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About LinkBacksRead more.A recent job posting reveals Apple is considering where else it can put its new SoC to work. iScreen anyone?
Read more.A recent job posting reveals Apple is considering where else it can put its new SoC to work. iScreen anyone?
Well they did such an excellent job with AppleTV, how could this fail?
Oh wait, they didn't, the box was over priced, had to be hacked to be useful, and came with the most retarded device as a remote control.
If I was an investor again, I'd be thinking is this really a new business op, or someone thinking "oh damnit, what will we do with all these chips we've had fabbed, the muppets are looking like they won't just buy the slate because its been blessed by jobs!"
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On the other hand, if they managed to produce a nicely designed TV with a slick, friendly UI and hardware on par with all the other nice TVs out there, they could have a winner on their hands.
They've just got to remember not to shackle it to some horrible DRM and not charge 50% more than any of their competitors. Oh, wait, Apple... Never mind.
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Apple's remote would have one button and have gestures.
That, right there, is enough to stop billions from buying it.
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mikerr (23-02-2010)
Not sure about the US, but here in the UK there is a huge market for TVs with built in streaming video from the likes of iPlayer etc.
Before you even start to think about iTunes based movie rentals etc.
How many use iPlayer on their TV? There's currently no real user friendly TV box to do that.
OK you can do it with a Wii, PS3 or MCE box, or even hook your laptop up to the TV, but that isn't granny friendly.
I do and so do the rest of the household at mine using the new samsung Virgin V+ boxes we have installed. It's dead easy to access and a doddle to navigate, even a 11 year old is able to use it with ease now.Originally Posted by mikerr
The wii is also capable of viewing iplayer. I've not even bothered with it as my wii has had no power up for over 9 months and is now a glorified dust magnet and paperweight.
Anyhoo - we all know if this launches it's going to be in 1 colour only - white and I bet most people don't want a white TV in their house as most hardware such as DVD recorders/DVD players etc is the standard black with the ever so lovely blue LED lights.
It would look nice with a white Wii
Btw - I'm sure Nintendo did a similar thing about 20 years ago .. and I know others that had a similar idea... so is this really such a new thing?
Last edited by DavidM; 23-02-2010 at 11:46 AM.
Maybe I should have said "without subscription"But yes, VM do do a pretty good job of video on demand.
Nope, in case you haven't noticed, apple have moved everything to silver and black these days.
...except for the lack of broadband infrastructure to support such an idea yes. 99.9% ISPs operate onerous FUPs and quite a large proportion of the population suffer terrible speeds at peak viewing times or get slow sync rates to begin with. Quite a lot of us find that 30Kb/sec is peak at around 7pm, if you're lucky.
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