Vala isikhangiso

I-Apple inamadivayisi amaningi kokubili umsebenzi nokuzijabulisa. Ngo-2007, i-Apple yakhipha i-set-top box yayo, ayisebenzi nje njengesikhungo semultimedia. Esihlokweni sanamuhla, sikhumbula ukuthi inkampani yakwa-Apple yayithola kanjani i-iTunes emakamelweni okuhlala abasebenzisi.

Lapho iqiniso lisalela ngemuva komqondo

Umqondo we-Apple TV wawumuhle. I-Apple ibifuna ukunikeza abasebenzisi isikhungo semultimedia esinamandla, esigcwele izici, esihlinzeka ngezindlela eziningi ezingapheli, ezokuzijabulisa nolwazi. Ngeshwa, i-Apple TV yokuqala ayizange ibe "idivayisi ebulalayo" futhi inkampani ye-Apple empeleni yachitha ithuba layo eliyingqayizivele. Idivayisi yayingenazo izici ezibalulekile futhi ukwamukelwa kwayo kokuqala kwakusivivi kakhulu.

Ezisekelweni eziqinile

Ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Apple TV empeleni kwakuyisinyathelo esinengqondo engxenyeni yenkampani yama-apula. Nge-iPod kanye neSitolo Somculo se-iTunes, i-Apple yaba nesibindi futhi ngempumelelo yangena emanzini embonini yomculo. Umsunguli we-Apple, uSteve Jobs, ubenabo oxhumana nabo abaningi eHollywood futhi wathola ukunambitheka kwemboni yefilimu ngesikhathi sokusebenza kwakhe ngempumelelo e-Pixar. Ngokuyisisekelo kwakuyindaba yesikhathi ngaphambi kokuba i-Apple ihlanganise umhlaba wezobuchwepheshe nezokuzijabulisa.

I-Apple ayikaze ibe yisihambi ku-multimedia nokuzama ngayo. Emuva ngeminyaka yawo-520s nasekuqaleni kwawo-XNUMX—inkathi ka-Steve-less—inkampani ibisebenza kanzima ithuthukisa isofthiwe yokudlala amavidiyo kumakhompyutha omuntu siqu. Maphakathi nawo-nineties, kwaze kwaba nomzamo - ngeshwa awuphumelelanga - ukukhulula ithelevishini yayo. I-Macintosh TV yayiwuhlobo "lwesiphambano" phakathi kwe-Mac Performa XNUMX ne-Sony Triniton TV enesikrini esingu-XNUMX amayintshi diagonal. Akuzange kuhlangatshezwane nokwamukelwa ngentshiseko, kodwa u-Apple wayengeke ayeke.

Kusukela kuma-trailer kuya ku-Apple TV

Ngemva kokubuya kweMisebenzi, inkampani yama-apula yaqala ukusebenza iwebhusayithi nama-trailer efilimu. Isayithi libe yimpumelelo enkulu. Ama-trailer amamuvi amasha afana ne-Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings noma isiqephu sesibili se-Star Wars alandwe izigidi zabasebenzisi emhlabeni jikelele. Lokhu kulandelwe wukwethulwa kokuthengiswa kwezinhlelo ngenkonzo ye-iTunes. Indlela yokufika kwe-Apple TV yayibonakala igandayiwe futhi ilungisiwe.

Endabeni ye-Apple TV, inkampani yama-apula yanquma ukwephula imithetho yayo eqinile mayelana nemfihlo enkulu yazo zonke izisetshenziswa ezizayo, futhi yabonisa umqondo we-Apple TV ohlelweni lokuthuthukisa kusukela ngo-September 12, 2006. Nokho, ukufika kwe-Apple TV. yasibekela kakhulu ngonyaka olandelayo umdlandla we-iPhone yokuqala.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ualWxQSAN3c

Isizukulwane sokuqala se-Apple TV singabizwa nganoma yini kodwa - ikakhulukazi uma siqhathaniswa ne-iPhone eshiwo ngenhla - hhayi umkhiqizo we-Apple wenguquko. Kwakudingeka ikhompuyutha ukuze kusakazwe okuqukethwe kusikrini se-TV - abanikazi bama-Apple TV okuqala abakwazanga uku-oda amamuvi wabo ngokuqondile ngedivayisi, kodwa kwakudingeka balande okuqukethwe ababekufuna ku-Mac yabo futhi bakudonsele ku-Apple TV. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukubuyekezwa kokuqala kukhulume okuningi mayelana nekhwalithi ephansi ngokumangazayo yokuqukethwe okudlalwayo.

Lapho kukhona okumele kuthuthukiswe

I-Apple ibilokhu idume ngokufuna ukuphelela nokuphishekela ukuphelela. Nge-verve yakhe, waqala ukusebenza kanzima ukuze athuthukise isixhumi esibonakalayo se-Apple TV ngemva kokwehluleka kokuqala. NgoJanuwari 15, 2008, i-Apple yakhipha isibuyekezo esikhulu sesofthiwe esigcine siguqule idivayisi enamandla amakhulu yaba isisekeli esizimele, esizimele.

I-Apple TV ekugcineni ayisaboshelwa kukhompuyutha ene-iTunes kanye nesidingo sokusakaza nokuvumelanisa. Lesi sibuyekezo siphinde savumela abasebenzisi ukuthi basebenzise i-iPhone, i-iPod noma i-iPad yabo njengesilawuli kude se-Apple TV futhi ngaleyo ndlela basebenzise ngokugcwele ukuxhumana okuhle kakhulu kwe-Apple ecosystem. Isibuyekezo ngasinye esilandelayo sasho inqubekelaphambili eyengeziwe kanye nentuthuko ye-Apple TV.

Singabheka isizukulwane sokuqala se-Apple TV njengokwehluleka okukodwa kwenkampani ye-Apple, noma, ngokuphambene nalokho, njengesibonakaliso sokuthi i-Apple ingaxazulula amaphutha ayo ngokushesha, ngokushesha nangempumelelo. Isizukulwane sokuqala, umagazini weForbes ongangabazi ukusibiza nge-"iFlop" (iFailure), manje sesicishe salibaleka, futhi i-Apple TV isiphenduke idivayisi yemultimedia ethandwayo enezinjongo eziningi enekusasa elithembisayo.

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