VIDEO SCREENSAVER APPLE TV FULL
VIDEO SCREENSAVER APPLE TV TV

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.

VIDEO SCREENSAVER APPLE TV TV

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.

VIDEO SCREENSAVER APPLE TV FULL

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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