Musk has clearly seen too many sci-fi movies, but Kurzweil is way too biased to trust his assessment here...

Also seems like a weird time to be thinking about putting out a new TV, given the falling number of TV viewers http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-30/time-warner-cable-m...

The numbers are falling because viewers are switching over to broadband video services like Netflix and HBO GO. The article mentions this.

If the networks begin to take their broadband offerings more seriously, then AppleTV is in position just like the other streaming boxes.