No, the remote isn't using the iSight as the receiver - the iMac has an iR port behind the Apple.
Ahh I missed that bulletin.
The more I read about this remote, the more I dislike it. When I first saw it, my initial reaction was cool - £19 bluetooth bundled with the FrontRow software (at least by my assumptions).
In my mind it would have been worth the purchase then, and gotten rid of the awful red lens top...
The iPod did not play videos, while other players did, because there was no infrastructure to deliver content for it. They brought the iPod w/video along with content within iTunes.
Front Row is just the beginning of a true "On Demand" media distribution system, that seems to me like what we've all thought about as far as the future of TV.
Like the iPod, Apple will look like they are following, because they are doing something similar to what WinMCE is, but they are actually doing it right. People are just not getting it.
Nope, this is pretty much what I've been saying for a while now: video on iPod wasn't going to show up until they had an analogue for the iTMS for video. Toss in the ABC/Disney deal, add in the current growing chaos in the network television business model, and there's an opportunity here for something that makes the iTMS look like peanuts.
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Originally posted by danielctull
Does he have an iSight? If so, could he use the remote with the iSight to control it?
No, the remote isn't using the iSight as the receiver - the iMac has an iR port behind the Apple.
Originally posted by JLL
No, the remote isn't using the iSight as the receiver - the iMac has an iR port behind the Apple.
Ahh I missed that bulletin.
The more I read about this remote, the more I dislike it. When I first saw it, my initial reaction was cool - £19 bluetooth bundled with the FrontRow software (at least by my assumptions).
In my mind it would have been worth the purchase then, and gotten rid of the awful red lens top...
Lets list some of the evidence:
a. Front Row
b. The hiring of Elgato Executive
c. New patent that looks like a video content server
The iPod did not play videos, while other players did, because there was no infrastructure to deliver content for it. They brought the iPod w/video along with content within iTunes.
Front Row is just the beginning of a true "On Demand" media distribution system, that seems to me like what we've all thought about as far as the future of TV.
Like the iPod, Apple will look like they are following, because they are doing something similar to what WinMCE is, but they are actually doing it right. People are just not getting it.
Am I the only one that is seeing it?