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It's pretty clear that Apple...

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It's pretty clear that Apple...

It’s pretty clear that Apple are ‘skating to where the puck will be’ on HD. The upside is obvious, the downside is that a lot of people don’t have those TVs. The same downside applies to the download speed or the provision of HD via BitTorrent or whatever. That said, the world will get there.

The storage limitation being an easy one (for Apple at least) to fix. Has anyone actually tried to open one of these?

For me, I think movies and possibly screencasts are the two HD items I’d like. Perhaps some classic soccer matches that I’d want to own might be an exception. But video podcasts? TV shows? Not that bothered. When HD versions of both are commonplace fine, but otherwise…

Vox Pop: Want HD video from iTunes and Apple TV? By: Merlin Mann (24 replies) March 25, 2007 - 8:03am
  • For TV shows, I would... By: Ben (2007-03-30 10:20)
  • I simply won't buy an... By: Axul (2007-03-29 09:03)
  • [...] Merlin Mann says: The... By: Move to Iceland » The AppleTV’s Potential (2007-03-29 15:27)
  • I regularly download 720p content... By: Gregory Harbin (2007-03-26 12:37)
  • I own an HD LCD... By: Odineye (2007-03-26 12:36)
  • Hey, I would download HD content... By: Josh Pyles (2007-03-26 06:53)
  • Hey Merlin, I share your view... By: Brian Andrews (2007-03-26 05:06)
  • Here in Ireland there's one... By: Brendan (2007-03-26 02:56)
  • I downloaded an HD episode... By: Matt V (2007-03-26 00:23)
  • I published a poll about... By: meckimac (2007-03-25 18:37)
  • It's pretty clear that Apple... By: TommyW (2007-03-25 18:36)
  • One idea would be to... By: security (2007-03-25 15:37)
  • I don't know if any... By: Anthony (2007-03-25 14:41)
  • Thanks for the thoughtful comments,... By: Merlin Mann (2007-03-25 12:39)
  • I don't have an appleTV,... By: matthias bonjour (2007-03-25 12:07)
  • Where are we going to... By: Charles (2007-03-25 10:39)
  • I was actually surprised to... By: Mike Shea (2007-03-25 11:22)
  • Assuming that people are buying... By: epplegacks (2007-03-25 10:24)
  • Well, I calculated that with... By: Andreas Bachofen (2007-03-25 08:34)
  • I definitely won't be buying... By: Eric (2007-03-25 10:03)
  • While I didn't explore the... By: Stephan Cleaves (2007-03-25 08:30)
  • I'm actively working on (and... By: danb (2007-03-25 12:09)
  • I am perfectly happy listening... By: Ben (2007-03-25 12:23)
  • [...] Merlin Mann says that... By: HD video bandwidth at MK&C (2007-04-01 22:56)
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