Anything new in store for us AppleTV owners?

[neven]

Somebody needs to pull off the band-aid...

Look, Apple will never bring Joost or anything like it to AppleTV. You might think it would be cool, it might "make sense", but it ain't happening. Apple has no interest in TV programming outside of iTunes. Completely different business models and technologies, very limited mainstream appeal, no attraction at all for Steve and other "idea people" at Apple.

You might as well hope Apple will team up with MythTV.

 

[williedigital]

airport express ability would be cool. It seems kind of dumb that the device can't do that. Otherwise, just more ways to configure the way you view files. I'd like to be able to sort movies by year for example, or genre.

 

[nlivo]

apple is awesome at partnering with companies and i can see them partening with elgato so you can plug your elgato eyetv into the appletv and record programs...imagine apple's software, they would make it so easy and sexy.......let's knock tiVo out of the living room!!!!

 

[korndog2003]

For those of us in the UK (with a TV licence), a deal with the BBC for watching recent TV would be great

In fact, having BBC content on iTMS would be great too - all over the world.

whats a bbc?

 

[Cloudsurfer]

If AppleTV gets a disc drive to read DVD video, I'm sold.

 

[banjomamo]

whats a bbc?

Beast on Beast Combat

 

[LeviG]

I'd like the ability to show keynote presentations, think it would appeal to a larger business market and add the ability to add additional codecs from the source computer. Joost streaming wouldn't go a miss either.

 

[ibookowner2005]

whats a bbc?

In the UK, the "BBC" is basically a TV channel. It stands for the British Broadcasting Corporation.

When Apple provide TV show downloads for the UK, it will almost certainty include the BBC... its very British.

People in the USA have already seen TV shows from the BBC on NBC. "The Office" was broadcasted first on the BBC and adapted for you americans.

Hope that sums it up!

 

[pjac]

In the UK, the "BBC" is basically a TV channel. It stands for the British Broadcasting Corporation.

When Apple provide TV show downloads for the UK, it will almost certainty include the BBC... its very British.

I wouldn't count on it - but it would be really great if Apple got involved for the Mac equivalent of the currently Windows only BBC iPlayer (link) and made it all play nice with Apple TV.

P.S. This engadet article has got my hopes of an Apple TV version of the BBC iPlayer up a bit...

 

[Apple Architect]

Bbc

In the UK, the "BBC" is basically a TV channel. It stands for the British Broadcasting Corporation.

When Apple provide TV show downloads for the UK, it will almost certainty include the BBC... its very British.

People in the USA have already seen TV shows from the BBC on NBC. "The Office" was broadcasted first on the BBC and adapted for you americans.

Hope that sums it up!

Actually the BBC is the worlds largest broadcaster (based on what metric I am not sure, but it was in the Media Guardian last week).

The BBC has recently being pushing to produce more global content and are at the cutting edge of HD content production. The fantastic "Planet Earth" series that aired in the US with Signorey Weaver voiceover was a joint production with the BBC.

You may also have seen Walking with Dinosaurs, Doctor Who, Top Gear, numerous drama's based on classic novels and of course teletubbies.

 

[mrfrosty]

Actually the BBC is the worlds largest broadcaster (based on what metric I am not sure, but it was in the Media Guardian last week).

You may also have seen Walking with Dinosaurs, Doctor Who, Top Gear, numerous drama's based on classic novels and of course teletubbies.

Don't forget to 'not mention the war' too

i like this wish list..

That wish list was a poorly thought out disgrace to wish lists. NO wish list is complete unless it contains a time machine and an invisibility button on your watch.

 

[emozolik]

If AppleTV gets a disc drive to read DVD video, I'm sold.

Couldnt agree more. This is my number one gripe. Currently looking at the Mac Mini to fill the void (and im crossing my fingers while I wait, as i hope its not being discontinued). Someone mentioned the mac mini becoming the Apple TV 2.0 or something, which would be cool, but something i sortof doubt.

 

[MACaBAMA]

I would like to see some better integration with Bonjour networking, especially with the iPhone available now. It would be cool if my Apple TV could detect my iPhone and allow it to stream music.

It would also be nice if you could control the Apple TV with an iPhone via bluetooth, though I'm not sure how practical that is.

AMEN!!!!! I havent gotten TV yet because I can't do what I want to do. I have multiple rooms in my house wired as a second zone to my Receiver. I want a iPod or a iPhone that I can use with TV to control it. That way when I am on patio grilling I can change songs without walking back into the house.

 

[opticalserenity]

Hopefully we'll see an TV update when Leopard comes out...