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To: iggyl who wrote (121044)	10/25/2011 10:40:04 AM
From: dhellman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

TV won't be "cracked" by Apple until it can control the primary HDMI port. Making me change "source" for the content I want is like asking me to scan a Q code to get the web page I want. So perhaps the best reason for Apple to make a TV is to seamlessly integrate IOS content with live source. You can't beat a free cable or satellite box, but you can take it over if you put yourself between it and the screen.

To: iggyl who wrote (121044)	10/27/2011 12:09:40 AM
From: JP Sullivan	Respond to of 213177

content deals are needed Absolutely! And they have to be inked country by country, provider by provider. That's a lot of time, effort and billions for who-knows-what return. content providers may, ironically, need to turn to Apple to bring back subscribers It's going to be awhile before that happens. What are viewers' alternatives? Piracy? That's being clamped down hard by the powers that be -- in many parts of the world, I might add. Yes, there's still a lot of that in Asia, but it's becoming more and more difficult to do and increasingly going underground. Unlike music, which can easily be ripped and sent via email, movie files are very large and the quality of the bootleg files you get is a crap shoot. For the majority, it's easier to buy or rent for a couple of dollars than go for the pirated stuff, which usually requires some effort to locate and download. That said, if anyone has a chance of succeeding in the online TV/video space, it might well be Apple, given the company's very, very deep pockets. Maybe that's what Steve envisioned and one of the reasons for sitting on that increasingly large mountain of $$$$$$. -we-