Ah crap...

[Vanraw]

You bought Apple? Why you sly old dog - you're the third generally Apple-bashing person from these boards that has privately admitted to me they own the stock.

Next product? Apple TV! (the full TV, not the setup box).

But I don't think the iPad in particular is going to flatten out for quite a while...

Hey I think I admitted it. And cashing in on a quick and easy 15 to 20% gain has nothing to do with my religion. If people are going to pump the price up I might as well walk away with some cash to fund my apple bashing...

Back to reality... The "TV" market is wide open, but we will see who jumps on the right peddles to ride it to profit. Google had the right idea but didnt capture the content from the networks. If I had to guess who will dominate the intelligent TV, it will be either the cable carriers, or someone like Netflix. Though I dont even know if they are think about such things. Netflix has become the house hold name it TV streaming. Almost any device you buy now has the client.

In the end TV is going to change in the same way we have all discussed on these forums in relation to Cable being dead. Today I use Zune and my xbox along with netflix alot. My wife (artist and gardening techno phobic) uses it at will as well. For instance, I dont watch "Wilfred" when it airs. I bought the season on Zune and when episodes are aired, I watch then when ever I want. And I have them forever. Um I think they call this "the cloud" which is a joke since most companies have been doing it for years. I also use Zune to watch / stream first run DVD's that are not on netflix. This is opposed to a brick and mortar video store

I know Apple, Google and Microslop would love to be in the business for every household in America. But my take is they havent made it yet, I bet they dont. Meanwhile "Netflix" has become a verb like "google it", or "Facebook me". My bet is that netflix will start to offer streaming rental and purchases like Amazon, zune and itunes. Then it will be walk into the virtual TV ownership.

FYI I dont own netflix. I wish I would have bought it back when I wanted to, but just procrastinated.



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