Sunday, 17 October 2010

Thinking about it - TV for tomorrow

I just spent a few minutes thinking about tomorrow's TV. I am more and more convinced that Apple is going the right way, but to complete its offering they need some additional stuff:

Have now



- Apple TV (WiFi to HDMI, internet access limited to iTunes and few other media sources)
- Computers WiFI (iMac, MacBook)
- NAS and routers WiFi (Time Machine)
- Remotes WiFi (iPod, iPad, iPhone)

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Needed to complete the picture



- Set-top-box receiver with WiFi interface for streaming TV and for remote control. View on TV, record on MacBook/iPad/iPod/iPhone...
- Expanded internet access (directly by ATV or WiFi stream from iPod/iPad/iPhone)
- WiFi sync computer to iPad/iPod/iPhone
- Audio amplifier (optical in, LS out) for HiFi system

This would give the perfect solution. With just ONE remote, an iPod, iPad or iPhone). Everything WiFi.

Opportunity



There is a big opportunity here for someone (EyeTV?) to make the STB and someone making HiFi amplifiers to come up with the missing hardware (who?), the HiFi part of the needs could be satisfied using active (Optical Audio input) loudspeakers (ADM?)

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