[quote] “I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,’ he told me. ‘It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.’ No longer would users have to fiddle with complex remotes for DVD players and cable channels. ‘It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it.’”[/quote]
Walter Isaacson
Could this be what Steve Jobs had in mind? Knowledge a commentator on The Verge Forums has put together a selection of very neat concept photos of how the Apple TV User Interface should look.
According to the post:
[quote] Before I begin, I would just like to first say I’m not a writer, designer, programmer, engineer, etc etc, just a guy with a vision, a man with the dream of paying only for the content I want to watch — content that actually matters to me. When I set out to compile these ideas I thought it would be impossible for anyone to ever launch such a product because of the current monopolization by the cable companies, but rather than figure out a way around that I decided to come up with a product that would be my ideal product, the product of my dreams and probably many others regardless how impractical the politics and economics of the whole thing might be. Here’s my take on the future of television, I’ll let the suits figure out the rest.
This post is about the software and services that run on our televisions and not so much about the hardware itself; sure you could argue contrast ratios and debate whether it’s time to move onto higher resolutions such as 4K or 8K but I’ll leave that for someone else to decide. This post is solely about integrating Apple’s current content delivery system directly into a television set, and then expanding upon that with a subscription based model for live streaming. I acknowledge the problems and limitations that come with internet streaming such as bandwidth/data caps, data speeds, throttling, affordability, accessibility, etc… For all intents and purposes I’ll just pretend we don’t have these issues.[/quote]
On the hardware side, Knowledge is wishing for the following:
- HDMIBluetooth
- USB
- AirPlay, DLNA/Miracast
- Optical Audio Out
- FaceTime HD front facing camera
- Built-in WiFi (802.11 N + AC)
- 1080p resolution (minimum)
- 3D (optional, but would rather see it left out) If you can’t do it right, don’t do it at all.
- Thunderbolt (I would love the ability to connect a hard drive with large storage capacity and the ability to play content from a connected drive even if recording to it is disabled)
- Built-in DVR with 1TB of storage
I guess only time will tell how close Knowledge has come to the real thing.
Source: The Verge
