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Quote: Originally Posted by nevenmrgan I have one and I've purchased TV shows from iTS since - they downloaded, then synced to AppleTV. Well that is annoying, you would think that they would find a way to start pushing it over to Apple TV as s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nevenmrgan I agree in principle, but one thing they could do is download the movie directly to AppleTV, then back-sync it to your Mac. This shortens the time between downloading your movie and viewing it as it doesn't …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H Whilst I don't see the point of adding a DVD drive to an AppleTV (it's like adding a CD player to an iPod, and surely folks who are going to buy an AppleTV have a DVD player already). Surely the long-term aim of …
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Moves like this from the broadcasters can only help Apple TV, though they need to have some type of way for it to access the content. Hopefully this will be coming, and the more Apple TV's sold the faster the broadcasters are going to sign up with A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iDave There used to be a setting in System Preferences (sharing or network) that said "wake for network access." I can't find it currently but that would seem to be the answer to this problem if the preference is still…
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Too bad it doesn't have a firewire port it would make the hackers lives a lot easier to boot up in FW target mode.
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Dave, there has to be more to come on the Apple TV front, I'm sure that they realize the limitations of the device and download service as it stands. I'm a bit surprised that there were not additional iTMS/AppleTV related announcements this week, t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slewis They really aren't different. H.264 is a codec, and they probably listed iTunes Store purchased video just to be really clear for the people who might get confused about whether it can play video from iTunes. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ThinkingDifferent Does it really matter what OS it uses? I think so, the fact that it is a variant on OS X means that IF Apple opens the platform up to third party developers to extend the capabilities of this then …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Do you guys remember I was saying Apple TV 2.0 will be an actual Television from Apple with the Apple TV box inside? Zing! I had a think about how Apple could do the whole iPTV thing, and I think it just …
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But with the right set of support services AppleTV could be as big if not bigger than the iPod. To see how far it could go, just look at the number of car stereo and automobile manufacturers building in iPod compatibility. If Apple played their card…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tundraboy Apple is trying to do an end run around Tivo. If you are ABC TV, which is more attractive to you, viewers time shifting your programming using a DVR or viewers time shifting them by BUYING them off iTunes? …
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmjoe Access/purchase content directly from the iTunes Store (Apple already knows what you've bought, why do you need a Mac to access it?) Apple allows you to download the content, the point is then that it is on yo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H That's a FAQ for iTunes Movie downloads, not the AppleTV. And the surround sound to which they refer is Dolby Pro-Logic, which as I already said is embedded into a stereo signal. It is based on a technique origin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tribulation There's the catch! Are movie trailers really that all important? But sure, leave them be - I'm not saying cut it from iTV, just add it to the main subset of the device [which should be a DVR]. **IF** …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tribulation ...The iTV should be at least able to be a self-sustaining device. When I want it to connect to my Mac(s), great! When I just want to watch/record TV, let me do it with it. They're trying to tie together 2 …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JimmyTJ I think Apple is really on to something with this dumb frontend/smart backend solution. Long term, it will be cheaper and easier to use than what we have the today and creates opportunities for Apple to sell m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland You have a good point, but I was just saying what I think Apple needs to do, not what they will do. There are a lot of things people think Apple "Needs" to do, me included, that they don't really need to or …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland ...to license the Apple TV technology to other brands like Sony, Panny, and Pioneer etc. So people who want to go with the iTunes service but are brand loyal can stay brand loyal and still get an iTunes Ready T…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich .... and there's no "discovery" for new programming.... All they have to do is offer the pilot episode for free to get you "hooked" as well as rely on how people currently "discover" new series such as …