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

[LuKreme]

On 6-Apr-2007, at 15:48, Kevin Callahan wrote:
> I'm still on the fence about buying an AppleTV

I'm not since discovering how simple it is to add divx and xvid and =20
other playback options.  AppleTVFiles is making astounding progress.

> <http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/5-things-appletv-needs-to-be-a-=20=

> must-buy/>

> 5. DVD Streaming

It seems a silly thing to not have.  Why have a =F0TV AND a DVD player?

> 4. Direct iTunes Purchases

Eh.  While this would be a nice feature to have, it's not that big a =20
deal.

> 3. Movie Rentals - Xbox 360 has it. Amazon+TiVo has it. Apple needs =20=

> it. Renting movies from the AppleTV could be a snap

You know, I can rent DVDs at any McDOnald's for $1.  I'm not going to =20=

pay $4 or so to rent a movie on my =F0TV.  How many rentals is the XboX =20=

360 generating?  An infinitesimally small number, I bet.

> 2. Lower Price Point - $299 is just a little too expensive for what =20=

> the AppleTV does.

I'm all in favor of lower pricing, but this statement is flat out =20
wrong.  802.11n, a 40GB hard drive, HDMI AND component video all for =20
$300?

> I expect it to go down, and I think it could work at $199 really =20
> well=C9but that extra hundred bucks is going to turn a LOT of people =20=

> off. I mean, when you think about it, you could have another Video =20
> iPod for that, and the AppleTV doesn=D5t even have a screen.

And the video ipod doesn't have HDMI or 802.11n.

> 1. Better Quality, more Consistent iTunes Content

Can't comment on that one.  I want one to use with my large =20
collection of Divx and m4v files, which grows daily.  I don't even =20
use DVDs anymore, I just pop them into the Mac Pro and let MAdiaFork =20
go to town on them, then I watch them via my one wintendo machine =20
(the only one with svideo out) on the TV via vlc.

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