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Apple TV "Barely Watchable"
lpangelrob writes "Peter Svensson of the Associated Press reviews the Apple TV, and comes away less than impressed.While the Apple TV gets solid marks for "a very iPod-like interface, commendably clear and easy to use", the Apple TV experience falls apart on an HD television. The reviewer notes that "videos from Apple's online iTunes store look horrible on an HDTV set. The movies and TV shows have the same nominal resolution as DVDs, but look much blurrier, approaching the look of standard-definition broadcast TV.'"
Being a product from Apple, their PR will market it as an elegant quality product for the elite,( which of course will cost some houndred USD more than the competition)... Oh and we mere mortals won't understand a thing about this miracle of the technology which will allow us to tight us to just more to their propietary formats and DRM... Oh and of course, video was their invention. Everybody elese are just copycats ;-)
It's time to realise that Abble's products are the biggest abomination these days. Just say NO to the dumb iAbble way!!
Why would anybody buy an Apple product if they actually wanted functionality? The whole point of the Apple TV, as with all Apple products is that it's a fashion statement, and not a usable product.
Jesus Christ, you are a paranoid freak. Just because somebody doesn't think every turd Steve Jobs shits is the greatest thing in the world, doesn't mean they are some Microsoft Shill AP writer being paid off by "M$". Get over yourself and your shitty Apple products.
By the way, the mid-90's was 10 years ago, not 20, you ignorant slut. Then again, I can't exactly expect a Mac user to know math, or really anything beyond how to smear shit all over their face and post about how "Steve Jobs isn't your average CEO" or whatever the reality distortion field dictates at the moment.
If you don't know what Cmd-Shift-1 and Cmd-Shift-2 are for, GTFO.
If you think Firefox is a decent Mac application, GTFO.
If you're still looking for the "maximize" button, GTFO.
If the name "Clarus" means nothing to you, GTFO.
Bandwagon jumpers are not welcome among real Mac users. Keep your filthy PC fingers to yourself.
No. The "HD" trailers also look like crap on a real HDTV.
I checked out the Apple TV at an Apple store and immediately commented that "everything looks like shiat!" The salesman informed me that more HD content was coming, but currently the only stuff currently available were movie trailers. Dutifully, the next thing I played was one of these movie trailers. It sucked too. They may be HD resolution, but they're compressed so much it looks terrible.
This is probably one of the few apple products that is beta and they have the balls to charge for it.