We know that Apple has invested big into its own home-brew content. This is big and a sign that Apple is the next Netflix.
I wonder, too. If you are heavily invested in either iTunes purchases (movies) or streaming services, what have you been watching all that on all these years? Your iPhone?
I've got some sort of streaming box (ATV4K or FireTV box) on all my TV's and never use AirPlay except for an occasional YouTube video.
Because if you drop in to visit Aunt May it will be very easy to show her nephew’s climbing skills you have captured on your phone.I wonder, too. If you are heavily invested in either iTunes purchases (movies) or streaming services, what have you been watching all that on all these years? Your iPhone?
I've got some sort of streaming box (ATV4K or FireTV box) on all my TV's and never use AirPlay except for an occasional YouTube video.
Although LG OLED is my TV of choice, I would seriously recommend Vizio for anyone who doesn't want to spend $$$ on TV (P and PQ series). Their level of support, especially given their low price, is incredible. If only they value user privacy, but I guess that's one reason why their TVs are priced so low.
Honest question: why is this exciting?
Airplay if you don’t have an AppleTV hooked up, or do people find it exciting for their TV to support it directly somehow?
What HomeKit integration are you expecting with the TV? Is it just on/off/volume, or full search/play support like an ATV with Siri remote?
(Personally, I avoid “smart” TVs as I prefer to have my ATV box separate and upgradable, and trust Apple to protect my privacy more than Samsung, LG, or Visio. Recent news’s about Visio monetization of viewing history data tells me that stance isn’t changing any time soon.)
Honest question: why is this exciting?
Airplay if you don’t have an AppleTV hooked up, or do people find it exciting for their TV to support it directly somehow?
What HomeKit integration are you expecting with the TV? Is it just on/off/volume, or full search/play support like an ATV with Siri remote?
(Personally, I avoid “smart” TVs as I prefer to have my ATV box separate and upgradable, and trust Apple to protect my privacy more than Samsung, LG, or Visio. Recent news’s about Visio monetization of viewing history data tells me that stance isn’t changing any time soon.)
Because these TVs like my LG C8 are insanely fast. It’s really convenient to switch my receiver to the Apple TV when I want to watch Netflix 4K, Vudu 4K, Amazon 4K and YouTube 4K. Being able to access my entire iTunes library with a simple click on the webOS home menu/recents would be awesome.
AirPlay is a welcomed feature for easily sharing video/photos on the big screen. As I mentioned above, the Vizio is my living room TV and stuff like this will keep me buying them. I can seriously play everything on the P-series.
Might just be different ways of looking at things - wanting to do everything with the TV, versus wanting to do as little as possible with the TV's clunky remote and everything via the attached box with the better (at least in my case; YMMV) interface. Definitely agree that switching inputs on TVs is still an unnaturally convoluted process (not sure why manufacturers insist on making it so, but it is, universally), so it needs to be minimized. In my world, we have the TV always set to HDMI 1 and everything comes from the AppleTV (we actually have an HDMI switch in there too so the PS/4, Switch, the now-never-used FireTV Stick, and ATV all go into that then into the HDMI-1 input on the TV; Harmony takes care of all that switching for us though), so our "TV" interface is just the AppleTV.
To be fair, he didn’t say Apple was. He just said Apple is the “Next” Netflix. You still have to start from the bottom when trying to be the next.Apple is far from even touching the bottom of what Netflix is and had accomplished when it comes mainstream media in my opinion.
Interesting. Seems reasonable, if you are using all the apps on your TV, that you would prefer to switch to an iTunes app rather than to the AppleTV to play that media (assuming you have an AppleTV of course). But then, why weren't you just using all the same apps on the AppleTV rather than the ones built into your TV?
You betcha! I hope he does really dirty nasty CEO stuff with all that crazy information he got about me going to input 2 labeled “Apple TV”That’s Vizio CEO singing about all the personal watch information he’s stealing on you.
Honest question: why is this exciting?
Airplay if you don’t have an AppleTV hooked up, or do people find it exciting for their TV to support it directly somehow?
What HomeKit integration are you expecting with the TV? Is it just on/off/volume, or full search/play support like an ATV with Siri remote?
(Personally, I avoid “smart” TVs as I prefer to have my ATV box separate and upgradable, and trust Apple to protect my privacy more than Samsung, LG, or Visio. Recent news’s about Visio monetization of viewing history data tells me that stance isn’t changing any time soon.)