“Next week, we may see a 23-inch iMac, 1080p HDTV (Apple’s 23-inch displays are both both progressive and greater than 1080p resolution, so 1080p is almost a given) you can mount on the wall that you can wirelessly stream TV shows and movies to — as well as display photos, play music, and edit and burn videos and DVDs. Now a 23-inch display isn’t exactly home theater sized, but it’s certainly a way for Apple to test the waters for consumer acceptance of an all-in-one solution. And if the 23-inch takes off, you can bet that Apple has the ability to package the same computing hardware with 30-inch, 40-inch, and 46-inch LCDs as well. And by allowing some ambiguity as to whether this is a computer or consumer electronics device, Apple gets both market data and device revenue at the same time — to say nothing of creating demand for movie digital downloads. And when venturing into new markets, marketing doesn’t get any better than that,” Carl Howe writes for Blackfriar’s Marketing.
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Could they also be releasing new, updated displays soon, too? It’s been FOREVER since those were updated. A nice 42-incher would be good.
This would kind of suck for those who have flat panel, wall mounted tvs already. Just give us the media device that we can hook into an existing tv please!
Actually the displays were just updated with better contrast and refresh, and a slightly updated bezel. Not what i was dreaming of, but more compettive with the Dell.
….. and AAPL is going up, up, up
like a streak of weasel’s pee.
None of Apple’s current display line reflect the resolution appropriate to HD – that would be 1920×1080. Using its current 23″ or 30″ (1920×1200) results in “black bars” top and bottom when used for such HD output.
I’d rather see a true standalone display supporting true 1080p that would allow me to use my existing HD set top box and the future, long anticipated, Apple multimedia platform. It should support multiple inputs, and be priced competitive with Dell’s offerings – so they can be hammered on that front as well.
What the heck is that “p” together with 1080? Pixels?
… weasel’s ‘p’
1080p = true 1080 pixels.
1080i = interlaced to “appear” to be 1080 but actual they are usually 760p
“p” stands for progressive, as opposed to “i” for interlaced.
What’s the harm of having extra vertical res? It’s useful for computing and gaming tasks, allows a bigger picture for 4:3 programming, and does no harm. Black bars? They’re added, not subtracted, so who cares? Even if it were limited to 16:9, most movies would have black bars anyway, just like they do on any HD television. Most movies are wider than just widescreen.
16:10 is a great practical size in my book.
Besides, Macs can enlarge the image to fill those black bars if you wish anyway. OS X DVD player calculates this automatically with one click. A little gets chopped off the sides then, but your overall picture is bigger and undistorted. Gotta love choice!
What the heck is that “p” together with 1080? Pixels?
The ‘P’ is for progressive. In other words, not interlaced like a TV is.
Woo !!!! A 23″ TV.
Great for my 5ft x 5ft living room.
AAPL reached 70 Yessss!
And 80’s soon….
This sounds like a nice machine but for HD to really matter, wouldn’t the iMac also need a Blueray DVD player? I mean without it, all HD content would have to be either downloaded or imported from a HD camera. Neither of which is very common today. The big screen will be nice for other things but the HD will really only be of value to those people creating their own HD content.
OK why do you think 30″ monitors are getting cheaper? Cause it ain’t gonna only be a 23 “…
The black bars are 1/2″ tall. Not something I really notice viewing 1080p on my 23″. “P” is 1 picture at a time, usually 24 pictures per second. “I” really sucks, as it displays half the horizontal lines, like venetian blinds, on one frame, then the other half on the next frame. Only 50% of the data is displayed at a given time, persistance of vision filling in the gaps. Interlaced displays “buzz” while progressive screens are rock solid. LCD are perfect for P, CRTs are perfect for I. HDTV is either 720i, 720p, 1080i, or 1080p. Personally, I see no difference between 700p and 1080p at a distance of more that 3 feet.
APPL is going to hit 90 or even 100 after the January-quarter results come out.
Sorry! AAPL
I hope they also announce they’re buying El Gato for the EyeTV or licence the technology for use in a black Core 2 Duo Mac Mini with composite video/audio output suitable for plugging into an existing wall-mounted TV.
The choice of BYO TV is essential.
“p” means “progressive” — i.e. the TV refreshes the entire screen for each “sweep”.
“i” means “interlaced” — i.e. the TV refreshes the odd-numbered scan lines in one sweep, then the even-numbered in the next.
A standard TV is interlaced. It refreshes 60 times a second, but can only display 30 full frames a second. This is because each refresh only handles half the scan lines, so it takes 2 refreshes to display a full frame.
Progressive is better, because it allows for more full-resolution frames per second, providing a much sharper picture.
Got it now?
60 is NTSC.
Pal refreshes 50 times in a sec.
Progressive is better, because it allows for more full-resolution frames per second, providing a much sharper picture.
Got it now?
yes, M’lord!
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I hate to think it, but my dream Mac won’t sell very well. (Core 2 Duo 42 inch lcd)
Without a movie or video service that is licenced for use beyond the US border this thing will sputter. TV shows have been on iTunes for how long now and there seems to be no chance in hell of it coming to Canada much less Europe or Asia. Hey I may buy it but that’s just me.