Comments on: Not Ready For Apple TV

By: Firefox Community Edition

Firefox Community Edition — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:00:23 +0000

I think we are currently in a state of flux with regard to the standards that will be applied to this type of new technology so as much as I am tempted, I think the best solution for me is to keep my money in my pocket for the moment and wait until things settle down a little more.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:26:23 +0000

Yep. Re-encoding video is much more time consuming than it is with sound files. Chris Davis also makes a good argument for just buying a Mac Mini. I’d agree with that.

By: Steven Hodson

Steven Hodson — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:33:30 +0000

Chris Davis had some thoughts on this as well and he doesn’t seem to be overly impressed either

http://www.chrisjdavis.org/appletv-some-random-thoughts

By: webomatica

webomatica — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:20:27 +0000

Hi Jessica,

Yeah, I do agree with your points. I think moving away from cable is an appealing, possible future. We already cancelled cable in favor of NetFlix and iTunes TV shows. Yet still, I’m hesitating with the Apple TV. If it only had the old fashioned yellow video out…!

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:08:18 +0000

Jason,

Sure, Netflix is a great service. But I am still really excited about Apple TV.

My only complaint is that it doesn’t work with standard TV’s. I mean, I would probably buy an Apple TV, except I don’t have an HDTV yet. Bummer.

But, of course, for someone who has an HDTV, I think this is really cool. Further, it’s a shot across the bow in the coming cable-bypass revolution, in which cable companies see their customers leave in droves for internet TV.

Just like the iPod, this proves to be a quite disruptive product.

- Jess