Comments on: On Apple TV

By: Apple Ups the Ante « Connected Home 2 Go

Apple Ups the Ante « Connected Home 2 Go — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:29:48 +0000

[...] Interestingly, Mr. Jobs went to great pains in his interview with Walt Mossberg today (blogged by Gizmodo, among others) to call Apple TV a replacement for your DVD player, not your set-top. I wonder where he thinks video-on-demand will play. In case you didn’t catch it the first time, Motorola’s Jeff Binder had plenty to say on the topic of Apple TV and VOD. [...]

By: Xbox and Apple TV – TV Boxes at Retail « Connected Home 2 Go

Xbox and Apple TV – TV Boxes at Retail « Connected Home 2 Go — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:31:11 +0000

[...] on Apple TV. But the lack of data certainly doesn’t dissuade me from thinking that Apple TV may work best as a niche product rather than a mass-market [...]

By: Interest vs. Adoption « Connected Home 2 Go

Interest vs. Adoption « Connected Home 2 Go — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:18:54 +0000

[...] not least of which is that we have to find a way to sort out the home network. Also check out my earlier conversation with Motorola’s Jeff Binder on the [...]

By: marimoto

marimoto — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:39:30 +0000

LOL. I don’t disagree that software can be an issue. Maybe there’s incentive now for improvement…

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:17:31 +0000

Ummm, Mari? Have you used Cable VOD? You know it sucks right? The choices are limited, the GUI for finding things is awful, and the system is so non-responsive that you need to just put your remote control down and pretend it doesn’t exist. This is the background to the introduction to Apple TV. Yes, obviously cable is capable of streaming HD content while the internet may not be in most cases (though Apple can use h.264 and