these TV monitors are at the core of all of our major social and economic activities
in short the TV monitor as computing platform has failed because of poor execution on software, software user experience, and poor user interaction devices and paradigms
e iPhone and iPad in your pocket or handbag is the next-generation TV set-top box,
AirPlay allows a user to easily beam any content or application to an Apple TV device.
Netflix, MLB At Bat, CNN, MSNBC and dozens of other mainstream video
pple introduced two new and inter-related concepts: AirPlay Mirroring and Dual Screen Apps
TV Apps are here and they’re all about building dual-screen iPad App
jostles with games consoles, laptops that can wirelessly transmit what is on their screen to the TV, and similar media players f
$99 price tag marks a recognition of the stiff competition
istances it from the Mac Mini, a small-box computer that some Apple fans saw as a better value
enabled home-sharing in iTunes on my PC to share its content with Apple TV.
Netflix streaming film service, YouTube, Flickr
Being able to access a computer on a home network means anything stored in iTunes can be played or watched on the big screen
Many set-top boxes and Blu-ray players in the US offer Netflix
losest competitor to Apple TV in functionality is Roku’s box.
Roku may lack YouTube but it has more than 85 “channels” of internet content, including Netflix, Amazon’s video-on-demand service, Pandora internet radio, the MOG music streaming service,
Apple TV’s narrower content is its biggest weakness.
s synergies with other Apple devices –
Remote app allows control with touch gestures on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
ame kind of apps as an iPhone or iPad in the future
r current TV programming and the open web into a single, seamless entertainment experience.
Google Chrome and access to the entire Internet, you can easily navigate to thousands of websites to watch your favorite web videos, play Flash games, view photos, read movie reviews or chat with friends—all on the big screen.
Apple's market share is slipping: it accounted for nearly three-quarters ( 74.4%) of all online movie sales in 2009. Its competitors are taking a few bites here and there: Microsoft has increased its market share from 11.6% to 17.9%. It offers titles via the X-Box 360 and Microsoft Zune. Sony, which sells movies online through the PlayStation 3 player and select Sony Bravia HDTVs, has gone from 5.7 % to 7.2% in 2010. The rest of the bunch accounts collectively for 10.4% of the market, up from 8.3% in 2009--and that includes Wal-Mart's Vudu se
iSuppli said online movie sales increased 60%in 2010, but the company did not release actual sales numbers