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I might jump in if it has enough compelling features to justify the more than likely premium price. And, I AM an Apple fanboy, so that also has to be considered. :tongue:
I have an older 32" Akai LCD in the kitchen that gets a lot of use, but it's starting to take a few minutes to warm up. It's been behaving like this for a few years, and it takes longer and longer to get a picture to fire up. I suspect it's on the way to total failure soon. I would be happy to replace it with some Apple hardware, if the cards fall properly into place.
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I'm not anywhere ready to replace my Samsung.
If Apple comes out with an ATV3 that fixes the iPhoto issues, I'd probably go for that.
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Is there some assumption that we all NEED a new TV?
I've purchased 4 TVs in the past 35 years, two analog/CRT and two digital/LCD, I generally don't buy one unless there is something wrong with the one I have.
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apple ships a what i'm in!
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I am considering upgrading my 42" living room tv to 50" so I am in the maybe camp depending on the specs. My primary concern would be upgradeability. I'm already onto my second generation appletv in what, the last 3-4 years? So any real tv from apple would have to have some serious modular design as I would prefer not to upgrade tv's that often!
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My current TV is only a year or so old. When it breaks, I'll start looking at what's available. Based on my previous large screen TV experiences, that will be in about 3 years.
You need a "None of the above" choice.
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All they can do ultimately is show "TV" on it. I can't imagine what the big deal could be.
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I voted no for many different reasons. I don't need a TV being the primary one. Also, I'm really not digging my current Apple TVs either (one first gen, one second gen). Gave them to my mom as she is such a light user she will never notice any bugs. I actually like my current Roku box setup for box net and local content streaming.
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vision63 wrote:
All they can do ultimately is show "TV" on it. I can't imagine what the big deal could be.
Have you set up a new tv lately, one that has built in wi-fi and networking, surround, 3d, etc? I helped my dad with his new Samsung. Trying to help him on the phone, I was thinking to myself, "c'mon dad, how hard can it be?" When I got there over the holidays and saw for myself, I was absolutely appalled at how poor the the interface and instructions are. I'm fairly good at this stuff, and I was almost in a rage because they made it so difficult. Basic things, like the fact that the instructions are not printed, but built into the tv's interface, but you can't read the instructions and do what the instructions are telling you at the same time. You have to leave the instructions, and when you come back to the instructions, you don't return to where you were. Just amazingly stupid and wrong.
THAT would be a huge deal, if Apple can fix that. I believe that's what Jobs was referring to when he said he'd "cracked" this problem. Televisions have gotten insanely complicated to set up, especially for older people.
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Since when did Apple care about older folks?
