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David Pogue Reviews the Apple TV

Posted by Zonk on from the applevision-as-the-wave-of-the-future dept.

necro81 writes "David Pogue of the NY Times has devoted his weekly column to the newly released Apple TV. He also has a video blurb to go with it. He compares it to the XBox360 and Netgear's EVA8000, which also deliver content traditionally trapped in a PC onto a TV set. Apple TV Pros: setup is as easy as can be, it's small and silent form factor will be good for home theaters, and the interface and remote control are intuitive. Cons: HDTV only, playback is limited to formats playable within iTunes, and no internet functionality other than movie trailers."

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  1. Shouldn't this be the "iTV"? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 1, Funny

    Shouldn't this be the "iTV"?

  2. I guess I spend too much time at work .... by nbvb · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw "Netgear EVA8000" and thought of HP's midrange disk array.

    I'm actually surprised that Netgear chose the name, since it's blatantly similar to this.

  3. Re:hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It will play... realmedia files
    that goes in the con column
  4. Re:Huh? by Paulrothrock · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know! And the iPod has no wireless and less space than a Nomad! They'll never catch on.

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  5. Re:Eh by Luscious868 · · Score: 4, Funny

    TV as we know it is a rapidly dying market. More than half of the people I know don't have an antenna/cable/satellite TV. I haven't had a "TV" for anything other than games and DVD's for 5+ years. The quality of the content on "TV" is consistently "lowest common denominator" and it's beyond absurd to pay for TV (cable or satellite), and then have to sit through advertisements.
    I've read about you!
  6. Re:The Apple deal by shadow349 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What OSS has it released?

    I don't know you from Eddie, but I'd be willing to bet that the answer is somewhere north of a metric fuckload more than you've released.

  7. Re:The opposite problem by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got three Macs in the house, and two Xbox 360s. I use Connect360 so the Macs can impersonate media center (or whatever they are called) PCs, which lets the two Xboxes browse through the iPhoto libraries, stream anything of iTunes as long as it is not DRM'ed, and pull any movies in ~/Movies


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  8. what not even... by Ixlr8 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cons: HDTV only To make matters worse, there's no floppy drive!
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