Apple TV Now (June) or Later?
I have been waiting to get an Apple TV so I can send our dish spinning towards the trash can. For us there is no use for a dish once we have an Apple TV.
Question is, will they come up with something significantly better than the current Apple TV and significantly soon?
I am willing to wait a few more months, but I am having a hard time visualizing what they can do on the hardware side besides increasing HD space and making the box run a little cooler.
Question is, will they come up with something significantly better than the current Apple TV and significantly soon?
I am willing to wait a few more months, but I am having a hard time visualizing what they can do on the hardware side besides increasing HD space and making the box run a little cooler.
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P.S. I also dumped the dish. I watch all my favorite shows online on my iMac for FREE, and subscribe to many podcasts, most of them in 720p.
I have been waiting to get an Apple TV so I can send our dish spinning towards the trash can. For us there is no use for a dish once we have an Apple TV.
Question is, will they come up with something significantly better than the current Apple TV and significantly soon?
I am willing to wait a few more months, but I am having a hard time visualizing what they can do on the hardware side besides increasing HD space and making the box run a little cooler.
The TV probably wont be updated any time soon. And I don't think it's going to be that significant of an update when they do update it. Apple is in their own little world of denial about TV and that service. Every product that is in competition with that product is a more cost effective product that has better quality, better features, better upgrades, etc, etc, etc... Everything is better than the TV, but I still think it's funny that steve jobs can make people pay for ice in Antarctica. because that is practically what TV users do IMO.
Apple could have bought Scientific Atlanta, or Tivo a long time ago, built an Apple box, and integrated an iTunes store (with Movies), Airtunes, WiFi, and an dozen of connectivity options for iPods, and iPhones and sewn up the living room by now by supplying boxes to Cable TV, and satellite providers, but all they are doing is essentially what everybody else does better.
how do you watch free shows?
http://www.hulu.com carries Fox and NBC shows. The other networks also let you watch for free.
The TV probably wont be updated any time soon. And I don't think it's going to be that significant of an update when they do update it. Apple is in their own little world of denial about TV and that service. Every product that is in competition with that product is a more cost effective product that has better quality, better features, better upgrades, etc, etc, etc... Everything is better than the TV, but I still think it's funny that steve jobs can make people pay for ice in Antarctica. because that is practically what TV users do IMO.
Apple could have bought Scientific Atlanta, or Tivo a long time ago, built an Apple box, and integrated an iTunes store (with Movies), Airtunes, WiFi, and an dozen of connectivity options for iPods, and iPhones and sewn up the living room by now by supplying boxes to Cable TV, and satellite providers, but all they are doing is essentially what everybody else does better.
I have read several reviews about apple TV vs. other competing boxes and pretty much all those reviews say apple TV > rest or apple TV does not overlap in features with some other boxes (for instance the netflix box). If you think about it, these arguments also make sense. So I don't buy your argument one bit.
I have read several reviews about apple TV vs. other competing boxes and pretty much all those reviews say apple TV > rest or apple TV does not overlap in features with some other boxes (for instance the netflix box). If you think about it, these arguments also make sense. So I don't buy your argument one bit.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/0...-roku-net.html
You mean like this?
I wasn't necessarily referring to the netflix box, but it's a better choice IMO. Doesn't netflix stream all DVD rentals? And Apple has a limited selection? If I was still paying netflix $19.95 a month for DVD rentals this would be the way to go. I think I may get one. HDMI output. Yes.
You can watch all the DVD's you want including TV show DVD's and be totally happy. Heroes Anyone? Couple that with my DVR and I'll never miss a broadcast.
Like I said Apple could have sewn up this market with a company buy, and made it into millions of living rooms already.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/0...-roku-net.html
You mean like this?
I wasn't necessarily referring to the netflix box, but it's a better choice IMO. Doesn't netflix stream all DVD rentals? And Apple has a limited selection? If I was still paying netflix $19.95 a month for DVD rentals this would be the way to go. I think I may get one. HDMI output. Yes.
You can watch all the DVD's you want including TV show DVD's and be totally happy. Heroes Anyone? Couple that with my DVR and I'll never miss a broadcast.
Like I said Apple could have sewn up this market with a company buy, and made it into millions of living rooms already.
No, Netflix doesn't stream all its DVD's. In fact very few DVD's are streamed.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/0...-roku-net.html
You mean like this?
I wasn't necessarily referring to the netflix box, but it's a better choice IMO. Doesn't netflix stream all DVD rentals? And Apple has a limited selection? If I was still paying netflix $19.95 a month for DVD rentals this would be the way to go. I think I may get one. HDMI output. Yes.
You can watch all the DVD's you want including TV show DVD's and be totally happy. Heroes Anyone? Couple that with my DVR and I'll never miss a broadcast.
Like I said Apple could have sewn up this market with a company buy, and made it into millions of living rooms already.
Very small fraction of netflix DVDs are available in the roku box.
The roku box doesn't have a hard drive for buffering or storage, so a fact internet connection is a must and it limits bitrate, so quality is not good.
The roku box doesn't allow you to listen to your music collection, photos, youtube, movies or any other thing other than watching a few low quality DVD's for a cheap price.
No, Netflix doesn't stream all its DVD's. In fact very few DVD's are streamed.
Very small fraction of netflix DVDs are available in the roku box.
The roku box doesn't have a hard drive for buffering or storage, so a fact internet connection is a must and it limits bitrate, so quality is not good.
The roku box doesn't allow you to listen to your music collection, photos, youtube, movies or any other thing other than watching a few low quality DVD's for a cheap price.
Apple TV owners unite. Nevertheless the roku box and features has more potential if Netflix decides to stream everything in the future. Which I'm sure they will. 1st generation box. It's obviously limited and I'm sure they are aware of it, the gen2 box will probably rectify the situation. Their catalog is 300+X Apples.
But as I said earlier, I was not referring to the netflix box when I wrote my post. I didn't even know they had one.
I hope they allow the USB port to connect to an external hard drive to increase storage. Seriously 160gig is not much when come to store videos. Plus I like to have things locally so I don't have to turn my Mac every time I want to watch or listen something.
Go for the HD rentals through Apple TV. Should be nice, and again, honestly, much less confusing than dealing with pay-per-view Satellite/Cable TV systems.