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

[Kevin Callahan]

On Apr 6, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Roland Torres wrote:

> 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.
>>>
>>> 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...
>>
>> 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.

I guess Apple expects people to already have a DVD player sitting in  
their cabinet.  I don't know.
But, streaming DVDs from a disk library is what we want --
integrated with FrontRow

a "media center"