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[The Reg] Apple TV: Rubbish, you don't like documentaries – I'll just flick to porn

post #1 of 42
8/22/12 at 11:48am
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Fed up of having to pick up the remote controls to change channel when something boring comes on? Apple has just patented a broadcast device that will know - in advance - whether you're going to be interested in that nature documentary, and will change to something better so you don't have to.

In patent 8,249,497 'Seamless switching between radio and local media', awarded to Apple yesterday, Cupertino outlines a mechanism where a TV or radio will change channels of its own accord.

Apple won a swathe of 29 patents yesterday and this is one of them.

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post #2 of 42
8/22/12 at 11:56am
so it's like Netflix's suggested movies? except on the fly? sounds ground breaking
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8/22/12 at 11:57am
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so it's like Netflix's suggested movies? except on the fly? sounds ground breaking

Sounds pretty stupid. I've seen a lot of interesting programs just by turning the TV on and it landing on that channel. I wouldn't have watched it, but I did because it was right in front of me. This takes that away.
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8/22/12 at 12:02pm
Another way that enables people to live without thinking. yippee
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8/22/12 at 12:02pm
Like last.fm, but for your television programmes?

And 29 MORE patents? UUghhhhhhh.

Are they even going to DO anything with them or what? I honestly wouldn't mind hearing about all these patents if they were actually materialising into something I could or would want to use, but at the moment all I'm seeing is.......well nothing...
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So, Apple is going to tell its customers what to watch on TV now too? That's awesome.
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8/22/12 at 12:07pm
I just hate Apple so so so much. I would literally get my jollys by seeing the company go under.
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8/22/12 at 12:10pm
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I just hate Apple so so so much. I would literally get my jollys by seeing the company go under.

Me too. I'd throw a party and have everyone over. No joke.
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8/22/12 at 12:10pm
So like Pandora for your TV. Sounds pretty dumb to me. Are we getting so lazy that we can't pick up the remote to change the channel?
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8/22/12 at 12:12pm
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Me too. I'd throw a party and have everyone over. No joke.

I'll bring the beer!
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