A software upgrade for the AppleTV wasn't enough - now we want a hardware refresh!
In the next revision of the AppleTV, I'd like to see:
- An integrated OLED screen - so you can watch movies on the go, or just as a secondary screen showing diagnostics, statistics, and so on.
- An integrated cable card - so we don't have to have other devices to plug into our TV, and then frantically switch between them when a show we like is airing - which brings me to my next point.
- An SSD PVR/DVR - for the AppleTV to truly become a home entertainment system, it's got to have the capabilities of one. Streaming and playing local media just doesn't cut the mustard anymore. I want to be able to record TV for watching at a later time.
- Integrated Blu-Ray/DVD player. Let's face it - HD-DVD is dead, and so Apple should be leading the crowd with support for Blu-Ray playback.
- A full version of Safari for us couch-surfers. Want to look up a review of that movie that's just about to air? Jump on IMDB. Want to see what your website looks like your 50" plasma? Safari.
- If we're going to be couch surfers, we need the controls to be able to be so. Include a bluetooth keyboard, and an iPod Nano-style remote, and we'll be laughing - or crying, depending on the movie...
Dear Cupertino Reader
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3 comments:
these don't feel like improvements. they feel like some blogger's masturbation checklist.
Ditto... How about you make some realistic suggestions? Everyone knows what's possible; how about some creative suggestions, not an ad nauseum wishlist...
blu ray would be a big mistake considering it kind of defeats the purpose of the apple TV. I dont see why people dont understand that the apple tv's point is to take the place of things like blu ray and dvd. We dont need to have a disk when you can just watch on demand Hi Def movies. It's like how the Ipod killed the CD.
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