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 [email protected], "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know Valleywag is not the place for hard breaking news....but 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] >
