TV Control / Menu
Hi there,
Does anybody know if there is a dock on the market that allows you to view the ipod menu on a TV screen and then control the ipod via a remote control?
Does the HLO HomeDock allow you to this?
Thanks,
icowley
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icowley] at [2007-11-10 21:03:27]
# 1 Re: TV Control / Menu
I'd be interested in knowing this too! I was looking at an iPod unrelated thing called Soundserver 2000 but it costs a fortune...
# 2 Re: TV Control / Menu
Wish the home dock did, but doesnt. Im sure something will be coming soon...
I tried the Apple universal Dock with remote for the new Ipod. STINKS!
The only thing you can control is volume and Play/pause. You actually have to start video at the Ipod GUI. Very poor execution.
# 3 Re: TV Control / Menu
This is exactly what I'm looking for as well. Lots of the products (like the DLO HomeDock or the Onkyo DS-A1) offer video outputs but I'm pretty sure from reading the manuals/going to the sites that these are only to display photo slideshows and you still need to queue up the photos on the iPod.
What I'm looking for is a dock with a video output that replicates the iPod's screen on your TV so you can use the remote to basically do everything you would do right on the ipod, from your couch. Personally I think remotes are only moderately useful if you still need to walk up to the iPod to see the screen so you know what you are playing.
Just want basic audio out capabilities and do not want built in speakers.
Can't imagine that this doesn't exist but I haven't found it yet.
# 4 Re: TV Control / Menu
Originally posted by EricScott
Can't imagine that this doesn't exist but I haven't found it yet.
As far as I know, it does not exist. I'm pretty sure the only actual video that any of these puts out is the slideshow of photos. I think if someone wanted to have a menu on a television, they'd have to have the actual menu system built in to whatever dock you were plugging into. And my guess is that the cost of something like this would alienate most of the people who would be interested in purchasing it.
Either that, or nobody has thought of it yet.
:rolleyes:
Sorry.
# 5 Re: TV Control / Menu
Well that stinks :)
Can't imagine that no one has thought of it. And it doesn't seem like it would be too difficult.
I just don't really see the big appeal of these docks w/ remotes w/o the ability to use the remote from a distance. Other than stopping, starting and skipping tracks they are pretty useless. And if you need to walk up to the ipod to select a track from your library it just seems like a waste.
# 6 Re: TV Control / Menu
im fairly certain apple has kept companies from doing this. They most definatly developing a complete system to be used in such a manner, and they must not want anyone else to do it before themselves
# 7 Re: TV Control / Menu
I hope you are right. I'm not even that concerned about the cost (within reason). Just care about the functionality which seems so basic.
# 8 Re: TV Control / Menu
There is a way to get the song-info on the tv-screen!
Unfortunatly not through a dock but through a new home-theatre-system by Denon. (s101 -$990 s303 -1500)
It looks very cool:
http://ellenbeck.blogs.com/ipod/newspictures/07-2005/denon-ipod-tv.jpg
Look at the manual (page 29)
That's so perfect but to expensive ;)
http://www.usa.denon.com/S-101-OM_E3_IM_006_EngSpan.pdf
the point is:
It's possible to build something like this...
How much do you think would a dock with such capabilites cost?
How big would it be? It would have to have a little computer that creates the menu inside!
I hope car-integrations will look like this as well soon.
