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Apple event: 3-7-2012

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#1 ·
So it looks like the iPad 3 will get announced today along with a new Apple TV.

Should be interesting.

Speculation?
 
#252 ·
Stewart Vernon said:
On the 1080p front... I've re-downloaded a bunch of my iTunes content and can definitely say I see a big improvement over the 720p previous downloads.
Aside from some Digital Copies I've gotten from iTunes, I haven't gotten any movies from them (I still think it's weird that of the Digital Copies I have, only one movie is listed in my previous purchases... you'd think they would at least work something out with Disney), so no HD movies for me to re-download.

However, I have quite a few TV shows I could re-download, but I have no idea if any of them are in 1080p or not. :mad:

TBlazer07 said:
So you have your "3?" and you can "see" the difference between 720P and 1080P on a 10" screen? You must have incredible eyes or I have bad ones. Probably the latter. :)
A game I have on my iPad 2 updated last week, and I noticed some of the graphics were sharper. I suspect the developer was getting ready for the iPad 3.

~Alan
 
#254 ·
Steve said:
My new Apple TV just arrived, a day earlier than the tracking estimate! :up:
Nice! Enjoy!

I have two Apple TVs in my place and would love the new one but I cannot justify only the resolution increase.

I really only push random YouTube videos to them when friends are over and use it to AirPlay music to my systems.
 
#255 ·
mutelight said:
Nice! Enjoy!

I have two Apple TVs in my place and would love the new one but I cannot justify only the resolution increase.

I really only push random YouTube videos to them when friends are over and use it to AirPlay music to my systems.
Thanks! I can already AirPlay iPad/iPod audio to my Pioneer home theater receiver, and that's worked out really well.

This is my first ATV, tho. Not really sure how I'm going to use it, but I figure it'll be fun to AirPlay video to it, display photos, or simply to mirror whatever my iPad screen is doing, ATM, on a 65" 1080p display.
 
#256 ·
Steve said:
Thanks! I can already AirPlay iPad/iPod audio to my Pioneer home theater receiver, and that's worked out really well.

This is my first ATV, tho. Not really sure how I'm going to use it, but I figure it'll be fun to AirPlay video to it, display photos, or simply to mirror whatever my iPad screen is doing, ATM, on a 65" 1080p display.
I am jealous, my Pioneer Elite SC-05 doesn't support that. :(

I will be interested to see if the iPad will display mirror 1080p to the ATV.

When I would use my iPad 2 with the ATV, the resolution was 720p and a low bitrate so under motion it got pretty messy.
 
#257 ·
Steve said:
Thanks! I can already AirPlay iPad/iPod audio to my Pioneer home theater receiver, and that's worked out really well.

This is my first ATV, tho. Not really sure how I'm going to use it, but I figure it'll be fun to AirPlay video to it, display photos, or simply to mirror whatever my iPad screen is doing, ATM, on a 65" 1080p display.
Enjoy your ATV!! We've enjoyed our 720p versions and will probably wait to upgrade unless there's really something different with the new iPad (due tomorrow.)

Other than a really good interface, Airplay and a great Netflix interface, our main use is movies on our PCs, AirVideo to the iPad, then Airplay to ATV. . . nothing but net!!

And it travels well!
 
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Steve said:
Looks like the answer is "it depends" on the app.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-5...dy-ipad-apps-explode-in-size-not-necessarily/

According to the chart on that page, it was 2-3 media rich apps that gained the most weight. Looks like most other apps gained about 10MB on average, which shouldn't be a big deal, IMHO.
I always figured that the real issue in the long run would never be processor speed, or display quality, or battery life, but memory. Even though my wife and I both bought the 64GB version of the iPad 1, I know that if we use them for more office and media purposes, we'll ultimately become dependent on "the cloud."

Our Kindle Fire has even less memory, of course. But we already have a whole lot more music, video, books, etc. purchased over the years through Amazon accessible from the cloud.

It makes me nervous not to have some expandable, copyable hard drive equivalent, but that would defeat the advantage of a tablet.
 
#263 ·
phrelin said:
It makes me nervous not to have some expandable, copyable hard drive equivalent, but that would defeat the advantage of a tablet.
I hear you. I don't buy music from Amazon, but besides my own CD collection, I buy from iTunes and Google, so everything's been "iTunes matched" or uploaded (including Google purchases) and also copied to my music.google.com account (including iTunes purchases). Knowing I have both local and cloud access to all that stuff, I'm learning not to worry if it's physically on my device du jour or not. And if that device has access to wifi, which is usually the case, I often just stream from my Google music archive, without even bothering to copy it down.
 
#264 ·
On FedEX vehicle for delivery. Yipee!

By the way, for those that want the new AppleTV today and have access to a Best Buy, jump on their web site and order one for in store pickup before they open. I didn't have any trouble getting one and plan to pick it up later today.
 
#267 ·
Just picked mine up from best buy and comparing the screens resolution there is a significant difference.
 
#268 ·
naijai said:
Just picked mine up from best buy and comparing the screens resolution there is a significant difference.
How was your BB? I went to mine this morning to get a case and an ATV3 (they had not gotten their shipment of these in :( ). There were about 25 people in line and my BB said they got 240 iPads in. That seems like a lot.

There was one car at the Verizon store and 3 cars at the AT&T store when I went by them about 8:50am. There was a line at the same AT&T store for the iPad2 release.
 
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Only 3 people in line and they had alot in stock when i peeked in the back
 
#271 ·
The screen is gorgeous! Even though my Galaxy Nexus has a 1.2Ghz dual-core CPU, I have missed the speed of rendering pages and the over feel of iOS.

hdtvfan0001 said:
Here's an interesting comparison of the original iPad, iPad2, and new iPad on YouTube.

Speedtest comparisons are included and "interesting".
Why "interesting"? They look very close and more than likely has to do with fluctuations in the internet connection.
 
#273 ·
hdtvfan0001 said:
That word was intentionally used to refrain from adding any specific personal observations on my part.
Ah gotcha, yeah it is most likely due to network conditions.

The real test is over the cell networks.
 
#274 ·
Alan Gordon said:
Aside from some Digital Copies I've gotten from iTunes, I haven't gotten any movies from them (I still think it's weird that of the Digital Copies I have, only one movie is listed in my previous purchases... you'd think they would at least work something out with Disney), so no HD movies for me to re-download.

However, I have quite a few TV shows I could re-download, but I have no idea if any of them are in 1080p or not. :mad:
OK...

I just figured this out last night after attempting to download a TV show again only to get a 720p copy. :mad:

TV Shows (and I assume movies) have a listing under the price. That listing includes the resolutions (720p, 1080p) available. Below that, you should have something like (Downloading 720p) listed. If you click on it, it will take you to the Settings and you can change that to where it will download the 1080p copy instead.

It appears a LOT of titles have already been upgraded. I guess I will have a LOT of downloading to do... :D

~Alan
 
#275 ·
Alan Gordon said:
OK...

I just figured this out last night after attempting to download a TV show again only to get a 720p copy. :mad:

TV Shows (and I assume movies) have a listing under the price. That listing includes the resolutions (720p, 1080p) available. Below that, you should have something like (Downloading 720p) listed. If you click on it, it will take you to the Settings and you can change that to where it will download the 1080p copy instead.

It appears a LOT of titles have already been upgraded. I guess I will have a LOT of downloading to do... :D

~Alan
Yeah. The only "safe" ones are the pages that say they have both 720p and 1080p.. but one show (I think it was Supernatural Season 7 premiere) I got as a free download says "HD" with no specifics... but when I downloaded it I actually got a 1080p download.
 
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