I agree and get the impression that the iPad was made as a compelling video device over all else. The problem, like you said, is with the studios, however.
If Apple had a TV subscription service of purely on-demand shows for a reasonable monthly fee (or tiered, consumption-based month-to-month pricing), I think they'd have a very compelling story for video, with access to shows on TV at the touch of a button via Apple TV, and portable experiences with iPhone and iPad.
My family keeps kids movies on the iPhone and the kids watch them all the time in waiting rooms and at restaurants, etc. The iPad would be the perfect device to hand to them to watch cartoons on the way to Grandma's house.
@ColinMcGraw Forget the iPad, it sounds like you need to give your kids a book man! TV at every single opportunity, even when waiting at restaurants? They might just benefit from some mental stimulation from, like an actual conversation or some reading from time to time.
@Luxury Guy All three of my children are under three years old. Right now they're focusing on not crapping their pants rather than reading or holding a conversation consisting of more than the few words they know.
They do like books at bedtime, but they climb out of their high chairs in restaurants if they're finished eating and have nothing to keep them occupied.
@glamajamma Did you miss the part where I said the kids are one and two years old? I'd be quite the proud parent if they could read or carry out a conversation that consisted of more than one-word phrases like "Eat" or "Mommy", but younger toddlers don't work that way, gents.
We let them watch movies while Mom and Dad finish dinner, or we don't get to go out. We equally use vocabulary games we downloaded from the App Store if it makes you feel better.
@ColinMcGraw After they eat you could just break out the nyquil. I mean really, you would want to actually have to take care of your kids when it isn't convenient for you?
@hgill Huh? Do any of you have kids who are one and two years old? Are you old enough to drive a car? Do you have any clue what you're talking about?
We're not the type of family to set the kids in front of the TV all the time because we'd rather do something else. My wife only works part time to be home with them as much as possible and they all tend to be pretty active.
All I said was that we have portable video players (iPhones) that we sometimes use when we go out as a family to restaurants, doctors appointments, etc. Most families with as many young kids as we have just don't go out because of the difficulty of wrangling them all up, but our kids like getting out and we have a good solution to make it work where my wife and I don't have to skip meals.
It's a bit insulting to be lectured by people who are probably just kids themselves about how it's a mortal sin to let my kids watch any sort of movies or cartoons. Guess what? In the real-world, people take portable DVD players to keep kids occupied on a two hour drive to Grandma's house or the three hour plane trip to Disney World. The iPad has to potential to be a replacement device for what was the portable DVD player, app player, and even e-book reader and packs a lot of promise into a device that can fit in a diaper bag.
@ColinMcGraw Do you think that if I was a child growing up in the day I would be against given kids full access to media 24/7? My statement works better because I have no kids. Take for example, if you will, using them at a restaurant. Here I am sitting there having a nice meal while some kid is bashing away at a game that is making a series of annoying sounds. It's bad enough with people yelling into their phones or talking loudly to each other, but now we have to contend with goddamn games and phones constantly.
Regardless, the idea of "sticking your kids in the front the TV" is a problem. There is no value to the things they see on TV because it provides no tactile feedback for the kid to learn anything. It is just a way to shut the kids up when they bother you. Now you might not be the kind of a parent, I don't know and don't really care. What I do know is that this kind of behavior is what leads to mindless children who cannot focus for two seconds. But what do I know, I'm just a kid apparently.
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I agree and get the impression that the iPad was made as a compelling video device over all else. The problem, like you said, is with the studios, however.
If Apple had a TV subscription service of purely on-demand shows for a reasonable monthly fee (or tiered, consumption-based month-to-month pricing), I think they'd have a very compelling story for video, with access to shows on TV at the touch of a button via Apple TV, and portable experiences with iPhone and iPad.
My family keeps kids movies on the iPhone and the kids watch them all the time in waiting rooms and at restaurants, etc. The iPad would be the perfect device to hand to them to watch cartoons on the way to Grandma's house.
@ColinMcGraw Forget the iPad, it sounds like you need to give your kids a book man! TV at every single opportunity, even when waiting at restaurants? They might just benefit from some mental stimulation from, like an actual conversation or some reading from time to time.
@Luxury Guy All three of my children are under three years old. Right now they're focusing on not crapping their pants rather than reading or holding a conversation consisting of more than the few words they know.
They do like books at bedtime, but they climb out of their high chairs in restaurants if they're finished eating and have nothing to keep them occupied.
@ColinMcGraw
Seriously dude I am with Luxury Guy on this one.
@glamajamma Did you miss the part where I said the kids are one and two years old? I'd be quite the proud parent if they could read or carry out a conversation that consisted of more than one-word phrases like "Eat" or "Mommy", but younger toddlers don't work that way, gents.
We let them watch movies while Mom and Dad finish dinner, or we don't get to go out. We equally use vocabulary games we downloaded from the App Store if it makes you feel better.
@ColinMcGraw After they eat you could just break out the nyquil. I mean really, you would want to actually have to take care of your kids when it isn't convenient for you?
@hgill Huh? Do any of you have kids who are one and two years old? Are you old enough to drive a car? Do you have any clue what you're talking about?
We're not the type of family to set the kids in front of the TV all the time because we'd rather do something else. My wife only works part time to be home with them as much as possible and they all tend to be pretty active.
All I said was that we have portable video players (iPhones) that we sometimes use when we go out as a family to restaurants, doctors appointments, etc. Most families with as many young kids as we have just don't go out because of the difficulty of wrangling them all up, but our kids like getting out and we have a good solution to make it work where my wife and I don't have to skip meals.
It's a bit insulting to be lectured by people who are probably just kids themselves about how it's a mortal sin to let my kids watch any sort of movies or cartoons. Guess what? In the real-world, people take portable DVD players to keep kids occupied on a two hour drive to Grandma's house or the three hour plane trip to Disney World. The iPad has to potential to be a replacement device for what was the portable DVD player, app player, and even e-book reader and packs a lot of promise into a device that can fit in a diaper bag.
@ColinMcGraw Do you think that if I was a child growing up in the day I would be against given kids full access to media 24/7? My statement works better because I have no kids. Take for example, if you will, using them at a restaurant. Here I am sitting there having a nice meal while some kid is bashing away at a game that is making a series of annoying sounds. It's bad enough with people yelling into their phones or talking loudly to each other, but now we have to contend with goddamn games and phones constantly.
Regardless, the idea of "sticking your kids in the front the TV" is a problem. There is no value to the things they see on TV because it provides no tactile feedback for the kid to learn anything. It is just a way to shut the kids up when they bother you. Now you might not be the kind of a parent, I don't know and don't really care. What I do know is that this kind of behavior is what leads to mindless children who cannot focus for two seconds. But what do I know, I'm just a kid apparently.