apple TV = not hot
polycounter lvl 18
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
From how it describes its self it lets you watch the crap you downloaded on your TV. You know that thing that you can already do with 90% of all video cards and a s-video cable.
All and all sounds very gay and pointless.
From how it describes its self it lets you watch the crap you downloaded on your TV. You know that thing that you can already do with 90% of all video cards and a s-video cable.
All and all sounds very gay and pointless.
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make sense?
The problem with these boxes is always high bit rate encoded files, and as sonic points out, it may choke on 1080p. We'll have to wait and see.
Of course its part of their plan;
- Version 1.5 will have a 80Gig drive with some kind of funky attachment that lets it filter 720p to 1080i, poorly.
- Version 2.0 will have 1080p and a 120Gig drive and the capacity for custom codecs and run smoothly at 1080p.
By the time it sports the features I would want it will be the ubber deluxe platinum version that costs 6x as much.
$300 is expensive? For a wireless media player with Hi-def connections and a 40Gig hard disk?
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Considering the 360 can do all of this and more (albeit smaller drive), yes. The 360 just got IPTV functionality. You can already play Divx movies on it, as well as downloading HD TV and film from Xbox Live.
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$300 is expensive? For a wireless media player with Hi-def connections and a 40Gig hard disk?
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Considering the 360 can do all of this and more (albeit smaller drive), yes. The 360 just got IPTV functionality. You can already play Divx movies on it, as well as downloading HD TV and film from Xbox Live.
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Not to mention the 360's HD is removable and other drives can be purchased, so you are not limited to the size of just one built-in drive. This functionality also allows them to make larger drives available later on down the road.
How many people actually have TV's that support 1080p input right now? Not many at this point I'd bet. Apple will release an upgrade when the market is right for it and those who want it will pay for it, just like they do with all their other high end home theatre equipment. 300 bucks is pocket change for staying on the bleeding edge.
Speaking of upgrades... I guess having bought an xbox 360 in itself is not considered an upgrade for those who also owned an original xbox? Hmm... 600 - 700 dollars for a console that plays the same games but prettied up might strike some as a bit of a hefty upgrade also... It's all about perspective I guess.
BOOO...
- Version 2.0 will have 1080p and a 120Gig drive and the capacity for custom codecs and run smoothly at 1080p.
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I doubt it. if it's got the new mini-OSX onboard, and apple will probably release updates to quicktime, then you can almost certainly install the right codecs for it. (codecs for quicktime on OSX are just placed in a folder, theres no installing to be done)
I currently have Perrian placed in a folder on my mac, it plays everything and anything through quicktime.