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- knowall, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29This is a non-rumor. The source of this rumor? Anonymous email to PVRBlog. It has as much credibility as any random forum post that begins "Wouldn't it be cool if Apple..."
- noseeme, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15STOP.
... Hammertime. - Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13"Mac Media Capsule"
How people fall for this rumor with a name like that is beyond me. At the risk of repeating myself, if they had said it was called "Teleport" things may have been different. Teleport seems to be the name of choice for this product around the internets. It beams your media to your TV, sounds cool and is easy to remember.
Mac Media Capsule... give me a break! - custerfluck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@applebyte
"Cannabalizing iTunes sales by letting people record their own shows does not make sense from a business perspective."
Then why do they include cd ripping features in iTunes? - amandaw33, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11It would a brilliant move if Apple could pull it off.. although I'm surprised b/c it would make their tv show store a lot less appealing for the iTV product (I know, if you missed a show it would be a backup way to get it).
- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9At least Apple knows a good thing when they see it. This combo would have me *very* excited.
- chrisgeleven, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Claiming it will be named "Mac Media Capsule" is the sign that this is not true. Jobs would NEVER use a name like that for a product. Hard to remember and doesn't sound like anything special.
The reason Apple isn't doing a PVR is because it makes no sense to. It isn't efficient to record content off of TV. The processor requirements and HD space makes it a lot harder to do that right and cheaply.
Instead, by selling the content instead (ie: $1.99 TV shows), Apple has done all of the hard work of stripping out commericals, encoding at a decent quality (hopefully increased to HD when iTV is released), and so on. And on broadband, most shows are small enough that they can start playing almost instantly and on-demand.
I dream about the day when I can purchase the shows I want, download them, and use that for TV instead of subscribing to Cable TV. The only roadblock that prevents me from doing that is no live content (ie: sports) and no iTV yet. In a few months, iTV will fix the later...but the earlier one is the key thing that needs to be fixed. - applebyte, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Apple won't be integrating TiVo technology into their "iTV". The purpose of the iTV is to make it easy to watch content you buy from the iTunes Store on your TV. Keep in mind that Apple is a business. They're not going to integrate technology for the sake of integration. It has to make business sense. Cannabalizing iTunes sales by letting people record their own shows does not make sense from a business perspective.
- mjh2901, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Or they are licensing enough tech to allow people to suck programs from a Tivo onto iTV, or adding the ability for iTunes to snag Tivo programs and place onto iPod.
- theheadguy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Having worked @ Apple, I will comment on nothing but the obvious... "Mac Media Capsule"? They don't even decide on a name until weeks before the launch. He doesn't know this and neither do his "tipsters". Return to this article after the official launch and you'll realize the name supposed "Mac Media Capsule" name was just BS so people who don't know anything can get a moment in the spotlight.
- MioTheGreat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Processing requirements? Get a hardware encoder/decoder, and my calculator could do the rest.
- cleverboy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7no digg. how utterly silly. someone is a little "high" on their "capsules". take one pod and call me in the morning.
- mscman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4If you don't like it, don't visit the Apple section. 'Nuff said
- zaph47, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5ask if iPod is any goofier than capsule
- FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3better integration of streaming video sources could be coordinated to solve the live events problem. this wouldn't come along immediately, but once enough people feel the way you do (which shouldn't take too long), this (or something like it) will sweep in an satisfy your need to see a bunch of sweaty men beat the shiz out of each other over a ball.
":mac media capsule"?!?! p'shaw. i agree. the name is WAY too complicated. i wonder why they don't stick with itv. - jman8888, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4They have hd tivos
- lepton, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Not necessarily the whole TiVo (though I wouldn't mind at all). TiVo has some patents that would be useful. I believe it involves the way they do suggestions (which some don't use but I love and appreciate) and the thumbs up/down, and the way they integrate guide with recorder. Some of this stuff would be useful in an Apple Media Center, PVR or not.
- FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3apple plans to make money the same way tivo does: by providing a better PVR solution that provides more services and etter services than those offered by TimeWarner (called brighthouse in my area). Oh, and those DVRs are NOT free, nor do they download anything from the internet, connect to your computer (legally), allow you to export the video, or keep very much in your archive (50 hours is usually the max with no chance to upgrade without committing a felony.
once you've tied an iTV into your network, you can utilize YOUR media in ANY way you see fit. move it around, play it from other sources, take it with you on your ipod, stream it to anyone in your wireless hotspot... there's a lot more to iTV than simple PVR/DVR service.
some people are fine with TimeWarner's bottom-rung DVR service, but others want better. - FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4t almost certainly will, although i'm sure it'll be cracked as quickly as possible, just as every other iTunes DRM has been.
- goat77, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It's an iProduct. I have a feeling it will just be called "iMedia" or something of the sort...
- kabewm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3My series 3 tivo does HD just fine.
- avester, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I don't like apples. their skin always gets stuck in my teeth. and worst of all I once bit into one only to find half a worm in the apple, that pretty much ruined apples for me. though I do like apple sauce.
- tabledesk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I don't know what you did for the company, but it wouldn't make any sense for Apple to fabricate the 'MacBook' naming scheme only weeks before the Intel laptops' releases. It's not the product's name that makes this post untrustworthy, it's the fact that that information exists outside the boardroom at all. They are good at keeping secrets.
- FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3uhh, yeah, umm... i'm afraid it is that bad.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Maybe they'll work with TiVo to integrate a TV guide function where you can queue up season passes, pick shows to auto download shortly after airing, and put their time-shifting patent to good use.
