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For example, for the last few months I’ve been using a combination of Flickr, IFTTT and Instagram to create an Apple TV screen saver that cycles through images that I have liked on Instagram and it is far better than seeing the same old National Geographic photos (as great as they are) over and over again.īefore we dive in, you need to do a few things to get started. That may sound odd, but the reason I say it is because when you combine it with the awesome power of IFTTT, you can create some really unique screen saver options.
CITY ON APPLE TV SCREENSAVER MOVIE
There are a few default sources of photos you can choose from, including National Geographic (probably what you are using now), Animals, Flowers, Trailers (which shows movie posters of films on the iTunes Trailers website) and iCloud Photos (Photostream and iCloud albums).īut more interesting is the option to use Flickr. There is certainly flexibility for non-static solutions if that is a concern.It’s a fairly hidden feature that not many people seem to know about, but the Apple TV has some pretty great options for customizing its screen saver. The concepts we present here are a starting point and only scratch the surface of what could be possible. Regardless, we have been excited to see the debate. One OLED test noted over 2000 hours of continuous static content on screen at maximum brightness before permanent burn-in occurred. Based on sources we looked at, newer TVs would have to have an image locked to the screen for two or more hours in a single session before there is any real risk of burn-in. This can be disabled or set as high as ten hours, but the norm is in the fifteen to thirty minute range. Most Apple TVs are also setup to power off after a specified period of inactivity. The burn-in risk in the designs we proposed are no different than continuous viewing of any sports or cable news network with a persistent ticker. The technologies of today have varying degrees of burn-in risk, but all are lower. We are no longer considering CRT screens, which had serious issues with burn-in and image retention. Our take on screen burn-in is that the days of burn-in being the primary or only purpose of a screensaver are a generally a thing of the past. The Menu button (green) however would continue to exit screensaver mode with a single interaction. Apple TV remote Touch surface (red) would no longer exit screensaver mode. The main adjustment users would need to make to allow for interaction is that clicking the Touch surface of the remote would no longer dismiss the screensaver. Note that although this new interactive functionality might take a bit of time to acclimate to on Apple TV, exiting is still as easy as a single click on the Apple TV remote’s Menu button unless the user makes a selection in the screensaver. If the user doesn’t respond, the next story is presented.
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At the conclusion of each story, users can choose to launch CNN for the full story. The most important and interesting sections of the story are displayed to provide a quick overview of the story. Desktop screensavers for mySI, San Francisco 49ers, and Golf Magazine designed and developed by Mercury Intermedia in the early 2000s.ĬNN Featured Stories screensaver concept for Apple TV CNN Featured Storiesįinally, the CNN Features Stories screensaver example presents news stories as a sequence of images and videos with contextual information.
During our screensaver days we created interactive screensaver products for the NFL, Sports Illustrated, Golf Magazine, and others. Our focus at that time was the sports market. Before Mercury shifted our attention to mobile apps and emerging technologies, we spent a few years in the mid-2000s developing advanced desktop screensavers that pulled data from partner sources to enhance the basic screensaver experience.
We’re probably not the only ones to consider third-party screensavers on Apple TV, but we do have experience in this area. We decided to put together some quick prototype videos to demonstrate a few of the concepts we discussed along with some notes on how this might work. Recently we were again discussing the concept of an extension style approach for tvOS that would allow installed third-party applications to bundle their own screensavers, similarly to how MacOS and iOS allow installed apps to bundle widgets. As mesmerizing as Apple TV’s default aerial screensavers are, we at Mercury often find ourselves longing for more options and a bit more utility out of Apple TV’s screensaver offerings.
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