According to the Programming Guide [1], no persistent data can be stored in the device, everything should be in iCloud, and the maximum size of the Apps is 200MB (at any given point, it seems, you can use on-demand resources)<p>This is an interesting way of trying to squeeze more apps and circumvent some of the latests storage-related issues in iOS<p>[1] <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/tvos/documentation/General/Conceptual/AppleTV_PG/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015241" rel="nofollow">https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/tvos/document...</a>
Does it really make more sense to create _another_ OS, rather than extending OS X or iOS? It seems like they're doing that anyway seeing as games etc will work "across all devices"...
Interesting.<p>3rd party game controller for apple tv. Was hoping for that.<p><a href="http://www.apple.com/tv/games-and-more/" rel="nofollow">http://www.apple.com/tv/games-and-more/</a>
My concern is the apps that are approved for this device and the speed at which it occurs.<p>I've bought into the whole eco system in terms of hardware: macbook, Apple tv, iphones, ipads etc. But I don't really care for apple radio, itunes music, or itunes video. I use netflix and amazon and spotify. So my concern is that those apps will be quickly available without any slow down or blocking by Apple. I also like to stream local content which I can do easily with my ipad. I think as long as I can get the same selection of apps I get for ios I'll be happy, but I've seen apple make arbitrary choices before.
I wonder if Apple's marketing team has a template for these releases.<p>"We've reimagined _____ - an innovative ______ that redefines ____."
Does anyone know that if we mirrored a game from our iPhone 6s would it graphically look better than if we played it natively on the Apple TV? Seeing as the graphical horsepower in the phone is better than what the Apple TV offers.
Let's hope this move from Apple forces Google to put some more effort into marketing Android TV.<p>It's a good (superior?) platform, but could definitely use a little better app-support.
Very interesting to see the alternative JavaScript and XML approach to creating apps. I guess it makes a lot of sense for the simple apps that will be available. Good that there's still basically the whole of iOS available for use, however.
Can specific apps still block airplay? I haven't used AppleTV in a long time, but it was crazy frustrating when certain apps restricted you from being able to airplay to a big screen.<p>I'm guessing mirroring the entire screen might be a possible workaround but I thought perhaps apps could detect this as well and shutdown.<p>Can anyone clarify?
Anyone understand why they didn't launch this as a chromecast like USB stick vs. a standalone box?<p>Surely price point will be a big issue with adoption.
It's so shitty how the Raspberry Pi has been able to do the same technical things as this for almost 3 years now with complete freedom and ease of use, but the only thing stopping it was DRM. Now this non-innovative POS is probably going to overtake it simply because Apple can cut a deal :/
Just the other day I realized I didn't even have batteries in my TV remote anymore. Haven't had the desire to turn my TV on in who knows how long. As a consumer I'm not optimistic this will change anything.
This is where HN breaks down. The branding is <i>explicitly</i> tvOS, not TvOS (HN used to have pedantic mods manually change all titles to make first-letter-caps even when not relevant, not sure if it's automatic now or not).<p>There's actually a special unicode character you can use to begin a sentence if your subject is lowercase: <a href="http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/203e/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/203e/index.htm</a>