back to article Hey, Apple, we’re watching Faulty Tellies. Gonna tell us why?

Third generation Apple TVs were shipped with a faulty part, and the company has begun to contact consumers to confirm the issue and offer a replacement. Cupertino has not specified what the faulty part is, although MacRumours reports the fruity firm will offer gleaming new devices to replace the mysteriously banjaxed old ones …

  1. Bob Vistakin
    Facepalm

    Sigh

    Cue the inevitable "You're watching it wrong."

    1. The First Dave

      Re: Sigh

      If it is the AppleTV that is faulty, why does the headline blame the telly???

  2. Captain Scarlet
    Trollface

    hmm are the Ads a hint?

    Seeing as the article is plastered with EE ads maybe the CE badge is wrong?

    1. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

      Re: hmm are the Ads a hint?

      Ads? I see no ads. You're reading it wrong.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: hmm are the Ads a hint?

        Preventativative action was taken against ads!

  3. Mage Silver badge
    Headmaster

    Terms

    Screen + tuner = Telly

    Screen with only baseband inputs = Monitor

    The "Apple TV" has neither screen nor tuner. It should be illegal to be marketed like this.

    It's only a 2nd rate media streaming box.

    1. Salts

      Re: Terms

      Whatever the terms, my old ATV1 with the last but one release of openelec has been used for almost 10 years as the main source of viewing media content that used to be broadcast on some kind of wireless thing, could be why the OED changes definitions from time to time, to keep up with the times, almost like when the TV Times was only for ITV :-)

    2. chivo243 Silver badge
      Pint

      Re: Terms

      @Mage

      You nailed that one! I was just discussing AppleTV's with a colleague who was on about the next generation... and I said where's the screen? Got dumb looks, what a feeling of gratification!

      Have a pint! It's Friday!

    3. Fink-Nottle
      Facepalm

      I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue

      Dear Mr Vulture,

      The "TV Times" I bought from a newsagent last week has neither screen nor tuner. It should be illegal to be marketed like this.

      It's only a 2nd rate magazine - I couldn't even watch BBC Cymru on it.

      Mrs Trellis,

      North Wales

    4. Frank Bough

      Re: Terms

      It's a first rate streaming box

  4. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge
    Pint

    So Apple are doing the right thing

    for the customers and replacing the potentially faulty units.

    No class action lawsuit.

    Hardly news is it then?

    Time for a pint methinks

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    2. Captain DaFt

      Re: So Apple are doing the right thing

      " So Apple are doing the right thing

      for the customers and replacing the potentially faulty units.

      No class action lawsuit.

      Hardly news is it then?"

      What makes this news is that Apple has a bit of a reputation for ignoring faults in its devices until the spectre of a class action suit is raised. "Holding it wrong" ring a bell?

      So Apple doing the right thing without coercion is newsworthy.

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