- Cbeck527, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Hopefully it will not be DRM'd to hell like both the TiVo and iPod
- brianez21, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I like Apple pie!
Mmmmmm.... - Bootes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3It does if you're trying to sell hardware. How much money do you think Apple makes off video sales? Personally I don't see why anyone would buy an iTV with the current features that they've announced. It does almost nothing and is not cheap.
- Lynn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No way. Apple is too smart to even try. How is Apple going to compete with the FREE DVRs that you get from your cable company.
- fofusion, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Because a dead company would love to work with a successful one.
Anyway yeah tivo is having some problems these days and from tivo's side they'd definately work with Apple. However I dont see Apple adding PVR functionality because it would reduce sales from iTunes. - replica, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The Mac Media Capsule will need 2 TV tuners and be cable card ready if they want it to replace my cable box. If not I will just continue to use my 360 to stream media to my TV.
- DucksofAnaheim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1RDF(Reality Distortion Field) is the idea that Steve Jobs is able to convince people to believe almost anything with a skillful mix of charm, charisma, slight exaggeration, and clever marketing.
- horanghee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Well that really depends doesn't it? I'm certainly not going to buy one if it doesn't work as a Tivo alternative. Maybe I'm not the only one who thinks this way. I haven't bought any movies on iTunes, but I'd be more likely to if I had an iTV sitting on my television.
- FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2thanks for making the first plausible conclusion based on this nonsense.
other than what you've concluded, there's also a possibility of more than one tier of iTV. maybe one will be like a media distributor box with no hdd, etc, and the other be like an apple-branded tivo-esque device. - bradym80, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2When an outrageous apple rumor is posted on a page with 500 google adsense listings,
....I get a little skeptical. - jman8888, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1It could have a subscription so that its 14.99 a month. I would still get it but it woulnt cannablilize sales
- applebyte, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1removing a feature like cd ripping would've caused an uproar from ipod users. remember, people have been building their cd collections for the past 15-20 years. apple had to provide cd ripping capabilities or the ipod would've failed out of the gate. the hardware side (ipod) had to be balanced out by an equally well designed software side (itunes).
that was 5 years ago. jump forward to today and it is a much different story. the smooth integration between hardware and software may not mean much to some people, but it is still an attractive selling point to non-techies. and only apple has been successful in providing that experience.
remember, most consumers don't know what they want. they may say they want a pvr, but what they really want may be to watch tv content on their own schedule commercial-free. if the iTV suits this purpose, then what difference does it make if it has pvr capabilities? - SylviaGlowik, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Mac Media Capsule is a good name in my opinion, makes sense if you think about it.
- theheadguy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1@ tabledesk,
This is the only reply I'll post since this doesn't need to be drawn out. MacBook was not a big mysterious secret name that people found out about ahead of time. It was highly plausible as Steve said publically that we want all of our CPU products to have "Mac" in the name. Well "iBook" doesn't have the word Mac in it. Laptops are also referred to as computer notebooks. "MacBook" Wow. It clicks, doesn't it? Sounds nice, very Appleish, and worthy of rumors sites. People can feel like absoute secret insiders to have guessed that name was correct, but in reality it wasn't very hard. - n00bst3r, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I have to admit that the iTV COULD be an awesome product. Unfortunately Apple will crap on it. First of all they will make it a super cool small form factor. Therefore it will have to use a notebook drive making it too expensive, slow, and low on storage.
- Lynxpro, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1
Instead of licensing the intellectual property, Apple should just buy TiVo.
An HD capable Mac Mini with CableCard compatibility and the TiVo software would be a better value at $799 - let alone $599 - than a Series3 TiVo at $799.
Apple could also make the TiVo business model profitable. TiVo's biggest cost that keeps it from profitability are the costs of its hardware because it does not have the economies of scale that Apple would bring to the equation.
And as stated above, the iTunes Store video capabilities should not be of concern in negating an acquisition of TiVo because Apple certainly did not cripple MP3 playback with the iPod or iTunes once the iTunes Store started selling music. Its all about selling hardware and giving reason for consumers to buy Apple's hardware. - Kyderdog, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2This is Stupid..
Why would apple buy a Dead Company... - applebyte, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2@custerfluck - because when itunes v1.0 and the first ipods came out 5 years ago, there was no itunes store. the online store didn't come out until 18 months after the first ipod. people had to get their music onto their ipods somehow, and apple provided an easy interface to manage your ripped music with itunes.
- firemillen2, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2this would have been cool 2 years ago. tivo? who the ***** needs tivo now? i have directv and they just sent me a coupon for a free dvr and installation.
why would i want to spend a coupla hundred to get this capsule of crap? sorry iFanboys, this product is DOA. - ofenza, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0That website is a newsvine rip off
- 7of7, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6 Please shut up with the Apple rumors. Everyone knows you think Apple is God's gift to mankind, but that doesn't mean you have to flood Digg with Apple spam 24/7.
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1This makes no sense. Time/Warner will eventually give me a similar box for free. It'll be a dvr with the capability of downloading movies from the internet. How does Apple expect to make money? TiVo is proving that people will take a free box over a multi-hundred dollar box even if the latter has better software.
- lupinglade, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1does tivo do hdtv?
update: looked it up, no. then this tivo is old news. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1buried as spam. fanboy *****.
- inturnaround, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1People would just call it the MacCap. That isn't too bad.
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