roughlydrafted.com — "Why Apple Will Change TV" presented similarities between the iPod and iTV, and introduced how Apple will play the iTV in much the same way as the iPod. Here's the first and most obvious of Five Ways Apple Will Change Your TV: #1: On-Demand Content - Daniel Eran, RoughlyDrafted Magazine
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tilneysOct 1, 2006
So right. The idea of going on the web and reading one publication is insane! So why shouldn't my choice of TV be the same?I wan't to search for, be recommended, and watch content that I want to watch when I want to watch it. Just like my altered radio broadcast listening, they are nowadays all selected Podcasts uploaded to my iPod. Bingo.iTV is going to be the first -really big- provider of just such a service. Not for geeks, but for ordinary people who want to do it simply and quickly at the press of a button.Rock on iTunes I say.
meatmcguffinOct 2, 2006
Another? Please elaborate
alwaysmc2Oct 2, 2006
"On-demand TV show downloads available for a flat fee with NO subscription required? Who did that before?"It's not TV shows, it's podcasts. (which are already free)
irelandOct 2, 2006
@ worthbak, may I rephrase that! I can't speak for the US, but in Europe the average young adult watches 25% less TV than 5 years ago (found that out @ bbc.co.uk), and is increasingly spending more and more time on the internet. You should know, you're on the web now.
consonanceOct 2, 2006
Finally, on demand content! Just what Google Video, YouTube, TiVo, Ultimate TV, Dish Network, DVRs, Slingbox (albeit from the DVR to the computer), Media Center Extender, MythTV, and so many other machines and software failed to provide: On-demand content! I'm so glad this opinion piece addresses all these current competitors and makes the case for purchasing iTV.There is one significant point, however: Being able to play iTunes movies on your TV. You know, as opposed to buying a DVD player and DVDs and not needing to purchase a $200 separate box to watch your iTunes stuff. But hey, who's counting?And why is iTunes better for delivering content than a web browser? Guess what: Both HTTP and iTunes use TCP transmissions. iTunes would only be ahead if it utilized UDP for the music and video transfer - but it doesn't, and Apple even distributes that information:<a class="user" href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106439">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106439</a>And then the article goes on to say, "iTunes is better because it's iTunes and because so many people use it." Exactly what does that have to do with on-demand content? The "Look What's In Store" and "Left to Their Own Devices" subsection mention absolutely nothing in regards to on-demand content.In fact, very little of the article even mentions why iTV is better. Saying that there's a whole bunch of stuff that can't be shown simultaneously, Apple is better because it delivers content over the Internet (unlike YouTube, Google video, BitTorrent, etc.), iTunes is better because it's not HTTP (big deal, it's still TCP), and iTunes is better because so many people have downloaded it (hint: look up "bandwagon fallacy" on Google).Ironic. I criticize the first article in the series and get dugg down. In the comments for this story, people have openly criticized the follow-up and been dugg up: I'm not angry or bitter, it's just funny that when there are too many people to contain, the fanaticism is revealed.
rubeusOct 2, 2006
I'm saying this in the most non-offensive way but this really is kissing Apple butt hole, is it not? If he did have any insight into iTV or any of Apple's ventures it is completely overlooked due to the fact that he writes his "stories" from an "Apple is Divinity" point of view. How can anyone not be a little bothered by the fact all he writes is pro-Apple rhetoric? Rhetoric might be defined as something like using impressive/proactive language to persuade the audience to your viewpoint, regardless of facts or not. So, a title like "Five Ways Apple Will Change TV", is already trying to suggest to you that it's something that will happen, he's already made his mind up to support Apple blindly it seems. I don't mind articles from a "Magazine" but leave the ass kissing at the door, I think it takes away from his credibility, or any change to establish any.
bemenakerOct 2, 2006
There isn't one thing mentioned in this retarded article that I have not been able to do on Time Warner cable for the last six years. I don't want to watch what's on Comedy Central, hmm, let's see what's on Adult Swim On Demand. Gee, there is a line up of shows to watch at my beckoning call. I don't like what's on HBO, again, HBO On Demand. Don't feel like running to the video store to rent a DVD, new releases on demand, to watch when I want to. Marking this retarded article as inaccurate crap.
sailorOct 2, 2006
Sorry...it is already here and Apple didn't change TV...Apple users you know this it true, so don't start bitching...:p
danieleranOct 2, 2006
Maybe you can help fill us in on why UDP would be a better way to distribute downloadable video than TCP?Because in my Universe, Internet traffic that needs to arrive needs to be sent via TCP. UDP is for traffic that doesn't need to arrive. So if you are streaming voice packets, and bits of UPD traffic don't arrive, they simply degrade the signal and it plays along. That's not what you want to happen when downloading actual binaries or say a song or movie you want to watch in high quality; if a TCP packet is lost, the TCP protocol asks for it again; UDP just keeps going.It doesn't sound like much of what you say makes any sense, and you are pretty uninformed. Why are you so hell bent on discrediting something if you don't even bother to take the time to understand the issues involved?Also, the article doesn't state that iTunes does not use HTTP; if fact, WebObjects does. But HTTP is stateless; WO provides the state maintenance. In other words, Apple's WO provides a framework to do things that normal web pages can't, simply because standard web pages don't support the idea of maintaing state. That's why iTunes is a better experience that Unbox, as is quite obvious.You are getting dug down, not because of a conspiracy, but because you are full of crap and talking out your ass about ideas you didn't bother to actually research.