The Home Server Box, let's call it iHome, need not be much more than the current AppleTV hardware. Ideally, it would have high speed I/O, including Thunderbolt, and connect to things like Promise Pegasus RAIDs.
I always thought an IOS enabled Time Capsule would take on that role. In some form.
Well yes, being as I'm outside the USA too I'm well aware of this. My point was that the BBC app could already be made today and could already be put on the Apple TV today, so therefore the argument that Apple TV "needs to get apps finally!" or some such, is a bit faulty.
How can I place a BBC App on my Apple TV today? I suppose I could stream via my iPad but that is hardly an elegant solution, the quality is lower and I have to have two devices running to watch a single programme. No, a native app is the way to go, at least to me it is.
Why would Nintendo, the only one of the Big Three with exclusive, famous, desirable properties, have anything to worry about?
It is less hardcore than the dedicated gaming platforms, and seems to cater to much the same market. I am not a gamer so I have no idea how XBox and PS would be affected but I can see people not bothering with the Wii if an aTV can do the same and so much more.
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Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum
The Home Server Box, let's call it iHome, need not be much more than the current AppleTV hardware. Ideally, it would have high speed I/O, including Thunderbolt, and connect to things like Promise Pegasus RAIDs.
I always thought an IOS enabled Time Capsule would take on that role. In some form.
Originally Posted by paxman
So, basically the end of Nintendo, then. The accessory market will go nuts with controllers and games and such.
Why would Nintendo, the only one of the Big Three with exclusive, famous, desirable properties, have anything to worry about?
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Originally Posted by Gazoobee
Well yes, being as I'm outside the USA too I'm well aware of this. My point was that the BBC app could already be made today and could already be put on the Apple TV today, so therefore the argument that Apple TV "needs to get apps finally!" or some such, is a bit faulty.
How can I place a BBC App on my Apple TV today? I suppose I could stream via my iPad but that is hardly an elegant solution, the quality is lower and I have to have two devices running to watch a single programme. No, a native app is the way to go, at least to me it is.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Why would Nintendo, the only one of the Big Three with exclusive, famous, desirable properties, have anything to worry about?
It is less hardcore than the dedicated gaming platforms, and seems to cater to much the same market. I am not a gamer so I have no idea how XBox and PS would be affected but I can see people not bothering with the Wii if an aTV can do the same and so much more.
Need another device just to watch some content why not use it for a game?
Originally Posted by dasanman69
Need another device just to watch some content why not use it for a game?
Because the content will eventually be served via the box, since that's its purpose.