Comments on: Crazy Rumor Tuesday: Touch Screen Remote for New Apple TV?

By: Logitech_Harmony

Logitech_Harmony — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:41:11 +0000

sounds pretty good…maybe i love this one…gg thank you

By: Willian Brletich

Willian Brletich — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:44:14 +0000

Thank You, Keep up the Great work

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:53:47 +0000

Apple is apparently planning a wireless home theatre system that will plug into airtunes, apple tv, surround sound. I would presume they would need an upgraded remote from the existing one, as not everyone leaves the iphone/touch as a sole remote.

By: lexis1109

lexis1109 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:37:41 +0000

new apple tv we need one

By: Random

Random — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:01:33 +0000

If this is true, no way it will work with anything but Apple TV. For those comparing the cost to a good universal remote, remember that they can control the TV, DVD, DVR, Stereo, etc. No way I would buy this, even if I had an Apple TV.

By: Loz

Loz — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:02:00 +0000

Surely that is just a stretched Zune? I don’t see any use for it with an Apple TV. If there was to be an awesome iPhone remote app though, I’d be very interested. Full control of a TV system is the only thing missing on the iPhone.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:10:07 +0000

Adding Safari will turn the apple tv into a net-top. Nice

By: Gregg

Gregg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:33:41 +0000

That’s the first thing I thought Zune HD

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:27:00 +0000

Looks very Zune-like, no?

By: Gregg

Gregg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:20:30 +0000

AppleTv slingplayer then I’m buying with bluray

By: Gregg

Gregg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:18:10 +0000

Update the iPhone app. You make it sound like everyone on earth owns an iPhone. So if you don’t have an iPhone you don’t get a remote??

By: chip

chip — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:45:17 +0000

I think this would be a great way to enhance the Apple TV product, moving away from the little infrared remote to a slick touchscreen one that is dedicated to the Apple TV and won't leave the room for a phone call like my iPhone does.

If it has a standby button I'm sold!

By: sting7k

sting7k — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:30:43 +0000

Why drive up the cost of the Apple TV? Release an app for it and drive some sales of Apple TV since people will see they can control it from their iPhone/iPod Touch.

By: cardfan

cardfan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:27:36 +0000

Umm...i use a logitech harmony remote. I don't want another remote.

If Apple can somehow get me live HD locals and a few other HD channels, incorporate DVR functions and enable us to transfer them to iphone or stream saved shows from iphone...then i'm game to buy one.

Otherwise it's pretty simple to plug a computer with hdmi to the tv or receiver and use itunes.

By: Kagan

Kagan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:14:38 +0000

In my opinion, this would almost have to be fake. It seems like Apple would never waste the time or funds to develop such a large device (in terms of hardware AND software) that serves only one purpose on a (let’s face it) dying device. The other thing that seems to be a giveaway on it being fake is the Safari integration. Why would Apple build in a way to use Safari on Apple TV, so you can use HULU or Netflix? And hurt their sales that they can get through the iTunes store built into the Apple TV? Not a chance in hell. And other than that, they know that if someone wants to browse the internet on their TV, they’ll figure out how to hook up their current mac or buy a mac mini for their tv instead.

By: Dragonfly

Dragonfly — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:12:55 +0000

Rubbish, why on earth would apple waste their time on this when they could just update the iphone app?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:06:28 +0000

I’d buy one.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:04:28 +0000

It wouldn’t be a couple hundred it would be less the ipdo touch is 199. Also look at how much you can spend on a harmony remote which is far less cool. Now we just need an automated home feature so we can install something into our existing light switches so I can control lights and dimmers too. Now that would be a must have device for me and of course if I could use my iPhone too that’s all the better but not everyone has or wants an iPhone so this could be a nice addition that would appeal to a slightly older crowd

By: Al

Al — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:49:11 +0000

This is the most absurd thing that I have ever heard. Why would they not make this an iPhone application?? You can already control the Apple TV through the iPhone but they could make that app better and more reliable (in my experience). But who would spend a couple hundred dollars on a single use touch screen device like this?

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:44:07 +0000

Man, if this is true, Apple is trying get every penny out of us that they can…. I would rather Apple make a really nice remote app which works on the iPhone or iPod Touch for the iTV. I have a great touch screen device already why not make an app for that like everything else.