Wireless printing coming to the iPhone?

[email protected] wrote:

> If your TV is an AppleTV, and you're only watching pre-recorded
> content (not actual TV) and your stereo is something running iTunes,
> sure. Maybe someone will hack the PS3 and/or XBox360 to talk to the
> iPhone remote, but it's still a far cry from the most important
> feature of a TV remote, which is to talk to the TV and the set-top box
> to change channels, set volume, and turn power on and off. Not that I
> care, of course, because I don't watch TV, but if I did I would not
> call the iPhone "a remote that will control my TV" until TV sets have
> WiFi built in.

the appletv makes all tv's wireless

and airport express makes all stereos wireless

where have you been?

http://www.apple.com/appletv/features.html

http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/.../airtunes.html

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On Jul 21, 2:03*pm, David Moyer <[email protected]> wrote:

> where have you been?

Apparently not smoking whatever crack you smoke. I love my Apple
products, but this is bull****.

> http://www.apple.com/appletv/features.html

I don't see anything on that page that says you can use an AppleTV to
talk IR back to a set-top box or a TV set to turn those appliances off
and on and control their other functions. Without a WiFi to IR gateway
an iPhone cannot control a TV set or most STBs. Controlling an AppleTV
is not controlling a TV.

[email protected] wrote:

> > http://www.apple.com/appletv/features.html
>
> I don't see anything on that page that says you can use an AppleTV to
> talk IR back to a set-top box or a TV set to turn those appliances off
> and on and control their other functions. Without a WiFi to IR gateway
> an iPhone cannot control a TV set or most STBs. Controlling an AppleTV
> is not controlling a TV.

you'd be shocked to learn how much content you can control via appetv,
so someday you'll see what i'm talking about.

On Jul 21, 7:16*pm, David Moyer <[email protected]> wrote:

> you'd be shocked to learn how much content you can control via appetv,
> so someday you'll see what i'm talking about.

You'd be shocked to learn that isn't what we were talking about.

We were talking about whether or not a device without IrDA can act as
a universal remote for the devices people have in their entertainment
center right now. Hey, by the way - guess what technology the Apple
remote that comes with the MacBook etc. uses. Hint - it's still
electromagnetic radiation, but the wavelength is shorter than radio.

I fully agree with you that someday every piece of entertainment you
enjoy will be delivered on an IP network, but we're not there yet.
And furthermore, even when we reach that point, it has nothing to do
with what txcvr will be required to talk to the remote control input
of consumer equipment. IR is cheap to Tx (one LED and a
microcontroller) and cheap to Rx (one photo-FET, an RC notch filter,
maybe an op-amp, and a microcontroller), it works across the world,
and it has no regulatory hurdles (no type approval is required).