For some reason the submitter used the mobile website link, which if you're on a desktop redirects to the homepage. Here is a link that should actually work:<p><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/12/apple_reportedly_in_talks_to_acquire_german_hdtv_maker_loewe.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/12/apple_reported...</a><p>Blame Apple Insider for breaking one of the basic rules of making a mobile version of your site: if you share the links they should work on <i>any</i> platform.
I grew up with a Loewe TV in our household. Loewe products are of a very high quality and easy on the eyes. exactly what Apple would look for, to get started with their TV business.<p>Side note:
Apple has always had a love for German companies. Frog Design made the hardware cases back in the 80s and some of the iPhone parts are from a company in Germany.
This is interesting, because it probably means an "iTV" is further away than previously speculated (this summer, end of 2012). Unless Apple decides to rush it, which usually results in a bad product, transforming an acquired company's product into your own takes a while.
What would be nice is if Apple pushed the boundaries of HDTV. One thing that's hard to deny, Apple has always been willing to push old technologies out the window without an apology. With the new iPad screen pushing beyond 1080p HD even on a 10" screen, it'd be nice to see a massive screen with a massive resolution to match. An 85" 4K TV screen with the content and delivery system Apple would be able to force might just make me buy whatever Apple required me to have.