Michal Ždanský Apple TV hasn't received an update in almost three years. The debut of the new generation of TV accessories was already expected last year, but the last official news regarding the device came from Apple only in the form of discounting the current version from $99 to $69. According to John Paczkowski (formerly All Things D, Re/Code), however, the situation should change soon. The new Apple TV is expected to be unveiled this June at the WWDC developer conference.
For a long time, according to Apple, the Apple TV was only a hobby, but a relatively successful one. The year before last, Tim Cook let it be known that he would focus more on television in the future, and even Apple TV last year got it a more prominent position in the Apple Online Store, where until now it was found under accessories among AirPorts, Time Capsules and cables.
Last week there were reports that it would Apple was expected to launch an Internet subscription TV service in the foreseeable future, which he has been striving for since 2009. After long negotiations with cable TV providers and the channels themselves, he may have finally reached an agreement in the otherwise not very friendly environment of television content distributors.
IPTV subscription should be one of the key features of the new Apple TV. But the hardware itself will also change. The device should undergo a significant design change, inside it should be a variant of the Apple A8 chipset that powers the latest iPhones and iPads, and the internal storage should also be significantly increased from the current 8 GB. This is only for the operating system and cache so far. Apple TV should include, among other things, the App Store and its related SDK, through which third-party developers will be able to create software for Apple TV.
Along with the new hardware, the software should also be revised. At the very least, the user interface will have to take into account the new options and the large number of TV channels. The Siri assistant should also be added for easier control of the device.
And the A8 can accelerate 4K video, so 4K output? It looks like it.
so I'll buy 2x now and give the ones I have to my family.
And how?
Well, if these rumors are confirmed, I'm curious about the new price of Apple TV... Maybe $299 wouldn't surprise me at all. So I'm not cheering yet.
299USD???
That would be too cheap. I expect 499USD. With an A8 ( A8X, A9 or A9X ) processor, it will have enough performance for games, and if Apple also supplies some controllers for games, it will basically be a game console as a competitor to Xbox or Playstation.
And for those who just want to watch movies, the current Apple TV for 69 usd for 720p movies will remain on sale.
The $499 Apple TV used to sell (with more storage, etc.) was a flop. I don't think people will pay such an amount for it, because they can better buy it cheaper ($349) for example the Xbox, which can also handle quality games, not just some indie games from the App Store... That's why I think they'll have to stick with at a price somewhere a little lower...
A7 processors and their successors have the Metal graphics API implemented, for which EA is preparing its Frostbite 3, so I wouldn't see it as that bad. Rather, the future A9X processor may have higher performance, including graphic performance, than the latest xbox or playstation.
I have never used Apple TV, does it make any fundamental sense here, on the Czech market? For example, how is the support for Czech dubbing, i.e. subtitles?
Titles with Czech dubbing and/or subtitles are happily increasing... Unfortunately, the prices are quite premium - €8-17 for purchase, €4-6 for rental. But it also has a bit of an advantage - at least you think before you buy something... Otherwise, it's really more about streaming from iOS/OS X. Unfortunately, iVyszílí ČT or Prima Play are not on the menu either... But that could be solved by an update with the App Store and subsequent installation of the application…
As the owner of the current version, I'm more interested in whether this one will have an App Store as well...
Thanks for your answer.
I don't know what I should compare it to, but 6e for a loan seems perfectly fine to me. If I go to the cinema with my wife, I'll pay that much once in Prague. IMHO it's just about people's mentality and accepting the fact that things are paid for.
Can I watch American channels at all on apple tv or is it unusable??
With us, Apple TV is just for streaming images from iOS/OSX devices to the TV. Otherwise practically zero use. The prices for movie rentals are totally out of the question (they often cost the same as a new movie on DVD) and most of the interesting services (Netflix, Hulu) don't work here.
Yes... if you have an American account then yes
The render looks very nice.