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Sekunesikhathi eside kunamahemuhemu mayelana ne-TV evela ku-workshop yakwa-Apple, kodwa sekuqubule amahlebezi amasha. Walter Isaacson, umbhali ozayo biography kaSteve Jobs, eyadalwa ngesisekelo sezingxoxo noSteve Jobs nabantu abaseduze kwakhe. Futhi kwaba yiMisebenzi eyaphawula ngohlelo lwakhe olukhulu olulandelayo olungase lube khona - i-Apple TV edidiyelwe, i.e. umabonakude waseshabhu ye-Apple.

"Wayefuna ngempela ukwenza ithelevishini lokho akwenza amakhompyutha, izidlali zomculo nezingcingo: Imishini elula, enhle," kusho u-Isaacson. Uyaqhubeka ecaphuna uJobe ngokwakhe: “Ngingathanda ukwakha isethi ye-TV ehlanganisiwe ezoba lula ngokuphelele ukuyisebenzisa. Izovumelanisa ngaphandle komthungo nawo wonke amadivayisi akho kanye ne-iCloud. Abasebenzisi ngeke kusadingeka bakhathazeke ngamashayeli namakhebuli esidlali se-DVD ayinkimbinkimbi. Izoba nesisetshenziswa esibonakalayo esilula kakhulu ongakucabanga. Ngagcina ngibonile”

Imisebenzi ayizange iphawule kabanzi ngalesi sihloko, futhi kuze kube manje umuntu angaqagela nje ukuthi umbono wakhe we-Apple TV edidiyelwe wawubukeka kanjani. Kodwa-ke, ingxenye ye-TV ibonakala iyisinyathelo esilandelayo esinengqondo lapho i-Apple ingaqala uguquko oluncane. Izidlali zomculo namafoni enze kahle, futhi ithelevishini ingelinye ikhandidethi elishisayo.

Ithelevishini enjalo ingalethani ngempela? Kuqinisekile ukuthi sizothola yonke into evunyelwe isizukulwane sesibili i-Apple TV kuze kube manje - ukufinyelela kokuqukethwe kwevidiyo ye-iTunes, i-AirPlay, ukufinyelela kumasayithi okusakaza amavidiyo, nokubuka izithombe nokulalela umculo ku-iCloud. Kodwa lokho kuseyisiqalo nje.

Kungacatshangwa ukuthi ithelevishini enjalo izohlonyiswa ngeyodwa yamaphrosesa e-Apple alungisiwe (isb. I-Apple A5 eshaya ku-iPad 2 kanye ne-iPhone 4S), lapho inguqulo eguquliwe ye-iOS izosebenza khona. I-iOS ewuhlelo olulula kakhulu olungalawulwa ngisho nezingane ezineminyaka eminingana. Nakuba bekungeke kube khona okokufaka kokuthinta, ithelevishini cishe izolawulwa isilawuli esilula esifana ne-Apple Remote, kodwa ngokuguqulwa okuncane uhlelo lungashintshwa ngokufanele.

Kepha bekungeke kube yi-Apple uma ingakuvumeli ukuhlanganiswa kwamanye amadivaysi ayo, njenge-iPhone noma i-iPad. Futhi zingasebenza njengezilawuli zokuthinta ezinembile futhi zingaletha izinketho eziningi kakhulu nokusebenzisana kunesilawuli esivamile. Futhi uma i-Apple iphinde yavumela ukufakwa kwezinhlelo zokusebenza zezinkampani zangaphandle, ukubaluleka kwamadivayisi axhunyiwe bekuzojula nakakhulu.

Sekunesikhathi kukhulunywa ngakho i-game console evela ku-Apple. Abaningi bathi lesi sihloko sihlobene nesizukulwane esizayo se-Apple TV. Kodwa-ke, ngokuphambene nalokho okulindelekile, akazange aveze lokhu ngesikhathi sokugcina, ngakho-ke lo mbuzo uhlala uvulekile. Kunoma ikuphi, uma abantu besithathu bebevunyelwe ukuthengisa izinhlelo zabo zokusebenza ze-Apple TV, kungaba kalula inkundla yokudlala eyimpumelelo, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yamanani aphansi emidlalo. Phela, i-iPhone ne-iPod touch iphakathi kwama-consoles aphathwayo aziwa kakhulu.

Uma i-Apple TV ibingangena esikhundleni sayo yonke isistimu yemultimedia yegumbi lokuphumula, bekuzodingeka ifake isidlali seDVD, noma I-Blu-Ray, okungeyona eyakhe impela i-Apple. Ngokuphambene nalokho, ukuthambekela ukuqeda imishini yokubona, futhi ngalesi sinyathelo inkampani izobe ibhukuda ngokumelene nesimanje sayo. Kodwa kungalindelwa ukuthi i-TV izophinde ibe nokokufaka okwanele kwamanye amadivaysi, njengabadlali be-Blu-Ray. Phakathi kokufakwayo, ngokuqinisekile sizothola i-Thunderbolt, ezokwenza kube nokwenzeka ukudala enye i-monitor evela ku-TV.

I-TV Safari ingase ibe mnandi, okungaba amakhilomitha ambalwa ngaphambi kwezixazululo zabanye abakhiqizi abangakaphumeleli ekudaleni isiphequluli se-inthanethi ku-TV engalawulwa ngendlela enobungane. Ngokufanayo, ezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza zomdabu esizaziyo ku-iOS zingathatha izintambo esikrinini esikhulu.

Omunye umbuzo uwukuthi ithelevishini engenzeka ingabhekana kanjani nokugcinwa. Phela, i-iTunes ne-iCloud iyodwa ngeke ihlanganise ngokuphelele izidingo zawo wonke umuntu, ngokwesibonelo, othanda ukulanda okuqukethwe kwevidiyo ku-inthanethi. Kunezinketho ezimbalwa, okuyi-disk edidiyelwe (mhlawumbe i-NAND flash) noma mhlawumbe ukusetshenziswa kwe-Time Capsule engenantambo. Kodwa-ke, amafomethi wevidiyo angasekelwe njenge-AVI noma i-MKV kuzodingeka aphathwe izinhlelo zokusebenza zezinkampani zangaphandle, esimweni esibi kakhulu, umphakathi wama-hacker uzongenelela, njengoba kwenzeka ku-Apple TV, lapho ngenxa ye-jailbreak kungenzeka ukufaka. I-XBMC, isikhungo semultimedia esingaphatha cishe noma iyiphi ifomethi .

Kufanele silindele ithelevishini evela ku-Apple ngo-2012. Ngokusho kwamahemuhemu, kufanele kube amamodeli angu-3 ahlukene, azohluka nge-diagonal, kodwa ngombono wami, lezi ziyiziqalo zasendle kuphela ngaphandle kolwazi oluqinisekisiwe. Kuzoba mnandi ukubona ukuthi i-Apple iza ngani ngonyaka ozayo.

Umthombo: WashingtonPost.com
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