| I have all the IPTV apps on my phone (BBC iPlayer, 4oD, Sky etc...) and I use these apps to play video on my Apple TV. I feel like Apple have completely nailed how IPTV should work I think that using on screen navigation is awkward because a) Navigating an on screen keyboard with directional keypads is very painful b) If you have a keyboard on your remote, it's still awkward to type as you have to constantly look up to make sure you hit the right keypad c) Using a remote to navigate on screen menus leads to really basic on screen menus (you're essentially limiting yourself to grids or lists) However, by using my iPhone as a remote, I use that TV Channel's app to browse their library right in the iPhone, then just hit play and see it appear on my screen instantly. I can also watch a video on the way back from work, get home and continue on my screen. The great thing is that companies have already developed all these apps, and they are instantly compatible with Apple TV without any extra work from the developers. I reckon the next move from Apple will be to have a TV folder, which is similar to the way that the Newsstand folder works, you subscribe to TV shows and new episodes will appear in that folder, which you can then play on your TV. ---- Whatever happens, I reckon that this model is the future of on demand TV. Google will have Google TV/Android, Apple will have Apple TV/iOS, Microsoft will have XBox/Windows Phone (or maybe iPhone and Android apps too). |