From my view... Apple is trying to bypass every TV station in the world....
It will provide TV viewing on a on-demand basis.. with 2 options
- with adverts inserted to local area/country, time demographic, and program being viewed
- without adverts, paid subscription..
This is what Apple CEO said, when he said "the model hasn't changed since 1960's"
This will open up even more TV to rest of world.. than what is currently provided
This is my big hope too. I haven't watched live tv/cable for years. I certainly do all I can to avoid adverts.
I only have so much time to watch tv/films so it makes sense to just get the programs I want/like. I currently have a backlog of films and tv series I want to watch so there's no shortage of content, but I'm not gonna sit through adverts like it's the seventies. I will pay to avoid ads.
Hopefully a future Apple TV will provide me with access to all the shows I want without ads and I won't have to wait until x months after the show first aired in the US.
Crazy thing is, if the shows I like/want to watch came out on Blu-Ray at the same time as they are aired on TV I would buy them on release to get to watch them in 1080p. Unfortunately BluRays tend to be released far too late and as I don't re-watch anything (well maybe the odd movie after x years) I don't get to buy many BluRays. Talk about lost opportunities for revenue.
If I'm paying for a premium service, I want the commercials to be gone, not just the option to skip them. Maybe that's what is meant. But if it means the commercials still play and I just have the option to FF, that's kinda crappy.
Unless it bests TiVo in every way it's a no-go for me. And for god's sake they better have a remote that is as good as TiVo's. Not that error-guaranteeing abomination that comes with ATV.
Not as exciting as a fully fledged Apple iTV, but a step forward none the less. The barriers to this brave new world of media are the broadcasters and cable companies not Apple, if it wasn't for them Apple would of released this tech years ago!
Unless it bests TiVo in every way it's a no-go for me. And for god's sake they better have a remote that is as good as TiVo's. Not that error-guaranteeing abomination that comes with ATV.
While I would agree that the little remote it comes with isn't all that great, the app for the iPhone, iPod and iPad for controlling it are really nice.
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Originally Posted by Attewell
From my view... Apple is trying to bypass every TV station in the world....
It will provide TV viewing on a on-demand basis.. with 2 options
- with adverts inserted to local area/country, time demographic, and program being viewed
- without adverts, paid subscription..
This is what Apple CEO said, when he said "the model hasn't changed since 1960's"
This will open up even more TV to rest of world.. than what is currently provided
This is my big hope too. I haven't watched live tv/cable for years. I certainly do all I can to avoid adverts.
I only have so much time to watch tv/films so it makes sense to just get the programs I want/like. I currently have a backlog of films and tv series I want to watch so there's no shortage of content, but I'm not gonna sit through adverts like it's the seventies. I will pay to avoid ads.
Hopefully a future Apple TV will provide me with access to all the shows I want without ads and I won't have to wait until x months after the show first aired in the US.
Crazy thing is, if the shows I like/want to watch came out on Blu-Ray at the same time as they are aired on TV I would buy them on release to get to watch them in 1080p. Unfortunately BluRays tend to be released far too late and as I don't re-watch anything (well maybe the odd movie after x years) I don't get to buy many BluRays. Talk about lost opportunities for revenue.
If I'm paying for a premium service, I want the commercials to be gone, not just the option to skip them. Maybe that's what is meant. But if it means the commercials still play and I just have the option to FF, that's kinda crappy.
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Originally Posted by Robin Huber
Unless it bests TiVo in every way it's a no-go for me. And for god's sake they better have a remote that is as good as TiVo's. Not that error-guaranteeing abomination that comes with ATV.
While I would agree that the little remote it comes with isn't all that great, the app for the iPhone, iPod and iPad for controlling it are really nice.
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