10-07-2010, 07:27 PM
Seacrest wrote:
Apple will not partner with a low-end brand like Vizio.
They would sooner source the panels from someone, add iOS to the panels and sell them as Apple-branded TVs.
I don't see them doing that. If they make only the connectivity, why would they enter the commercial and low profit percentage market of selling and servicing TVs?
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
I think it makes much more sense for them to license the AppleTV technology to existing TV makers. Based on the AppleTV's pricing, it seems clear that they are not looking to make tons of money on hardware sales - the real money is in creating a market for iTunes rentals. They could grow this market immensely in almost no time at all by allowing existing TV manufacturers to build the ATV technology into their sets.
That's exactly what I was thinking.