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Maybe (read: very likely) that Apple TV on top of your television will become that game console reasonably soon.

by Xuzz 16y ago

alanfalcon 16y ago
Man, if an App store comes to an Apple TV with any kind of decent input device that really would be a gold mine (complete with gold rush for devs).
- Xuzz 16y ago
  This input device is, of course, your iPhone or iPod touch. The decent-ness of said device is questionable, however. (But, it'd be perfect for Angry Birds TV!)
  - mambodog 16y ago
    Touch controls would have to be pretty limited due to the lack of tactile feedback, but I could see some motion-based controls (though an ipod/iphone is a pretty expensive gadget to be swinging around).
michaelbuckbee 16y ago
How about now? Did you see that you can play The Incident on TV via iPhone and iPad TV out? http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/10/12/02/the.incident.uses.ipad.tv.out.iphone.remote/ http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/10/12/02/the.incident.uses.ip...
magicalist 16y ago
I thought the hardware was way too underpowered for that sort of thing, hence the price. screens are expensive, but that wouldn't explain the > $300 price difference the apple tv and an iphone or ipad. now an apple tv 2... edit: the ipod touch is only $229, but that's still $129 more than apple tv. anyone have more info about the possibilities of apps?
- mambodog 16y ago
  The current Apple TV contains the same cpu and graphics chip, and amount of memory as the iPad[1] Given that the iPad has decent games performance at 1024x768, I could see the Apple TV handling most iPad games at 720p, or running them at a lower resolution and upscaling (as the consoles do with many games, for example Halo 3/ODST[2] and GTA IV[3]). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV#Technical_specifications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV#Technical_specificatio... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3#Graphics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3#Graphics [3] http://www.ripten.com/2008/04/29/confirmed-gta-iv-ps3-is-not-630pits-640p/ http://www.ripten.com/2008/04/29/confirmed-gta-iv-ps3-is-not...

Maybe (read: very likely) that Apple TV on top of your television will become that game console reasonably soon.

by Xuzz 16y ago

Maybe (read: very likely) that Apple TV on top of your television will become that game console reasonably soon.

Man, if an App store comes to an Apple TV with any kind of decent input device that really would be a gold mine (complete with gold rush for devs).

Xuzz 16y ago
This input device is, of course, your iPhone or iPod touch. The decent-ness of said device is questionable, however. (But, it'd be perfect for Angry Birds TV!)
- mambodog 16y ago
  Touch controls would have to be pretty limited due to the lack of tactile feedback, but I could see some motion-based controls (though an ipod/iphone is a pretty expensive gadget to be swinging around).

michaelbuckbee 16y ago

How about now? Did you see that you can play The Incident on TV via iPhone and iPad TV out? http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/10/12/02/the.incident.uses.ipad.tv.out.iphone.remote/ http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/10/12/02/the.incident.uses.ip...

magicalist 16y ago

I thought the hardware was way too underpowered for that sort of thing, hence the price. screens are expensive, but that wouldn't explain the > $300 price difference the apple tv and an iphone or ipad. now an apple tv 2... edit: the ipod touch is only $229, but that's still $129 more than apple tv. anyone have more info about the possibilities of apps?

mambodog 16y ago
The current Apple TV contains the same cpu and graphics chip, and amount of memory as the iPad[1] Given that the iPad has decent games performance at 1024x768, I could see the Apple TV handling most iPad games at 720p, or running them at a lower resolution and upscaling (as the consoles do with many games, for example Halo 3/ODST[2] and GTA IV[3]). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV#Technical_specifications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV#Technical_specificatio... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3#Graphics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3#Graphics [3] http://www.ripten.com/2008/04/29/confirmed-gta-iv-ps3-is-not-630pits-640p/ http://www.ripten.com/2008/04/29/confirmed-gta-iv-ps3-is-not...