Mac, iPhone, and iPad user Rush Limbaugh yesterday covered some Apple tech gear in yet another free advertisement on what, since its inception on August 1, 1988, is the highest-rated talk radio show in the United States. The 3-hour Rush Limbaugh Show airs daily on a network of approximately 590 AM and FM affiliate stations.
Selected excerpts from Limbaugh’s January 6, 2011 program:
We’re being asked here, ladies and gentlemen, there was a story in USA Today, maybe yesterday, the day before, about how cable television is imperiled because people are now getting televisions equipped, the ability to watch Internet programming without having to have a satellite dish, without having to have cable or what have you, things like Apple TV and whatever others. I hooked that [Apple TV] up, a couple rooms in my house just to try it and to me, it’s cool. You download, buy TV shows or movies on iTunes, and watch it on your big screen. (interruption) Well, it’s 720p — it’s not 1080i or 1080p. That’s the drawback. On DirecTV some movies are 1080i. iTunes is 720 and of course the bigger you blow that up the less the picture quality is and there’s no closed-captioning on 95% of it, which is a drawback for me but still it’s cool.
Apple has this thing called AirPlay. You can sit there with your iPad and you can transfer what’s on your iPad to your big screen. So you buy a TV program on iTunes, you transfer it to your iPad, then you sit there and watch it on the iPad, and then hit AirPlay and it moves it, if you got it all set up right, to your television set, and you have control over it with your iPad controls, or whatever remote system that you use. I hooked it up just because it was cool to do. I need closed-captioning, though, or else I need a speaker right next to my ear. The farther away I am from a speaker the more echo, and especially if there’s a music soundtrack I’m dead trying to hear dialogue in a television show or a movie. But if I get a speaker, and I have one, a little remote wireless Bluetooth speaker that I put on the couch right next on my left ear, and I get about 90% of the dialogue that way.
You know, I watch a lot of stuff on DVD simply because of captioning. For example, there’s a show that I really like called Mad Men. Season four for Mad Men is available on iTunes, but it’s not captioned. The DVDs are not coming out ’til March 29th so some of this stuff actually ends up on iTunes, and Netflix, I’m not trying to leave any of these others out, I just use iTunes, but I have Netflix, too, but I don’t want to say anything about it. I use iTunes. But stuff is available much sooner than they put it on DVD in many cases, but the DVD has the captioning, these other shows don’t.
Full excerpt, “Tracking Cool Tech Advances,” here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers too numerous to mention individually for the heads up.]
I believe Rush is partially deaf in one ear. Not sure which.
@ Buster:
Honestly lad, who gives a rat’s ass about Canadian politicians?
I mean really.
@ aka Christian:
Rush began to lose his hearing in late 1990’s due to an auto-immune disease, and by 2000 he was “100% totally deaf” (his quote). He got cochlear implants in 2001, which has restored his hearing to a limited degree. since then, he has done his show with assistance of staff who quickly transcribe his callers’ comments in real-time.
@aka Christian
Yes he has had hearing problems for years and has a cochlear implant device.
Rush is right. About Apple, about most things in general.
However, I like to listen to Michael Savage even more than Rush.
If The Savage Nation was on in the same time slot as Rush’s program, Savage would clean the floor with Rush!
I wouldn’t quote the Big Fat Idiot who has no credibility.
He could compliment my mother and still be a psychotic pig!
I too wish that Mad Men on Apple TV had subtitles. It’s silly that they didn’t include it.
Oh well.
@mannyFmo
He’s deaf in the left ear…
Great article MDN!!! Keep up the great work.
We conservatives are going to reverse all of the communism going on in the US.
Rush is awesome. Liberals suck and are America and success haters.
actually, he’s deaf in both ears.
his implant is on his left ear. if it’s off, he hears nothing.
if anyone was listening yesterday, his battery died during a call. he was relying totally on the transcript to understand the caller.
and no liberal will care… but he started taking the drugs due to neck pain. his only options were surgery through his throat… or pain meds. (i dont make a living with my voice, but I wouldn’t take the surgery either)
the stuff he WAS taking is one of the most addictive medications out there.
its not uncommon to get hooked on them. hell, many leftist stars get hooked on them as well.
it still amuses me when people think the USA has been going communist lately.
For european people Obama isn’t even considered a “lefty”. And factually he isn’t even close to being a communist, he’s hardly left at all.
“And no liberal will care” .. Well, as you yourself say : “many leftist stars get hooked on them as well.” , the point here for many people opposing him is that he’s very anti drugs. Why he tis addicted isn’t relevant at all.
Why is this even news?
