[videoblogging] Re: Apple TV dead?
I got a Mac Mini instead of the Apple TV. Much more versatile, but still far from perfect. For instance you should be able to browse for new content from your couch, you can't you need to add the content to another computer in your house to get it to your TV. Thats the main issue I've had with it. It would also be cool if they added a YouTube widget to it (a la the iphone) so you can browse and watch that stuff from your couch too. One behavior they must have overlooked when they were designing this was the channel surfing mentality--thats the main way most people have learned to look for new video content over the years--kicked back, on the couch, flipping channels. Until someone comes up with something that is as good as that for internet video, they will fail. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com www.billstreeter.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had it not required me to buy some gawdawful widescreen LCD TV I can't afford and have it sit there all ugly and shiny on my wall I would have considered buying an Apple TV. I like the concept. But my 25 year old 4:3 TV hidden away in a cabinet looks better, even w/the low res of letterboxing, then any widescreen TV I could ever afford. I like the concept of Appletv Not having it work with Ye Olde Tv Set may have been a big mistake. Brook On 12/22/07, Steve Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is sort of a refrain for me this time of year, but wait until macworld It may be they will introduce a new model then. And they don't have a ton of inventory, so they're not promoting it. Though it would have made sense to introduce a new model before xmas On the other hand, jobs has said it is an experiment Anyway, we may soon see -- Steve Rhodes http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos http://ari.typepad.com http://tigerbeat.vox.com blogs http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat interesting articles sites http://twitter.com/tigerbeat -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
RE: [videoblogging] Re: Apple TV dead?
I totally agree that the MacMini is better for 60-inch TV watching than the AppleTV (I own both and wish I never had purchased an AppleTV). Robert _ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Streeter Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:04 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Apple TV dead? I got a Mac Mini instead of the Apple TV. Much more versatile, but still far from perfect. For instance you should be able to browse for new content from your couch, you can't you need to add the content to another computer in your house to get it to your TV. Thats the main issue I've had with it. It would also be cool if they added a YouTube widget to it (a la the iphone) so you can browse and watch that stuff from your couch too. One behavior they must have overlooked when they were designing this was the channel surfing mentality--thats the main way most people have learned to look for new video content over the years--kicked back, on the couch, flipping channels. Until someone comes up with something that is as good as that for internet video, they will fail. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com www.billstreeter.net --- In videoblogging@ mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had it not required me to buy some gawdawful widescreen LCD TV I can't afford and have it sit there all ugly and shiny on my wall I would have considered buying an Apple TV. I like the concept. But my 25 year old 4:3 TV hidden away in a cabinet looks better, even w/the low res of letterboxing, then any widescreen TV I could ever afford. I like the concept of Appletv Not having it work with Ye Olde Tv Set may have been a big mistake. Brook On 12/22/07, Steve Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is sort of a refrain for me this time of year, but wait until macworld It may be they will introduce a new model then. And they don't have a ton of inventory, so they're not promoting it. Though it would have made sense to introduce a new model before xmas On the other hand, jobs has said it is an experiment Anyway, we may soon see -- Steve Rhodes http://flickr. http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ com/photos/ari/ photos http://ari.typepad. http://ari.typepad.com com http://tigerbeat. http://tigerbeat.vox.com vox.com blogs http://del.icio. http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat us/tigerbeat interesting articles sites http://twitter. http://twitter.com/tigerbeat com/tigerbeat -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Apple TV dead?
Yeah, I was reall suprised to read this... http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/4236755.html?page=9 Popular Mechanics actually put forth the effort to name Apple Tv the second worst gadget of the year...and to think I almost bought one. First of all most of my movies I've ripped to a harddrive and are compressed so if I want to - I can burnt it to CD for backup. Yeah good luck getting the audio to play out over Apple TV - not to mention even if you did - as far as I know at this point - while the hardware DOES support 5.1 dolby - they haven't unlocked that feature yet - so glorious stereo it is. And yeah, I couldn't agree more - IPods are the market for them - and like the article says they're losing ground fast to video on demand service from Playstation - XBox - Netflicks - etc. It's a simple enough device - I still think it's sort of cool - but it isn't evolving. And I definitely don't need another hunk of electronics sitting around that 'did something cool 2 years ago' but now is sort of useless to me. Woohoo...and I'm officially posting on the yahoo bloggers group...I think it's my first... :) Cheers, More to come. Scott Stead scottstead.com (don't mind the site i'm still trying to learn wordpress manually) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know Valleywag is not the place for hard breaking newsbut Ive noticed that Apple TV isnt getting much love these days: http://valleywag.com/337005/apple-tv-missing-from-companys-gift-guide Look for yourself. Apple's world-changing TV console, introduced just a few months ago, is completely absent from the landing page of its holiday gift guide. It didn't even make the photo montage. Apple TV is hiding below the fold on a second-tier iPod Gifts page, with lower billing than a set of Bose headphones. I only noticed because I was moving old mail out of my inbox. I found a bunch of messages from fanboys warning me to repent, repent my published disinterest in the device, because quote cable TV will be dead by Christmas. Just like record companies! Apple seems more hung up on iPods and iPhones than getting onto TV. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Apple TV dead?
this is sort of a refrain for me this time of year, but wait until macworld It may be they will introduce a new model then. And they don't have a ton of inventory, so they're not promoting it. Though it would have made sense to introduce a new model before xmas On the other hand, jobs has said it is an experiment Anyway, we may soon see -- Steve Rhodes http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos http://ari.typepad.com http://tigerbeat.vox.com blogs http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat interesting articles sites http://twitter.com/tigerbeat
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Apple TV dead?
Had it not required me to buy some gawdawful widescreen LCD TV I can't afford and have it sit there all ugly and shiny on my wall I would have considered buying an Apple TV. I like the concept. But my 25 year old 4:3 TV hidden away in a cabinet looks better, even w/the low res of letterboxing, then any widescreen TV I could ever afford. I like the concept of Appletv Not having it work with Ye Olde Tv Set may have been a big mistake. Brook On 12/22/07, Steve Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is sort of a refrain for me this time of year, but wait until macworld It may be they will introduce a new model then. And they don't have a ton of inventory, so they're not promoting it. Though it would have made sense to introduce a new model before xmas On the other hand, jobs has said it is an experiment Anyway, we may soon see -- Steve Rhodes http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos http://ari.typepad.com http://tigerbeat.vox.com blogs http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat interesting articles sites http://twitter.com/tigerbeat -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
