid iOS, Android, whatever mobile platforms cant match with great console games
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Updated Apple TV with 1080p Video Support to Maintain $99 Price Tag
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agreed, stupid iOS, Android, whatever mobile platforms cant match with great console games
I would really like the mystery accessory to be a remote with microphone for Siri or a keyboard. It would really benefit my mum, who uses the family Apple TV at least once a week but she really hates having to use the remote to input text.
Really??? Onlive has demoed an app on the iPad before... If the new AppleTV supports apps then you could play those very games on an AppleTV.
It also only takes one developer to release a "big" title on a platform, if it takes off others will follow. Now, I don't see in the immediate future anyone spending that kind of resources on a AAA title for an iOS device - however, it is always a possibility.
Exactly why I said NEVER. Thanks dukemeiser.
Oh please .. as if Steve Jobs never broke his word. This is marketing mambo jambo and if Apple had a good solution (and I am sure they could build one if they wanted to) those word would be forgotten faster than you could look up the quote.
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Perhaps the ATV3 does not ship with a remote, which is why the 1080P version is the same price...since you can use the Remote App on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, it may be that the remote is now a stand-alone accessory.
The should take advantage of an potential update and bring the canadian price to 99$. I mean the rate is 1.00030009 on Google as I write this. No need to have it at 119$
PS3 Doesn't have parties, online play is not as good as Xbox 360 online. You get what you pay for. I've got an Xbox 360 & a PS3 and I like them both. But I still prefer the Xbox 360 because it has more online features then the PS3.
I'm going to be so non-productive at work today - I work from home!!! Meh! :roll eyes:
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Well I have Onlive and while it's Great it still doesn't compare to the console version of the games. And you will never see a Call of Duty game or Battlefield on Onlive and imagine what the lag will be like on a shooter like Call of Duty or Battlefield on Onlive? There would be Bullet Lag. It would just be terrible.
If you have a 105 inch TV, 1080p is the most important feature other than perhaps, better quality audio. If you have a 9 inch screen, 1080p is not that big of an idea.
I think software will be a big part of this update. The last big idea Mr. Jobs had, just before he died, was a way to break into the TV market. He was said to believe, this was one of his greatest ideas. I hope we see this idea today.
I don't think latency matters, it is all about bandwidth, as long as audio and video sync.
There is no way Apple will be allowed to break BD+. Not that they would, Apple wants the blue to die so they can replace it with downloaded media.
If I were Apple, I would put the following into a new Apple TV:
- There'd be a major focus on gaming.
- Therefore the Apple TV would support apps.
- It would have a form factor more like the Kinect or a Skype webcam.
- Thus it would have one or more cameras and microphones.
- There'd be a major focus on gaming.
- Therefore the Apple TV would support apps.
- It would have a form factor more like the Kinect or a Skype webcam.
- Thus it would have one or more cameras and microphones.
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...coming from a guy who- in that other thread- admits that his TV is capped at 720p max resolution and he only buys the SD version of movies to save the cost for "holiday".
I'm one of those "anyones" who will upgrade, probably buying 3 even if the only change vs. version 2 is 1080p. I'm one of those "almost no ones" who will find 1080p hardware very useful. And I'm not alone.
It's fine to feel as you do but you shouldn't assume that you represent "everyone" and you shouldn't sling around comments like "almost no one" unless you have surveyed everyone on the planet and can thus write such stuff with confidence. There's a fat pool of people who have refused to buy gen 1 or gen 2 because it was capped at 720p. Now they can get what they want too. They won't all be wrong (or no-ones) because they buy this new model.
Lastly, it won't be a nice upgrade solely for those jailbreaking and using Plex. iTunes stores and plays 1080p just fine (has for years now). Every video shot on an iPhone 4s, probably this new iPad3, and all of the 1080p camcorders can be processed with tools like iMovie and dropped into iTunes (no Plex required). Every 1080p blu ray rip can be dropped right into iTunes and plays there just fine. Pretty much every movie, TV show, 1080p home movie, probably a group of (soon to be) 1080p Podcasts, 1080p Youtube, etc will all "just work" without even having to jailbreak the thing. Yes, those who jailbreak will enjoy the added graphics horsepower too... but they won't be- and don't have to be- the only ones.
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I'm going to be so non-productive at work today - I work from home!!! Meh! :roll eyes:
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I am working from home today, with a deadline coming up tomorrow morning. Something tells me, I will not sleep tonight.
Won't be upgrading. I have to ATV2's and they work great. I left most of my DVD collection behind and they are already ripped. 720P is fine for those. For other movies I have blu-ray.
And unless Apple has made amazing leaps and bounds to deliver 1080P content without sacrificing bitrate and compression then the quality on a bigger screen with 1080P isn't going to make much of a difference and only increase buffering times.
A good investment for someone without Apple TV so far. But even with a 55" LED-LCD that I have - no need to upgrade.
And unless Apple has made amazing leaps and bounds to deliver 1080P content without sacrificing bitrate and compression then the quality on a bigger screen with 1080P isn't going to make much of a difference and only increase buffering times.
A good investment for someone without Apple TV so far. But even with a 55" LED-LCD that I have - no need to upgrade.
Uhhh, yes. I do this all the time! Just handbrake them into .m4p. Granted, it's not an ideal solution, but it's pretty simple...
55 inch is small for 1080p. Most of us, who are excited about 1080p have 65 or larger. (Insert mine is bigger than yours joke.)
If the 1080P playback is true, than there's only one holdout for me before I buy one. I have to see DTS-HD/DolbyTrueHD support. I know for most people this isn't a concern, but being someone who's invested in a lossless surround sound audio system... I just can't make the move without it. This obviously means iTunes store content would need to support this, but with ISP speeds getting faster and faster, and hard drive capacity getting bigger and cheaper. It seems doable at this point, especially if the rumors are true about a new HD music format from Apple.
1. my TV is 1080p.
2. i save the money because i'd rather have another beer on holiday (I travel where beers are usually 0.25 USD or less ... so 1 SD vs. 720p movie = 4 extra beers.)
3. the ATV2 is not technically capped at 720p, for the record, it can display 1080p just fine, if the bitrate is low enough.
4. Apple doesn't permit it's supported software to display 1080p
5. LOL
6. You really should check the bitrate and resolution on your so-called 1080p youtube videos.
7. you really need to let this go because I doubt you have the facilities, in house, to benefit from 1080p over 720p.
8. whatever floats your boat but i'll be LOLing at you the entire time, while I'm enjoying my beers on vacation.
2. Have you thought about a 12 step program?
4. Yes, it can support the bandwidth. That is not to say, it has the graphic capability to output 1080p.
6. I don't think anyone makes purchasing decisions based on Youtube resolutions.
8. RE: making purchasing decisions based on how much beer you can afford to drink, see answer 2.