Although Apple has always referred to the
Apple TV as a "hobby," there's been a lot of speculation regarding the future of the box recently -- it was
first introduced nearly three years ago, and although the
interface has since been upgraded, it's still essentially the same product, leading to whispers that Apple was working on a new DVR-enabled model with CableCARD tuners that would replace your cable box. Awesome, right? Not so fast -- according to analysts at Caris and Company, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer "pretty much killed" that idea when they asked him about it, saying it didn't mesh with Apple's business. Yeah, it's sad, but it makes a lot of sense -- Apple probably doesn't want you to record for free what you can buy from the iTunes Store, and we can't imagine anyone at Apple looking back at their experience with AT&T and deciding that partnering up with Comcast or Time Warner Cable was the next logical move. Still -- doesn't it seem like it's time for
something to happen with the Apple TV? Who know, maybe we'll find out
tomorrow.
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iLounge]
posted Sep 8th 2009 1:08PM
Apple TV does not need a DVR; it needs an IPTV service.
they will not do that because all movies will be for free and they will lose money from selling that. compare to other manufactures you free to do with your item what you can do.
gee, why would they want to compete with themselves. This should annoy both people that bought the apple tv, but they're too busy being nickeled and dimed for tv that's broadcast free.
As an HTPC owner who uses CableCARD with Media Center, part of me really wishes Apple would make a CableCARD version of the Apple TV. That way the cable companies would have to kowtow to Apple, and hopefully we'd see some loosening of the reigns with regard to CableCARD restrictions.
For the record, Apple never makes announcements of products before they release them. So today they'll say it's not in their business model but then tomorrow they'll release it. They've done that numerous times with other products.
Just because an Apple exec says that now doesn't mean anything.
Throw a Blu-ray player in an AppleTV and I might take a look at it.
Until then, no thanks.