Rumor: Apple TV to cost 2X the average?

[pRICE cUBE]

The naysayers have been wrong about Apple before but I don't know if this will hold true in a market with rapidly dropping prices.
http://www.cultofmac.com/132500/apple-tv...ets-rumor/

[Rick-o]

As a kool-aid drinking Apple fanboy, I'm prepared to spend whatever it takes to have the latest Apple "fashion" item. Cuz, that's what we do!!

(Sorry, I've been reading too many Apple specific articles with reader comments). :biggrin:

[sekker]

If they can combine the functions of am HDTV tuner, ATV3, cablebox, and DVR into a single unit - it'll be well worth the price premium.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

I'm curious to see if they go LCD or plasma. Either way, they lose half the potential market.

[bik]

There are already "premium" TVs that cost twice as much as the "sweet spot" for a given size.

I would fully expect an Apple branded TV to be priced like the other premium TVs on the market (unfortunately).

[RAMd®d]

As a Kool-Aid drinking Apple fan boy, I plan to give a look at the latest Apple iron without paying attention to what Apple haters and goofy, click-bait pseudo tech journos say.

Of course, if I wanted to be one of the Kewl Kids, I'd disparage any and all Apple gear long before I even new anything about it, and call it a FAIL and chant my "Apple is doomed!" mantra.

[Ken Sp.]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
I'm curious to see if they go LCD or plasma. Either way, they lose half the potential market.

...unless they use the new OLED process that has been rumored.

[deckeda]

TVs are a market where you HAVE to put out a new model each year to stay competitive in the consumer's eye. Although they've more or less learned to do that with iDevices, this would still be the more "worrisome" aspect of an Apple-branded TV, not the expected premium price.

[Bill in NC]

DVR - how does it handle storage, obtaining guide data?

Cablebox - CableCard means no SDV, no PPV.

[mrbigstuff]

deckeda wrote:
TVs are a market where you HAVE to put out a new model each year to stay competitive in the consumer's eye. Although they've more or less learned to do that with iDevices, this would still be the more "worrisome" aspect of an Apple-branded TV, not the expected premium price.

my guess is that Apple will use the model they have in place currently: upgrade slightly with more memory, marginally faster chip, and/or a new/neato software feature while keeping 95% of the product the same.