[citation][nom]LORD_ORION[/nom]It will have a great UI, be hooked into iTunes directly, and you'll be able to use your iTouch or iPhone as the remote.I can see the marketing motivation behind it. With such a large purchase you will use iTunes, because you are not going to buy an Apple TV to hook up like a normal TV.Unfortunately it will never fly because of bandwidth costs, and really what features can Apple offer you that is not already built into most proprietary PVRs offered by the cable company?[/citation]
See, that's what I call an iZombie
I can use my 7-year-old PDA as a remote ALREADY. And my iRiver mp3-player TOO. NO INNOVATION HERE. And I'd be able to use my phone, too, if the phone manufacturers didn't decide to abandon IrDA as "unnecessary". (It was... but the ability to control any TV around was priceless for trolling everybody IRL)
And why would I use iTunes and have an UI on a TV? It's just a big screen which must play movies. And I don't need iTunes or any other service for movies.
So, you're right. Apple can't offer anything new here [that makes sense]. Not because it's already used by someone else, but because it's a TV. There is only so much you can do to it without turning it into a PC with limited functionality.
Thank you very much for providing me with a book example of an Apple fanboy post.