The Apple TV is very formidable competition. It plays HD video, supports lossless audio and plays your photographs.
It has a an Intel proc, Nvidia GPU and a 40GB hard drive that is a snap to replace with whatever 2.5" drive you want (PATA). It runs OS X 10.4 with a full Quicktime stack which has been modified with Perian to support more codecs. It has Toslink, Component outputs and HDMI and a "mysterious" USB port for "service" needs. If I'm a consumer and I'm looking at an Apple TV versus a Slimbox it's going to boil down to if I want Photo and video support and if I hate/love having the TV show the UI. Complaints about Apple being the Devil or using DRM to gain a monopoly is just dogma pure and simple. Apple is where they are because of excellent design and execution. I hope that with Logitech's backing Slim Devices can thrive and compete at this level. -- hmurchison ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hmurchison's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31559 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
