Five Ways Steve Jobs Can Turn On Apple TV Sales

[Harbourmaster]

1. Add a Multitouch WiFi Remote: the iPod Touch/iPhone.

2. Send Apple TV on Safari.

3. Add Casual Gaming and an SDK for Interactive Apps.

4. Remote Disc / MacBook Air DVD Playback.

5. License Netflix Subscriptions or Partner with a Rival Service.

Five Times Better.

"With a sophisticated remote control, web surfing, a slick custom app and games development platform, DVD playback, and support for Netflix’s Watch Instantly titles, Apple TV would be far more valuable at a minimal additional cost in development efforts. Apple TV could subsequently become a very valuable home media computer without eating into Mac sales. Apple could also market the system as a low cost alternative to buying a PC just to browse the web and play back media.

Previous attempts to create an web appliance, from WebTV to Sony’s BeOS-based eVilla to 3Com’s Palm OS Audrey web appliance to Bandai’s Pippin games console based on the Classic Mac OS, have typically suffered from boxes stripped down too far to be useful. Apple TV can already do far more than those devices offered, while also offering a wide open potential in third party apps. The best part is that most of the work needed to deliver these features is either already done or fairly simple to deliver."

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/02...-tv-sales/

[Biff Lugnut]

I dunno- my unlocked appleTV is a nice device as it is, with none of these features.

[Mike V]

Let it play DivX.

[kj4btkljv]

Screw the remote disc playing capability - just add either a standard DVD player, or put a port on the back so I can add an optional Apple branded DVD drive, or Blue-Ray drive. Let me pick, but please don't abandon all of the DVD discs out there Apple, there are literally billions of them.

You know what, forget all of this. I can use Handbrake and rip them to hard drive. Put a FireWire 400/800 or eSata port on the back so I can plug in a hard drive. Thank you very much!

Jeff

[jdc]

[quote Mike V]Let it play DivX.
people really use that?

[guitarist]

" Send Apple TV on Safari. "

is that really a sentence?

[timg]

[quote jdc][quote Mike V]Let it play DivX.
people really use that?
I do. I record it using a Plextor ConvertX and play it back using an eyeHome. Works and looks great.

[Zoidberg]

I'd like the ability to add an Apple-branded DVD and/or Blu-ray player.

I'd love the partnering with Netflix.

[vision63]

Or for the un-initiated like myself, I really don't know what Apple TV is and why I would need one. I know "of" the thing and know you can record junk on it, but so can a bunch of other things. Multiply me by millions. I'm probably just waiting to be sold.

[Maddog]

I just need it to be a HD Tivo with a nice interface and still let me stream to the TV. That's what I am waiting for.