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Gene Munster proclaims Apple HDTV will be “biggest thing in consumer electronics since the smartphone”
Analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray has long championed the notion that Apple will eventually release an HDTV. Speaking to the topic recently during an interview with Bloomberg Radio, Munster – who as far as we know has no inside sources at Apple – said that the mythical Apple HDTV will be introduced sometime in […]
Continue reading...And the Apple HDTV Rumor Mill marches on
Friday, February 17, 2012
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Digitimes reports: Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Genesis Photonics is expected to enter the supply chain of Apple’s TV lineup by supplying LED chips to Sharp for LED-backlight applications, according to industry sources. Genesis declined to comment. Market research pointed out that Sharp currently ranks number eight for output value of LED packaging. However, Sharp does not produce […]
Continue reading...Samsung not worried about Apple entering the TV market
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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With everyone anticipating Apple’s foray into the HDTV market, Samsung – the global leader in HDTV shipments – isn’t worried at all. At the company’s European Forum in Prague, Samsung AV product manager Chris Moseley told pocket-lint that when it comes to HDTVs, superior image quality is what matters most. Consequently, Moseley isn’t worried at […]
Continue reading...Canadian broadcast companies have Apple iTV prototypes in their labs – Rumor
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Color us skeptical, but The Globe and Mail reports: Canada’s largest telecommunications companies are squaring off in a fight about the future of television. Rogers Communications Inc. RCI.B-T and BCE Inc. BCE-T are in talks with Apple Inc. AAPL-Q to become Canadian launch partners for its much-hyped Apple iTV, a product that has the potential to revolutionize TV viewing by turning conventional televisions […]
Continue reading...Apple to cooperate with cable operators for upcoming iTV – Analyst
Monday, February 6, 2012
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AppleInsider reports: Peter Misek with Jefferies presented his “what if” analyses related to content on the so-called “iTV” in a note to investors on Monday. In what he sees as the most likely scenario, Apple could gain access to non-exclusive content for its television set and forge deals with existing cable providers. By potentially partnering […]
Continue reading...Best Buy survey references 42-inch Apple HDTV
Monday, February 6, 2012
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In an effort to obtain customer feedback about potential new products, Best Buy sent out a survey to customers wherein the retailing giant makes reference to a 42-inch Apple HDTV. The big box wants to know how you feel about it based on some proposed promotional verbiage which boasts that “Apple finally reinvents what a […]
Continue reading...Apple reportedly speaking to TV component suppliers ahead of HDTV launch
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster issued a research note today lending even more fodder to the Apple HDTV rumor mill. “We recently spoke to a major TV component supplier who has been contacted by Apple regarding various capabilities of their television display components,” Muster writes. “We are confident that Apple will enter the connected TV […]
Continue reading...Apple HDTV will include a 42-inch OLED with facial recognition – Crazy Rumor
Friday, January 27, 2012
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Citing a high-ranking source at a major electronics retailer, Technobuffalo reports that Apple’s rumored HDTV will likely see the light of day by April, or May at the absolute latest. As for the TV itself, it’s rumored to be a 42-inch OLED described as being ‘gorgeous’ and ‘very thin’. While we don’t know if the […]
Continue reading...Apple reportedly testing 42 and 50-inch HDTVs in its research labs
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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With CES just around the corner, the market will soon be filled with the latest in HDTV technology from the likes of Samsung, LG and a host of others. But per usual, the one company keeping its hand close to its vest is Apple. Indeed, rumors of Apple making the leap into the TV business […]
Continue reading...Apple reportedly preparing for iTV launch in early 2012
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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The heavily rumored Apple HDTV is in the news again today. This time, Digitimes claims that Apple has already started preparing for an iTV launch during the second or third quarter of 2012. Instead of a form of set-top box (STB) like the Apple TV launched in 2006, Apple’s new products will be full TV […]
Continue reading...Apple’s HDTV plans begin to crystalize
Monday, December 19, 2011
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As reports of Apple’s TV plans continue to swirl overhead, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has already met with various media executives to discuss, in the vaguest of terms of course, their plans and vision for what may very well be an upcoming Apple HDTV. Now the HDTV market is arguably saturated […]
Continue reading...Report claims Apple HDTV to sport A6 processor and come in 3 screen sizes
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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Citing Japanese sources reportedly involved in Apple’s HDTV efforts, Smarthouse is reporting that Apple’s rumored HDTV will come in 3 different sizes – a 32 inch model on the low end and a 55 inch model on the higher end. The report further notes that the set will incorporate an A6 processor that will likely […]
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
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