The Perfect Apple for the Living Room
With rumors that something will change with the Apple TV this week, Alistair Croll takes the opportunity to pen an ambitious feature wish list for the perfect Apple entertainment device:
TV tuner and set-top PVR to take on TiVo, with streaming and synchronization to Apple’s mobile devices, the way Slingbox does, handled through a more reliable MobileMe
Controllers with accelerometers and a set-top App Store to rival what’s on the iPhone and iPod Touch
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I don’t expect Apple to do this, but my wishlist for the perfect livingroom entertainment device also includes 2 basics (on top of gaming support):
Re: #1, if we want to lower the costs of distribution in order to promote more independent video producers, build bittorrent support into the podcatcher. Re: #2, it works just like internet radio, but for video. true internet TV.
this combination would allow newteevee to truly give oldteevee real competition.
William Maggos on September 29th, 2008 at 12:29 pm - Permalink