Three minutes? I don't see how that could be, but whatever, there are a lot of factors there. Also, when I said weeks, I was considering download time as well.
If you have a PS3, then play your shit on that.
Irrational hatred for Microsoft is not a good reason to reject a good product.
The 360 does a lot more than play games, that's kind of the point here.
I'm not in a position to tell you what your mother should be doing, but the low-end 360 is the same price as the AppleTV. Keep that in mind. And if your mom is really willing to drop $300 for the ability to look at pictures on the TV, then, uh, AppleTV all the way. The point is for everyone else, the Xbox is quite likely a better choice, as it does quite a bit more. And it comes with a goddamn cable.
Yes three minutes using Divx Doctor which converts avi to mpg which iTunes plays. Download would be the same time for use on the Xbox or the AppleTV, I was simply pointing out there is no 'huge inconvenience' to make the files ready for the AppleTV.
I have the PS3, but that won't stream everything from my mac. I can download stuff to it directly, but that's work I don't want to deal with.
My hatred for M$ isn't irrational, it's a normal byproduct of being a mac user.
THe Xbox is a gaming console, the AppleTV isn't. So to compare the two or label the AppleTV as under featured isn't the point because it isn't relevant to compare an iTunes bridge to a gaming console.
Yes, the Apple TV would be the logical way to watch TV Shows downloaded from the music store, watch your photo collection and listen to your music on your TV/HT system quickly and painlessly.
Everyone else? You mean Xbox owners I guess. Because the target audience for the AppleTV is folks like my mom, myself who want seamless bridging, plug and play, don't need a video game, want to buy movies, music, TV Shows from iTunes and watch it on something other than a computer. Simply because you are not the targeted group for whom Apple designed this product doesn't give you empowerment to bash. It doesn't suit your specific needs, then move along. It will suit more MAC USERS' needs then PC users I'm sure. It will fit more NOVICE computer users then pros and gamers. It will make people have an easier time getting content from their mac to their HT system and I don't think having to buy a $10 HDMI cable from monoprice.com is a big deal or deal breaker as you sound off.
Something you should know, if your like alot of mac or ipod users, you buy some or all of your music on itunes, its easy and quick. When you hook up you ipod to a xbox, you can only play non copy-righted songs. You can't play videos off it, you cant do a lot. Apple tv is for people like me, who have an xbox, AND and ipod/mac. So video games are nice, but so is not opting for a "hd-rom" and having to worry about what movies are coming out on blu-ray instead.
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Three minutes? I don't see how that could be, but whatever, there are a lot of factors there. Also, when I said weeks, I was considering download time as well.
If you have a PS3, then play your shit on that.
Irrational hatred for Microsoft is not a good reason to reject a good product.
The 360 does a lot more than play games, that's kind of the point here.
I'm not in a position to tell you what your mother should be doing, but the low-end 360 is the same price as the AppleTV. Keep that in mind. And if your mom is really willing to drop $300 for the ability to look at pictures on the TV, then, uh, AppleTV all the way. The point is for everyone else, the Xbox is quite likely a better choice, as it does quite a bit more. And it comes with a goddamn cable.
Yes three minutes using Divx Doctor which converts avi to mpg which iTunes plays. Download would be the same time for use on the Xbox or the AppleTV, I was simply pointing out there is no 'huge inconvenience' to make the files ready for the AppleTV.
I have the PS3, but that won't stream everything from my mac. I can download stuff to it directly, but that's work I don't want to deal with.
My hatred for M$ isn't irrational, it's a normal byproduct of being a mac user.
THe Xbox is a gaming console, the AppleTV isn't. So to compare the two or label the AppleTV as under featured isn't the point because it isn't relevant to compare an iTunes bridge to a gaming console.
Yes, the Apple TV would be the logical way to watch TV Shows downloaded from the music store, watch your photo collection and listen to your music on your TV/HT system quickly and painlessly.
Everyone else? You mean Xbox owners I guess. Because the target audience for the AppleTV is folks like my mom, myself who want seamless bridging, plug and play, don't need a video game, want to buy movies, music, TV Shows from iTunes and watch it on something other than a computer. Simply because you are not the targeted group for whom Apple designed this product doesn't give you empowerment to bash. It doesn't suit your specific needs, then move along. It will suit more MAC USERS' needs then PC users I'm sure. It will fit more NOVICE computer users then pros and gamers. It will make people have an easier time getting content from their mac to their HT system and I don't think having to buy a $10 HDMI cable from monoprice.com is a big deal or deal breaker as you sound off.
Something you should know, if your like alot of mac or ipod users, you buy some or all of your music on itunes, its easy and quick. When you hook up you ipod to a xbox, you can only play non copy-righted songs. You can't play videos off it, you cant do a lot. Apple tv is for people like me, who have an xbox, AND and ipod/mac. So video games are nice, but so is not opting for a "hd-rom" and having to worry about what movies are coming out on blu-ray instead.
Its called making things simply thats all.