Live video stream of the Apple special event online starting at 10:00 a.m. PDT.

Post by lovamova » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 2:01 PM UTC

klausa wrote: post #7

sami36 wrote: post #4

without delving in the conspiratorial, Can anyone explain why would the broadcast be restricted to Apple TVs other than trying to control the number of concurrent streams they have to serve for scaling purposes ?

It isn't restricted to Apple TVs, it's restricted to anything that runs iOS >=4.2 or OS X >= 10.6.

Post by cryptoz » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 2:17 PM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #9

cryptoz wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I understand Apple TV is a product, and you're explaining that the service is available outside that particular product... "anything that runs iOS >=4.2 and OS X >= 10.6" that is going to display a live video feed from another city is acting as a TV by Apple. Or, an Apple TV. In a colloquial sense, yes, this is indeed restricted to Apple TVs.

Pretending that someone might refer to my iPhone or my Mac Pro as an "Apple TV" is twisting things rather fiercely.

Post by gtCameron » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 2:20 PM UTC

sami36 wrote: post #4

without delving in the conspiratorial, Can anyone explain why would the broadcast be restricted to Apple TVs other than trying to control the number of concurrent streams they have to serve for scaling purposes ?

Post by cryptoz » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 2:23 PM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #16

cryptoz wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yours? Certainly not. But I bet that thousands of less tech savvy people do refer to their devices as TVs, especially in the context of live video streaming.

Do those people frequently post comments to Hacker News?

Post by TimGebhardt » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 2:38 PM UTC

macuenca wrote: post #6

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