Re: 5 Things AppleTV needs to be a MUST BUY by Apple Gazette

[Kevin Callahan]

On Apr 6, 2007, at 2:57 PM, Lawrence Sica wrote:

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> On Apr 6, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
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>> I'm still on the fence about buying an AppleTV
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>> any users out here want to comment on these "5 Things ..." ?
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>> <http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/5-things-appletv-needs-to-be- 
>> a-must-buy/>
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> Hmm
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> #5 would be nice, but is easily overcome.  You can easily rip the  
> dvd.  It would be nice to chuck the dvd player though as well.
> #4 Is eh.  You'd end up overfilling the appleTV if you buy a lot  
> right now.  Plus the interface lacks a keyboard.  Searching would  
> suck.
> #3 No thanks.  I don't want to rent, if I rent it's from netflix.
> #2 Sure everyone wants it cheaper.  But we don't know the margins  
> at this point.  I don't think this is a big deal, people who will  
> really buy this already spend $$$ on their home entertainment.
> #1 Is hard to say where the whole thing lies.  Since Apple is only  
> partially involved here it's hard to pin it down.  I'd like more HD  
> level content, but on older stuff I have no idea if that is realistic.

Apple is advertising the newish BBC Motion gallery.  How would one  
stream these HD *streams* to their Hi Def TV using AppleTV?

<http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/index.aspx>