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

[Scott Anguish]

On Apr 6, 2007, at 6:51 PM, Lawrence Sica wrote:

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> On Apr 6, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Michael Winter wrote:
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>> On Apr 6, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Lawrence Sica wrote:
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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.
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>> That's the one I want, just a simple built-in DVD drive. If you rip  
>> a DVD (I think) you still need to transcode it for streaming. I  
>> want to be able to just put a disk in the AppleTV and push play.  
>> Yes it would add to the cost, but probably less than having to also  
>> have a stand-alone DVD player with cables...
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> Well a dvd costs under $100USD, it would cost more to add it the  
> appleTV, not to mention the change in form factor and the like.

	a DVD drive costs less than $30 retail... apple would pay much less.