Comments - iTV: Why I want to see a REAL Apple TV. - TechHui2024-03-29T01:45:23Zhttp://www.techhui.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1702911%3ABlogPost%3A85953&xn_auth=noI had a laptop with a docking…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-07-10:1702911:Comment:866122011-07-10T00:06:26.101ZJames Pakelehttp://www.techhui.com/profile/JamesPakele
<p>I had a laptop with a docking station... that I installed Linux Mint on... plugged into my LCDTV with just the standard monitor wire, what is it VGA?, whatever you call it. Could have just as easily been HDMI, or whatever. On the desktop there were three Icons... the Hulu Plus app, the Boxee app, and the Chrome browser. Downloaded the pay version of HippoRemote, that you can choose to switch between being a Boxee style remote, just some big arrows (great for navigating the Hulu Plus app),…</p>
<p>I had a laptop with a docking station... that I installed Linux Mint on... plugged into my LCDTV with just the standard monitor wire, what is it VGA?, whatever you call it. Could have just as easily been HDMI, or whatever. On the desktop there were three Icons... the Hulu Plus app, the Boxee app, and the Chrome browser. Downloaded the pay version of HippoRemote, that you can choose to switch between being a Boxee style remote, just some big arrows (great for navigating the Hulu Plus app), or a mousepad with keyboard... </p>
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<p>Could have just as easily hooked up a camera to the docking station and placed it on the TV, but I didn't do that...</p>
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<p>Using HippoRemote on my iPhone I could fully control EVERTHING, very easily... Boxee has it's own gesture mode in HippoRemote, but I often just used the big arrows, which was also good for navigating the Hulu Plus app as well as switching between just the three icons on the desktop... And for anything else there was the mouse track pad and keyboard for Chrome... it was wonderful, for the couple of days I had my brother's laptop to test it out... I could detach the laptop and use it as I wanted, but also quickly dock it to the docking station and use it for watching TV or playing music.. The screens/monitors were mirrored so that if I wanted to do more complex stuff than could be done with the keyboard (like say typing a lengthy reply to an email from my boss) I could stand at the entertainment console and do that, then quickly navigate back to what I was doing, without having to look at the big screen and type, I could just use it as a regular laptop</p>
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<p>Too bad I was just suppose to be "fixing it", which equated to replacing Windows with Linux Mint... </p>
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<p>Now, with the advent of a couple things, mainly Amazon Cloud Player and Google+ Hangouts I'm tempted to pick up another laptop and redo that setup all over again... except, now I can play the same music playlists on Amazon Cloud Player, and also have it be a massive screen for doing Hangout chats on Google+...</p>
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<p>Only two problems here:</p>
<p>One: there is no real remote app on Android that is quite what HippoRemote is on iOS.... (the only thing I truly miss)</p>
<p>The other: No NetFlix on Linux... bastards! However, the same setup could be done on a Windows Box, though, that would allow NetFlix...</p>
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<p>Or to stay on Linux, between eztv.it and thepiratebay.org, any movie, or TV show could be had, usually in a matter of an hour or less... I know, I know, not kosher... but if they pulled their heads out of their arse and stopped blocking NetFlix from Linux, maybe I'd stop pirating stuff...</p> Wow, I think you hit the "mag…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-07-07:1702911:Comment:870652011-07-07T09:03:24.535ZTonu Apeluhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/TonuApelu
<p>Wow, I think you hit the "magical" list, as I would drop 1499 in a heart beat if this iTV came true. When I purchased the 2nd gen ATV, I thought that with the update version 4.3 of iOS we would be able to access apps on the TV. However, this is not so. Though I use it extensively to watch Netflix and iTunes, if they were to incorporate Hulu Plus, the value for my atv would increase.</p>
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<p>Anyway, nice thought out article. keep up the good one.</p>
<p>Wow, I think you hit the "magical" list, as I would drop 1499 in a heart beat if this iTV came true. When I purchased the 2nd gen ATV, I thought that with the update version 4.3 of iOS we would be able to access apps on the TV. However, this is not so. Though I use it extensively to watch Netflix and iTunes, if they were to incorporate Hulu Plus, the value for my atv would increase.</p>
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<p>Anyway, nice thought out article. keep up the good one.</p> Nathan, nice "thinking differ…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-07-07:1702911:Comment:867882011-07-07T00:29:44.648ZKevin Folanhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/KevniFolan
<p>Nathan, nice "thinking different". Rather than one Apple TV to rule them all, have a family (like different iPods).</p>
<p>As a consumer, though, I wouldn't want the all-in-one TV box. I'd rather keep them separately upgradeable, based on when stuff goes on sale at Best Buy. Like going from SD to 720p to 1080i etc. And opt-out of upgrade cycles I don't want.</p>
<p>Even the already-powerful Google TV STB is rumored to be getting an upgraded processor in the next…</p>
<p>Nathan, nice "thinking different". Rather than one Apple TV to rule them all, have a family (like different iPods).</p>
<p>As a consumer, though, I wouldn't want the all-in-one TV box. I'd rather keep them separately upgradeable, based on when stuff goes on sale at Best Buy. Like going from SD to 720p to 1080i etc. And opt-out of upgrade cycles I don't want.</p>
<p>Even the already-powerful Google TV STB is rumored to be getting an upgraded processor in the next rev. Remains to be seen what backwards compatibility GTV will offer. But if I bought the first gen GTV integrated in the Sony TV set, I'd be a little anxious.</p>
<p>There is one usability feature, though, I could see Apple integrating into a TV set. That would be a camera (or an array of cameras) embedded in/behind the screen itself. Then when video-conferencing people could actually look each other in the eye, instead of the forehead. Given all the activity surrounding Skype, I would imagine Apple has some bigger plans for Facetime. </p>
<p>Too many features creep in to your STB, it might look like this:</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/299206996?profile=original"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/299206996?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full"></a></p> Great post Nathan! I hope som…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-07-01:1702911:Comment:868432011-07-01T20:28:11.040ZMika Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/MikaLeuck
Great post Nathan! I hope someone from Apple reads this.
Great post Nathan! I hope someone from Apple reads this. I didn't know Google TV was t…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-07-01:1702911:Comment:866462011-07-01T07:18:54.575ZNathan Wallacehttp://www.techhui.com/profile/NathanWallace
I didn't know Google TV was that advanced yet. Thanks for pointing it out, John!
I didn't know Google TV was that advanced yet. Thanks for pointing it out, John! I agree. Apple needs to re-ap…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-07-01:1702911:Comment:864402011-07-01T00:08:14.328ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
I agree. Apple needs to re-approach its home entertainment appliance strategy.<br/>
I agree. Apple needs to re-approach its home entertainment appliance strategy.<br/>