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Can Jobs marry the computer and TV?
Cnet ^ | 09/11/2006 | John Markoff

Posted on 09/11/2006 10:44:50 AM PDT by Panerai

Has Apple Computer's chief executive, Steve Jobs, found a way to connect the PC to the TV?

With an enticing invitation proclaiming "It's Showtime," Jobs last week touched off speculation about how far Apple will go as it takes its next big step into digital video.

On Tuesday, Apple will hold another of Jobs' marketing events in San Francisco to introduce what trade publications and analysts indicate will be his next campaign: an effort to transform the distribution of Hollywood movies as thoroughly as he has revolutionized the recording industry with the iTunes Music Store.

A distribution deal with Disney and sleeker, higher-capacity video iPods are part of the consensus among those who handicap Apple product announcements. But company executives have hinted that Apple has at least one bigger idea on tap.

Jobs needs one. In his quest to remake Hollywood distribution in the Internet era, his main challenge is one that has bedeviled the personal computer industry. Today, despite many efforts by Microsoft, Intel and a variety of start-up companies to insinuate the computer into home entertainment, almost all movies watched at home use cable, satellite or DVD players, making it possible for Hollywood to control both piracy and pricing.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; appleevent; imac; ipod; itunes; stevejobbs

1 posted on 09/11/2006 10:44:51 AM PDT by Panerai
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To: Swordmaker

Apple ping


2 posted on 09/11/2006 10:45:56 AM PDT by Panerai
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To: Panerai

He already has a wife.


3 posted on 09/11/2006 10:47:15 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)
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To: Panerai

Brad Pitt apparently won't marry Angelina until he does.


4 posted on 09/11/2006 10:48:58 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Panerai

This has less to do with Apple vs. MS as it does ATI vs NVidia and Intel vs AMD.

Every new pc will be able to be a HD 720p tv/pvr in a matter of 4 years.

I don't think Apple will be able to maintain first to market because of their small user base.

All I need for turning this pc I'm writing this on into a 720p hdtv/pvr is for my cablecompany to remove signal blocking, or buy a ~$1500 piece of hardware from Norway, Austria or Japan to shift the signal.


5 posted on 09/11/2006 11:01:35 AM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: JerseyHighlander

You can already turn any old PC into a PVR and I would assume(I maybe wrong) that a HGDTV convertor/ready TV would take care of the HDTV issue.


6 posted on 09/11/2006 11:31:24 AM PDT by neb52
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To: Panerai

Maybe in Massachusetts or Vermont.


7 posted on 09/11/2006 11:52:24 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Katherine Harris for US Senate!)
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