http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/ Engadget Comments for Steve Jobs on TV: 'no one wants to buy a box' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
(why did i make that comment... i'm getting really really bad images now... i'll be seeing my therapist Thursday)]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/'Twas a bit random, wasn't it? ]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Have you seen his wife?
I would have said the same...]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
indeed it was... and at this point it really wouldn't surprise me if Engadget made the article on Alt or something...]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
*googles steve jobs wife*

http://www.dennis-voss.de/apple/celeb/img/2.jpg

*music from psycho plays*

sorry... not feelin' the envy, dood..........]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/LOL.
What is wrong with you? :P]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/I thought Apple TV was a box.....]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
i guess it has something to do with the fact that i'm 19

http://media.tzaam.com/images/full/ku.jpg]]>Jun 2nd 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
I like my box. My HTPC crushes anything out there. Nobody wants HIS box - we get that. But set-top boxes are hardly evil. Tivo has managed to do just fine. DVR's seem pretty popular.

Apple isn't in the TV space yet. So, for now TV's are irrelevant. One should only view content on the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or one of the many quality iMac's/Mac Books that are on the market today.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
Did you read the story?]]>Jun 2nd 2010 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
What a chump.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/All CEO's talk this way...


(see what I did there??)]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Fuuuuuuuu! sion! Haaaaaaaaaaaa!
Do the fusion dance!]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/apple proceeds to release the ipad, the new rumored apple tv, and the new, magical, revolutionary oxygen tank ]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Nobody likes Google.
Nobody owns a PC.
Nobody hates iPhone.
Everybody loves our products.]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
SJ never said no one reads anymore your flamer. He said we didn't read enough to justify 300 bucks on a ........single function device (Kindle).

Hence.. the iPad. 2 million units in 2 months.
]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
The set-top box system, medusa of cords and amount of remotes we all own are ready for some real streamlining. How many times have you been at a someones house fiddling with their remotes wondering "how the !@#$ do I watch cinemax!"

Honestly, I would love to see an all-inclusive system like the iMac. Single-source, anti-component, intuitive.

Just a thought.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
i got a box it's called..Xbox 360!]]>Jun 2nd 2010 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/that's hilarious. You're kind of clever, aren't you?]]>Jun 2nd 2010 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
Yeah, generalisations are bad. Right?]]>Jun 2nd 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box//s

Apple has a long and proven track record of nannying their users. Having half a dozen different components from different companies isn't particularly efficient, but it also means that no one company has control over my TV. I won't be handing that control over to apple (the least trustworthy of the bunch) any time soon.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
Yeah... thats how to enjoy watching video is the sweet hum of background noise.

Just dont watch too long or the RROD will ruin your viewing experience.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/So true. Be it by marketing, product, the reality distortion field, hype, the iTunes ecosystem that keeps people locked in, or whatever, it seems most of the market is eating out of Apple's hands.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
Nobody reads anymore? I think he might have backtracked on that statement there *cough* iPad and NYTimes *cough*]]>Jun 2nd 2010 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
Exactly. I want my multi thousand dollar TV to give me the best possible picture... and that is all.
]]>Jun 1st 2010 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
Therefore, to convince people that they want to buy a box (as opposed to have one given to them for "free"), things have to change with the box in question.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
People would buy a box no problem. Most people are too stupid to manage software, but they can figure out how to plug something in. The problem with "boxes" is that they don't provide content. Apple TV's pay for shit you get for free model is why it fails, not because its a box. Boxee promises content off the internet not always for free but at least unified. If it gets provider support (HBO for instance) you can bet people would buy it.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/
Who wants to buy a box?

Anyone interested in games or content. Thus you have game consoles, VCRs, DVDs and DVRs.

You can't escape the boxes, even if you think you get yours for free.

A means to dump the boxes would be nice. Although I don't think he's actually saying anything constructive about this. Cable Card kind of started out as the right idea and then got badly hijacked.

As others have said: this is about how no one wants to buy Steve's box. They will readily buy the means to access Netflix streaming but Steve is effectively locked out because of his approach to the technology.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 1st 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-on-tv-no-one-wants-to-buy-a-box/Jun 2nd 2010 12:27AM