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Depending on what Apple's vision is for SmartTV functionality the A5 or A6 platform can last the life-time of 1080P HDTVs. It will be more like gaming consoles
by jsz0 15y ago
Depending on what Apple's vision is for SmartTV functionality the A5 or A6 platform can last the life-time of 1080P HDTVs. It will be more like gaming consoles than phones/tablets/computers that are more open ended in their functionality. A SmartTV is a less versatile device. All you really need is the horse power to playback video & games at 1080P and the ability to do other interactive features. That won't change radically over the lifetime of the device. I guess the next big jump would be to 4K displays with an A14 (or whatever) platform to go with it. I could also see the add-on Apple TV continuing as a separate product for various reasons. (I don't see Apple making a projector so... I hope so at least)
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- technoslut 15y agoI'd also add that Airplay really eliminates the need to update your TV hardware.
- jonhendry 15y agoI guess the problem is that I think people will want and expect parity between apps on the TV and apps on their phone and iPad. If the TV lags behind the iPad and iPhone, that could hamper the kinds of apps that could be developed for the iTV. Of course this assumes that Apple opens up the iTV for app developers, not just for media companies who want channel apps.
- jsz0 15y agoThat may be why Apple has waited this long. Once you hit a certain level of performance (say a hypothetical A6 with a quad core processor, 1GB of RAM, and a very fast GPU) there's going to be diminishing returns with subsequent upgrades. We are probably pretty close to that point now. The GPU would probably be the biggest concern if they want to take on Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. (A6 paired with a discrete GPU?)