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Probably unlikely but I would really like a new Apple device for watching all of this new TV content at home. Time for an Apple smart TV to hang on the wall with built in upgraded Apple TV with apps, games, FaceTime etc? 

I hope this is not only about shows. Apple is about innovation. Bring on innovation. Show time for that!

lordylordylordy said:

Probably unlikely but I would really like a new Apple device for watching all of this new TV content at home. Time for an Apple smart TV to hang on the wall with built in upgraded Apple TV with apps, games, FaceTime etc? 

I've been asking for an old fashion "dumb" TV for a long time. To get a new TV without any of the extra garbage (especially android TV) costs many times what they do with all the garbage. We already have everything we need in the Apple TV (yes, upgrade that box), we just need a nice 4K monitor at a reasonable price. Hang the Apple TV wherever you want but stop forcing customers to treat a "display" as a computer, having to update it and worry about it being used as a monitoring device. Allow Apple to lock down the Apple TV as much as the customer needs to protect our privacy (yes to others, there are some people who care about this especially when you start talking about streaming FaceTime through your TV). We don't need all the bells and whistles in a device (the TV) that really doesn't require it. Yes, Apple sells the best all-in-one computer but we're not talking about a computer when we're talking about a TV (even though it, like everything else, uses a computer).

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lordylordylordy said:

Probably unlikely but I would really like a new Apple device for watching all of this new TV content at home. Time for an Apple smart TV to hang on the wall with built in upgraded Apple TV with apps, games, FaceTime etc? 

It does seem like Apple is missing a big opportunity here.   It isn't just streaming of TV shows but video gaming and the local storage to support in in an Apple  TV like device could be a huge winner.

For some anyways, I cut the cable/internet/phone cord a log time ago.   So streaming isn't even a consideration, if it doesn't come over the air or via DVD it doesn't make it to my house.   The biggest problem with these so called services is the continuous drain on money.   Such services might be worthwhile in retirement but even then watching TV 24/7 is not my idea of a productive retirement.   It is really hard for me to grasp why people are so into these services, is vegetating through most of your life a new thing???

So yeah I can see potential here for Apple but I'm not exactly the type of customer that really cares what Apple does here.    Frankly I'd like to see Apple get back into education and the hobby market in a meaningful way.   By that I mean a little ARM based board to compete with Raspberry PI and similar boards aimed at education and the hobby market.   I wouldn't expect an Apple solution to be cheap but lets say something in the $75 - $100 range, with an A12, 2-4 GB or RAM and enough local storage to run Mac OS or Linux.