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

[Roland Torres]

On Apr 6, 2007, at 3:51 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.

But without a DVD drive, there's a stiff 'turn-off' factor. You have  
this neat device, why can't it play my DVDs??? That's a real obvious  
use, isn't it? All in all, it is a good beta, but I'll wait for v.2  
before I spend my bux. V.1 is lacking.

Roland