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[Semi-OT] Apple TV set (again)

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  [Semi-OT] Apple TV set (again) Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-22 19:07 +1300
    Re: [Semi-OT] Apple TV set (again) Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-10-22 11:34 -0400
      Re: [Semi-OT] Apple TV set (again) Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-23 13:23 +1300

#3234 — [Semi-OT] Apple TV set (again)

One day they might print the story and they'll actually be right, until
then they simply keep on guessing and hoping.   :-\

From MacRumors.com ...

    Analyst Claims Apple Launching 55- and 65-Inch 4K Televisions
    Late Next Year
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    Apple will launch 55- and 65-inch 4K ultra-high definition 
    televisions late next year, if an analyst report from 
    Masahiko Ishino at Advanced Research Japan is to be believed.

    Bloomberg shared the report, claiming the displays will have
    a frameless design with suppliers including LG for display
    panels, Samsung for graphical processing, and Corning's 
    Gorilla Glass 3 for glass covers with units priced from 
    $1,500 to $2,500. Foxconn would be used for final assembly
    for initial delivery in the fourth quarter of 2014, 
    according to the analyst.

    A number of companies released 4K ultra-high definition 
    displays earlier this year, but they remain prohibitively
    expensive for the average consumer. We have no indication
    of reliability for predictions by Masahiko Ishino or 
    Advanced Research Japan.

    Earlier this year, an extremely sketchy report from Taiwan's
    Economic Daily News claimed Corning, Foxconn, G-Tech
    Optoelectronics and display maker Innolux were working with
    Apple on a new television product.



Why would anyone be stupid enough to buy a "4K ultra-high definition"
television?? It's even more useless that the recent silly fad of "3D
TV", except at least there are some 3D DVDs you can watch.

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#3236

In article <221020131907015958%YourName@YourISP.com>,
 Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> One day they might print the story and they'll actually be right, until
> then they simply keep on guessing and hoping.   :-\
> 
> From MacRumors.com ...
> 
>     Analyst Claims Apple Launching 55- and 65-Inch 4K Televisions
>     Late Next Year
>     [snip]
>  
> Why would anyone be stupid enough to buy a "4K ultra-high definition"
> television?? It's even more useless that the recent silly fad of "3D
> TV", except at least there are some 3D DVDs you can watch.

Or even more to the point, why would Apple enter the now-low-margin flat 
panel display market when they can add the most technological bang for 
the buck with upgrades of the Apple TV box? Let someone else struggle to 
make a living from producing the monitor, which once purchased, and for 
a lot of money, is relatively fixed technologically. Apple can easily 
and continuously upgrade the OS and hardware of the Apple TV. They 
maintain their flexibility and tech rep without being strapped to an 
expensive, but low-margin business.

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#3237

In article <fmoore-2426A9.11343622102013@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote:

> In article <221020131907015958%YourName@YourISP.com>,
>  Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> 
> > One day they might print the story and they'll actually be right, until
> > then they simply keep on guessing and hoping.   :-\
> > 
> > From MacRumors.com ...
> > 
> >     Analyst Claims Apple Launching 55- and 65-Inch 4K Televisions
> >     Late Next Year
> >     [snip]
> >  
> > Why would anyone be stupid enough to buy a "4K ultra-high definition"
> > television?? It's even more useless that the recent silly fad of "3D
> > TV", except at least there are some 3D DVDs you can watch.
> 
> Or even more to the point, why would Apple enter the now-low-margin flat 
> panel display market when they can add the most technological bang for 
> the buck with upgrades of the Apple TV box? Let someone else struggle to 
> make a living from producing the monitor, which once purchased, and for 
> a lot of money, is relatively fixed technologically. Apple can easily 
> and continuously upgrade the OS and hardware of the Apple TV. They 
> maintain their flexibility and tech rep without being strapped to an 
> expensive, but low-margin business.

I tend to agree. I can't really see a point in Apple making TV sets.
The screen would be a fixed device, and Apple could include what is
basically the Apple TV box inside the new displays ... making it an
updateable "smart" TV. BUT the problem then is that the "smart" part
would soon out of date spec-wise a lot quicker than the display itself,
unless the "smart" part is on a fairly easily replaceable card.

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