Best take:”but I have Netflix, too, but I don’t want to say anything about it.” ..Too late, why mention it at all?
Does this site ever mention endorsements form people who aren’t imbeciles?
Rush’s opinion counts for less than nothing.
Rush is right, so am I. You ‘progressives’ need to pay more taxes. The Big ‘0’ gummint will accept any donations. Of course they’ll hand it out to all and sundry. Apple TV works for me.
@Normal Person
Yea, Rush’s radio show, nobody listens to that. I mean 650 radio stations for 3 hours, no audience at all.
So yep no one must care about his opinion.
Get a life.
This site has a daily visit of mine for the last 7 years. That being said, I think this ritual may soon come to an end. I really don’t want to read what ANY radio personality has to say about apple or their products, let alone one that get people all fired up about something that has nothing to do with apple.
Please stop Macdailynews, I only want you guys slanted on computer preferences, not political ones. With 25 Results for: Limbaugh on this site, I know where you stand.
Close Captioning is great even with reasonably good hearing especially watching British or foreign movies. Most movies are also mixed so poorly and allow b.g. ambience, music, etc. way too high drowning out sometimes poorly articulated, mumbled dialogue. How many times have you rewinded a DVD to try to understand something and you still can’t make it out? Cable TV closed captioning kinda sucks due to latency issues. Like Rush I like Blu-Rays and DVD’s for the usually well done CC feature. Keep ’em coming!
I’m not a conservative, but I support Rush for his supporting Apple. Very decent and loyal of him. It would be nice to acknowledge that, if not just retaining a quiet dignity. Calling names are often counter productive to making a point whatever the point might be.
Meanwhile, Rush remains a remarkably sharp entertainer, and, I didn’t realise, quite savvy on tech as well. Likes Mad Men. Explaining the difference in Apple’s 720p with 1080i and 1080p in the simplest of terms is no easy task, ask the CEOs of RIM if you need further clarification. Interlacing pictures also looked botched in bigger screen, where 720p looks slightly muddy.
Good on Mr. Limbaugh, I’m neither a liberal nor a conservative. There are many points on both sides that I agree and disagree with strongly. I’m a work in progress in a manner of speaking. But I do appreciate your kind words on Apple.
Cheers.
On the Gadget show here they did a test on 3 set top boxes two of which were 1080 the other 720. Guess which one won on the picture quality front, it happened to be the cheapest too. Fact is that one can’t simply presume that 1080 will be better in the same way as one can’t cameras with higher pixel counts, it has a lot to do with other aspects of the equipment too. Only when all other things are equal will there be a sure improvement in quality. Reminds me of the early days of cd when we were all told that they represented ‘perfect’ sound fidelity only for them to give us apparently even more perfect versions every year since. Until things settle done it will continue to be marketing over fuzzy reality.
I found this interesting comparison between Roku, Apple TV and Boxee Box that is based on analysis of hundreds of their customer reviews. You and your readers may be interested to see this analysis as well at http://tinyurl.com/amp4dmr . You can also check reputation of other products if you go to http://www.amplifiedanalytics.com/V2P-Product-Reviews/Demo, enter the product name or number (like “Samsung LN55C650”), select offered choice, and click on “Submit” button. The system will aggregate and analyze customer reviews to calculate the reputation metrics for you and will let you read the reviews if you want to.
@ Buster,
“Funny…the greatest politicians in Canada were liberal…Trudeau, Pearson, King….”
ROFLMAO!
Trudeau, a card carrying Communist in his youth, shut down the Alberta cash cow for 4 years, caused the constitution to be rewritten with his treatment of the then colony-provinces and started the Quebec separatist movement single handedly with his armed occupation of Montreal during the FLQ crisis. One great politician, I don’t think.
Pearson gave the world Peace Keeping. That’s really working out for us, isn’t it?
King’s best ideas came from his dead mother during seances in the parlor. Completely Loony Tunes. A typical liberal, I suppose.
Yes, the liberal legacy in Canada has a wonderful track record.
@ “think”
“Get a life?” You prove my point.
So many ignorant losers in this thread, weather you agree with Rush or not, theres no reason to be a prick..
Good to see Apple getting what would be very expensive advertising for free..
Vy iz der zo miny more orzis azzis den der is orzis?
Whether you are left or right, let’s all agree to be civil. It’s easy to say nasty stuff about a person whom you’ve never met and don’t know anything about.
A lot of liberal people who know Rush personally find him personally likable.
I’m a conservative but I’m glad Obama has brought more Mac technology to the government.
Let’s be a better community by supporting efforts to expand the Mac platform and keep our typing fingers civil.
Gag… almost makes me want to switch back to Windows..