Whenever i am watching a video it annoys me the lack of info you can display and it also annoys me how the "up" and "down" buttons don't do anything. Well i figured when you're watching a video it would be cool if you clicked "up" and a little box appeared from the top of the screen with info on what you are watching and if you push "down" the little bar could be displayed showing how far your into the video with pausing and then playing it. Here is a little picture i made in Pages of what it would look like if you clicked "up"....what do you think????
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an idea thats been bugging me (with picture!)...
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yes i love that idea. its nice to know where you are in a video without having to hit "pause" on the ATV remote. Seeing the video info is a great option too!
i had a hauppage MVP device that had features like that. the best was being able to skip through a video by pressing the number keys on the remote - 5 would go through the halfway point of a movie, 9 would go to 90% of the movie.
i had a hauppage MVP device that had features like that. the best was being able to skip through a video by pressing the number keys on the remote - 5 would go through the halfway point of a movie, 9 would go to 90% of the movie.
TiVos already do that, so it's most likely covered by a patent that Apple can't reimplement without licensing.
http://www.garysargent.co.uk/tivo/tivoinaction.htm
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http://www.garysargent.co.uk/tivo/tivoinaction.htm
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wow. i'm quite overwhelmed by the positive feedback. how do i send ideas into apple. for the record, i have never used a tivo so i didnt steal any ideas.
Unfortunately, that doesn't help Apple implement this function if anyone has a patent on it.for the record, i have never used a tivo so i didnt steal any ideas.
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Unfortunately, that doesn't help Apple implement this function if anyone has a patent on it.
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do we know if it has been patented???
No, but TiVo is known for having some good early patents in the PVR and related businesses.
See for yourself. Here are all of TiVo's patents http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...v.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=AN/TiVo &d=PTXT
Without doing an exhaustive search, I would presume that US Patent #6,757,906 covers some aspects of this.
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I'd love an "info" box on my iPod, too!
I was just thinking about this tonight.
You're brilliant!
oh well, do you like the idea anyway??
Absolutely! I love my TiVos as much as I love my Macs.
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I doubt it, DirecTV had this feature long before Tivo was dreamt of. Even my DirecTV DVR has it ... and come to think of it my parents old digital cable box did too. This is not a new technology. Someone may have a patent on it but likely there are very easy workarounds.
with a click wheel would be hard because it is an IR remote. you would have to keep it facing the appletv and would be awkward. i have thought about this though.
ill take this time to be a little arrogant. Im a gun at pages. I use it all the time and im just the shiz at it! Haha
I dig! Very very nice.
I'm almost surprised Apple doesnt have this feature already available to customers. Great work.