Comments on: Big Changes Ahead for Apple TV http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/ Mon, 20 May 2013 16:36:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Dowd http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386558 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:49:55 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386558 Yeah, 16GB – how can I fit all my Reg Dwight??

]]> By: Txemi http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386557 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:30:52 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386557 Adding to the speculation. What if the New Apple TV…

-Runs all iPhone and iPad Apps on the AppStore, plus an specific SDK for Apple TV Apps
-Integrates iAds
-Can be controlled with a new iPhone-iPod Touch Remote App, that allows remote Multi-touch controls of the TV screen
-It includes a Safari browser with HTML5 support
-Does not support Flash
-It plays any content from any iTunes library at home
-The new iPhone HD sells with a dock station to connect to a TV screen and behaves just as the new Apple TV

Can you imagine all that for $99? Is the ultimate set-top-box finally here? Is GoogleTV dead-on-arrival ? Can you imagine the App Store model also on TV? Netflix, YouTube, all the existing video apps, plus all games, and other apps plus HTML5 online video…

Will Apple re-invent the TV too, based on the same iPhone OS that reinvented the phone and the tablet?

1984 might be closer than we ever thought, and the worst thing is that we are loving it.

]]> By: E http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386556 Mon, 31 May 2010 05:10:18 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386556 LOOK AT THIS AWESOME MUSIC VIDEO USING IPHONES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTEcBJDUS7g

]]> By: Larry http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386555 Mon, 31 May 2010 02:38:27 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386555 Yep the decisions belongs to the content provider and NBC and Timewarner just gave Apple the Finger and they are sticking to Flash.

I see this happening more and more, unless Apple sells 200 million iPad’s in the next 2 years. Even then that is probably less than the number of computers that watch content today using Flash on the major providers.

]]> By: Joshua http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386554 Mon, 31 May 2010 01:19:32 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386554 Hurm…looks like another Google/Apple showdown! I don’t even have cable though, so I’m not so sure I have a dog in this fight :-p

]]> By: Devin http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386553 Sat, 29 May 2010 21:47:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386553 This is something that many have been expecting since the announcement of the iPad and the job posting from Apple for someone to “grow the iphone OS family”. The AppleTV was a great idea, but it’s kind of a bastard OS and it’s limited because of that. Morph iPhone OS into a UI similar to AppleTV will be great, allowing developers to make AppleTV specific apps (obviously ones that are built around simpler navigation).

The complaints of “only apple supplied content” seem foolish to me – the current AppleTV can use any content you can play with Quicktime, and Quicktime itself offers conversion of most other formats into iDevice friendly formats. Once you have it on your computer, you’ll be able to stream it to AppleTV.

]]> By: Mike Halleen http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386552 Sat, 29 May 2010 16:57:14 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386552 It’s not about “I hope [insert device name here] supports Flash so I can get Hulu”. Hulu content could easily be made available as an app without Flash, or a device could support Flash and Hulu can still block it. The decision belongs to the networks, not Google, Apple, Roku, or any of the several other players already doing this.

TV based apps should not just throw the website on screen like WebTV did years ago, and I doubt they’ll work by just throwing a mobile Android or iPhone OS app up on the screen either. The TV is its own experience with its own UI profile.

It’s the CONTENT you want, not the SITES or APPS.

More…
http://thehollywoodgeek.com/2010/05/28/will-google-tv-destroy-tv/

]]> By: Chris K http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386551 Sat, 29 May 2010 14:38:41 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386551 $99? SEems like it would have to be subsidized if specs are right. Subsidized by an iTunes subscription or something if Apple wants to maintain its usual high margins.

And its success all depends on the content package they are going to offer.

Is streaming going to make it so you don’t have to keep track of the shows you purchase? Will they offer a subscription model? Or do they have a deal worked out to stream shows once for a cheap price than you can purchase them? Will they get more content like sporting events?

]]> By: Netbook Fan http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386550 Sat, 29 May 2010 02:06:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386550 Same reaction here. No Flash support, have to buy each video from iTunes, etc. Yawn…..

]]> By: Alan Weinkrantz http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/big-changes-ahead-for-apple-tv/#comment-386549 Fri, 28 May 2010 23:47:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=46292#comment-386549 Amidst the hype of GoogleTV and now AppleTV, there is one thing that no one addresses: managing the home network, distributing content and offering actual broadcast programming in true HD and 5.1 stereo.

Don’t get me wrong, I am all for disruptive TV, but sometimes, I just want to sit down and watch great shows on HBO with great sound and audio quality – something that I don’t see these platforms offering yet or for a long time.

Oh – and 3D programming on Google TV or Apple TV? I don’t think so- at least for a while.

Am I nuts?

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