Comments on: …Apple TV Should Be Thrown On The Junk Pile http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/26/apple-tv-should-be-thrown-on-the-junk-pile/ A Blog Focused on Lists Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Brad Balfour http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/26/apple-tv-should-be-thrown-on-the-junk-pile/#comment-390 Brad Balfour Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:16:26 +0000 http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/26/apple-tv-should-be-thrown-on-the-junk-pile/#comment-390 I totally agree with bugsnw. I bought my apple tv so that I could share home movies of the kids and photo slideshows with the grandparents on the big screen HDTV. It works wonderfully for that. All my iPhoto and iTunes content are automatically at hand and ready. I even just imported our 16 year old wedding video VHS tape to my mac and put it in iTunes for the kids to watch. We all got a great kick out of it and the quality was much better than I thought for VHS upconverted twice to 720p. I totally agree with bugsnw. I bought my apple tv so that I could share home movies of the kids and photo slideshows with the grandparents on the big screen HDTV. It works wonderfully for that. All my iPhoto and iTunes content are automatically at hand and ready.

I even just imported our 16 year old wedding video VHS tape to my mac and put it in iTunes for the kids to watch. We all got a great kick out of it and the quality was much better than I thought for VHS upconverted twice to 720p.

]]> By: Tom B. http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/26/apple-tv-should-be-thrown-on-the-junk-pile/#comment-387 Tom B. Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:09:09 +0000 http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/26/apple-tv-should-be-thrown-on-the-junk-pile/#comment-387 Thrown out? AppleTV 1.0 is not a TiVo killer-- but AppleTV 1.1 may very well be. It's better already than anything MSFT has in the TV space, and they've been sniffing around the living room for a while. Thrown out? AppleTV 1.0 is not a TiVo killer– but AppleTV 1.1 may very well be.

It’s better already than anything MSFT has in the TV space, and they’ve been sniffing around the living room for a while.

]]> By: bugsnw http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/26/apple-tv-should-be-thrown-on-the-junk-pile/#comment-386 bugsnw Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:22:50 +0000 http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/26/apple-tv-should-be-thrown-on-the-junk-pile/#comment-386 The point of the AppleTV is sharing your photos, videos and music with family and friends on your big HD TV in the living room. This beats huddling around the computer screen in the den. You can also surf youtube videos and check out movie previews. Hopefully Apple will beef up their movie selection and allow rentals via the AppleTV. The whole thing is drop-dead simple. Any video you can watch on your Mac can easily be converted for AppleTV and it's a one-click procedure with iSquint (free). It's really about convenience. I don't care that it doesn't have a $49 DVD player included. I have one already. I just want to take someone's SD card from their camera, import their photos into iPhoto and share them on the big screen. Or watch a video podcast, or watch my own converted videos. The AppleTV has much potential that isn't being realized. I'm sure that will change in the near future. I'd love to see Rentals via the iTunes store and higher quality video options as well as more supported formats. A bonus would be if this thing could surf the web as well, perhaps tying into your bookmarked favorites in Safari or Firefox. The point of the AppleTV is sharing your photos, videos and music with family and friends on your big HD TV in the living room. This beats huddling around the computer screen in the den. You can also surf youtube videos and check out movie previews. Hopefully Apple will beef up their movie selection and allow rentals via the AppleTV.

The whole thing is drop-dead simple. Any video you can watch on your Mac can easily be converted for AppleTV and it’s a one-click procedure with iSquint (free).

It’s really about convenience. I don’t care that it doesn’t have a $49 DVD player included. I have one already. I just want to take someone’s SD card from their camera, import their photos into iPhoto and share them on the big screen. Or watch a video podcast, or watch my own converted videos.

The AppleTV has much potential that isn’t being realized. I’m sure that will change in the near future. I’d love to see Rentals via the iTunes store and higher quality video options as well as more supported formats. A bonus would be if this thing could surf the web as well, perhaps tying into your bookmarked favorites in Safari or Firefox.

]]> By: john http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/26/apple-tv-should-be-thrown-on-the-junk-pile/#comment-385 john Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:23:39 +0000 http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/26/apple-tv-should-be-thrown-on-the-junk-pile/#comment-385 I've always thought apple brought the iTV to market only to break the content vs. player (chicken or egg) paradox. The problem is they have not added content fast enough. If I was steve great indy movies (pre-screened) would find a home. Furthermore, on the movie side rentals make sense. You missed 1080 content, a must in the near future. I’ve always thought apple brought the iTV to market only to break the content vs. player (chicken or egg) paradox. The problem is they have not added content fast enough. If I was steve great indy movies (pre-screened) would find a home. Furthermore, on the movie side rentals make sense. You missed 1080 content, a must in the near future.

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