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]
