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  • HomePod sales up in fourth quarter, Amazon and Google extending lead

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    AppleExposed said:
    k2kw said:
    AppleExposed said:

    Not bad considering the competition gives them away for free or 20 bucks.


    The sad part is that Apple is being compared to them when Apple never intended to compete with them.


    What Apple could do is release a gen 2, drop the price of gen 1 $100 and then surprise us with a portable version. There's already crappy portable speakers copying the HomePod design.

    If gen 2 has an auxiliary audio port and USB connection then it could be much more compelling as a speaker.


    Aux is looking back, Apple needs to look forward. Another poster mentions them being expensive to litter around the house and that's a good point. Which is why a HomePod mini would make sense.


    Apple needs to go all in with Home.

    Agreed. They should include a pair of TRS and XLR interfaces to go out to a Subwoofer and Studio Monitors, just for kicks.
    macxpress

  • Samsung 4K and 8K televisions with AirPlay 2, iTunes Store support go on sale

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    What a racket.
    StrangeDays

  • Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions hires Terry Wood from Netflix to head up Apple original ...

    mdriftmeyermdriftmeyer
    dbvapor said:
    Really not happy about this.  I don’t think Apple should be doing any content creation.  Netflix used to be one of my favorite services, until they started launching content that was at total odds with my tastes and politics.  I canceled my Netflix a couple months ago, and I’ll never go back.  They lost me as a customer.  I’ve been a die-hard Apple fan for life.  If they start polarizing their fan base it will not end well for them.  I can’t stand Oprah.  Look into the controversy surrounding her school for girls in South Africa.  Does Apple want her to represent them?  It’s a terrible idea.  Way worse than Ping. 

    I'm so glad I'm not inside your head.
    ronnStrangeDayslolliverMisterKitfastasleep1983

  • How to use an inexpensive TV set as a monitor for your Mac, and why you might not want to

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    A monitor designed for gaming will refresh at a rate of at least 75Hz but may even go as high as 240Hz. You will get TV sets that claim higher than 60Hz rates and sometimes they'll even advertise that they run at 480Hz. That's never a true refresh rate, though. Instead, it's an equivalent produced by software that creates fake frames. That can smooth out certain images when you're watching TV but it's worthless for games.

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    Name one goddamn Computer Monitor that isn't > $3k that goes above 144Hz never mind 240Hz. Who cares about games when one is in a recording session and you want to read the Logic Pro X UI on a 55 4K HDR TV?

    P.S. When are you folks going to fix your article form from truncating paragraph formats? One has to go into the forum to re-edit such a basic feature.
    fastasleep

  • IDC: Samsung beat Apple in smartphone race during lucrative holiday quarter

    mdriftmeyermdriftmeyer
    If anyone can't figure out China is tanking iPhone and Samsung relative to Huaweai then they're stupid.
    MisterKitmagman1979