Reply to: Next Apple Device, probably...

[darmstadt]

My TV is already smart, nice curved edges, reasonably slim, a matt black finish, wouldn't look out of place in an office.

[wurzel]

Just bought the Western Digital Live HD Media Player & it's the dog's nuts. Only 85 quid too

[PAH]

It'll come with a free 10 foot finger extender

Or a 10 foot dongle.

Whatever keeps the missus happy.

[Spacecadet]

Won't it just be a 42" iPad with a tv tuner hacked into it?

It'll come with a free 10 foot finger extender

[portseven]

Won't it just be a 42" iPad with a tv tuner hacked into it?

[PAH]

Apple's will be the iSmart.

Named after the feeling people get when forking out for an overpriced TV with a few fancy bits of software.

[russell]

Panasonic Smart TV

Smart.

[Spacecadet]

Samsung Smart TV

Panasonic Smart TV

[russell]

Panasonic

Samsung Smart TV

FYI
When I said google Smart TV I meant use google to search for Smart TV, not Google's product called Smart TV.

[Churchill]

Expect Apple to release their own version and then start suing the competition.

Didn't you know that "John Logie Baird" is an anagram of "Steve Jobs will rule the world from his grave!" - give or take a few letters

[gingerjedi]

Samsung have already done it, google SmartTV.

Expect Apple to release their own version and then start suing the competition.

[SimonMac]

You'd want the full lot really
so - TV decoding and PVR
Media streaming from local sources and connected drives
Media streaming from external sources
Media from an internal drive (which has been downloaded and saved)
Updatable software in the form of Apps
iTunes (naturally)
Full internet browsing (except for flash of course)
Wireless connectivity to iphone and ipads to view photos and videos
with CEEFAX and Teletext

[Spacecadet]

Samsung have already done it, google SmartTV.

Panasonic

[SimonMac]

Apple will never price a product of theirs in the mass consumer market that is TV's

[Spacecadet]

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I say something along these lines would clean up. Most current media streamers have a really poor user interface, something Apple is renowned for excelling at.

Not sure I'd buy a full TV just for that feature, but if they evolved Apple TV to do full media streaming, PVR, and maybe even blu-ray playback it would be a contender.

Come on Apple sell me something new.

You'd want the full lot really
so - TV decoding and PVR
Media streaming from local sources and connected drives
Media streaming from external sources
Media from an internal drive (which has been downloaded and saved)
Updatable software in the form of Apps
iTunes (naturally)
Full internet browsing (except for flash of course)
Wireless connectivity to iphone and ipads to view photos and videos
and Teletext