AT&T to Offer Internet TV on Apple TV?

I just swung over to engadget and on the front page was this like about AT&T and Apple partnering for possible IPTV!

w00000t!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/atandt-planning-iptv-for-apple-tv-in-2008/

BOOOOO!!! I don't want to have to pay...Apple..let me hook up through the base computer to internet tv! or at least sell a antenna that connects through the usb port!

Didnt Steve just say yesterday that people are not buying into this technology?

he said he didn't want to make a set-top box meaning a box like the ones you get from your cable provider. He didn't want all the various nuances like cablescards and [i can't remember the other technology he said]. It got complicated for them to develop. However, with something like IPTV it's all under their control.

Get the service, send it to the appletv. they already added support for youtube, i don't see how another firmware update couldn't allow for the addition of IPTV as well.

PLUS, microsoft is going to add IPTV to Xbox360 sometime in the near future, and they too will be through a firmware update.

i think apple may have more tricks up their sleeve.

Didnt Steve just say yesterday that people are not buying into this technology?

Well with the addition of YouTube to the :apple:tv, it seems more likely now.

:apple:tv needs DVR functions dammit!!! :mad: then i will buy the damn thing...

You know, the one thing that holds me back from going the AppleTV route and ditching cable tv is the lack of live content. I can't do without sports (which in my area are all on cable-only channels) and local news.

Wouldn't it be great to subscribe to a limited number of "live" channels? Say ESPN, your local TV networks, NESN, etc.

If ABC.com can stream its shows in "HD" quality with almost no buffering over a cable internet connection, then there is no reason why this can't be done with AppleTV.

Didnt Steve just say yesterday that people are not buying into this technology?

i thought that uverse tv needed a decoder box between the network connection and your tube which also includes a hd for tivo like functionality. why would att let an appleTV decode their proprietary packets? :confused:

dunno?

bayport

Anything I can do to ditch my cable provider would be awesome...

I still don't get the IPTV concept. Won't we need a lot faster connections than current DSL and Cable speeds offer?