[Macworld]

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[aalkemist]

I am anxiously waiting for the Apple TV that allows me to kill my current cable subscription!

I agree that apple releasing a device that has you spend $1000+ on a new display is well off the mark, how many would they sell? Now look at a $99 ATV#(?) that connects with a single cable to your current HDTV... how many would they sell??? 100/200 Million :-)

We've all seen they can do live video with the current ATV(paul mccartney concert) there is no reason at all they can't do everything else as well, they just need a little help from the networks(ie. get the dollars and cents figued out)

Apple.... the audience is listening.... and waiting

[MacAdvocate]

I'm not convinced that Apple would release new hardware that only supported only one minor feature (let's be honest: 1080p may on a list of must-haves for HDTV-ophiles, but catering to that crowd does not drive Apple's offerings). Also, Apple released the ATV 2 a year and a half ago. I know Apple has gained a reputation for version-burn, but are they really going to make people buy a new device so soon? I think the ATV announcement - if there is one - will be software-based, or a much more feature-rich offering that the "better processor/1080p support" chatter I've been reading about.

[bastion]

 MacAdvocate, on 02 March 2012 - 06:31 AM, said:

I know Apple has gained a reputation for version-burn, but are they really going to make people buy a new device so soon?

Apple's not going to "make people" buy a new device at all. They really don't have the power to do that. But they *can* provide an awful lot of incentive to get existing owners to upgrade and, even more, entice those who don't already have one to think about it.

Sadly, I'm not in the target demographic. I'd like to get an AppleTV. The first one didn't do what I wanted. The current one doesn't connect to my TV and isn't by itself enough to convince me to buy a new one. I'm not buying a multi-hundred-dollar dongle to enable a $100 media conduit.

[jcsilkey]

Rather than wasting their own time adding streaming services themselves, Apple should launch the ATV App Store and let Netflix, Hulu, etc. create their own apps.

[AppleZilla]

Stupid little silver discs closer and closer to oblivion.

[GadgetDon]

One thing I really hope a new ATV has is HDMI pass through. Plug the cable/satellite box into the ATV, ATV into where the old box was connected. No more changing inputs on the TV, ATV sits quietly until activated (and ideally can do some PIP where it shows the content coming through, but shrunk to also show some information/options.

And I'll be shocked if it doesn't come with an App store.

[nigelm]

My hope is that it will be able to output 24 bit/96 kHz audio,but since the current version is apparently technically capable of this but just doesn't have it enabled, I am not too optimistic.

[bettercitizens]

"Like it or not, Apple requires the cooperation of people who produce the content that we want to see. "

What is Apple now "God" and does not have to work with other companies in the "Real World"?

[bettercitizens]

 jcsilkey, on 02 March 2012 - 06:40 AM, said:

Rather than wasting their own time adding streaming services themselves, Apple should launch the ATV App Store and let Netflix, Hulu, etc. create their own apps.

Good idea.

[MutantPie]

 AppleZilla, on 02 March 2012 - 06:41 AM, said:

Stupid little silver discs closer and closer to oblivion.

Really? BluRay delivers true HDTV and 5.1 surround sound, and it's now been available for years and is well placed/entrenched in the marketplace. What's Apple got? The inferior end of the stick at 720 and stereo. Inferior. Let that word sink in. How well for how long does an Apple product sell when it provides an inferior experience? Just wait until the next iteration of HD is launched (late 2013/early 2014 according what I last read) and watch the data transfer rates for video soar. iTV will have to keep up or go into the dust bin of poor product execution.

[cpdinker]

I use a 2010 Mac Mini, with AirPlay server software, as my HTPC but due to its rubbish performance I would love to move to a streaming-based solution. If Apple do release an ATV3 I'd almost certainly buy one.

[Bob_Hudson]

1080 on an iPad versus 720? For 99.9% of real people the only visible change would be.... well, I'm not sure there's any. They would come up against some serious bandwidth and storage problems, but as far as getting a visual experience to make that worthwhile, I think this is in the same category as the guitar amps that go to eleven.

[DrKoob]

I own one of the original Apple TVs and it's unhooked right now. Instead there is a Mac mini in its place. If Apple wants me (and everyone else) to stand in line for an Apple TV, put iOS on it. Let me play all the games and use all the apps I have previously purchased for my iPad and iPhone on my TV. Now, of course, you have to get around the whole touch screen thing. But, come on. This is Apple here. They can do anything they set their mind to.