The ATV has many problems, in my opinion: the remote, although sleek, is too small and has a limited number of buttons (there isn't even a sleep or power button!)
Hold down the 'play' button for a few seconds.... voila! ATV goes to sleep.
The ATV has many problems, in my opinion: the remote, although sleek, is too small and has a limited number of buttons (there isn't even a sleep or power button!)
You're kidding me right? Does anyone even know anything about statistics? A 10k sample is more than enough to represent something like this in statistical value. You get a smaller sample for more precise things like politics, and they even consider that to be a good size. 10k doesn't need to be 330 million if it accurately represents the demographic. That's the whole point of statistics.
Stop trying to bad mouth the results, because if you and other people haven't realized, Roku is actually a better product. Many people want to like the ATV more, but they don't. I'm sure in a few years apple will actually take the time to develop the product. But until then it is going to have to settle for second place. And we'll see where Google's Chromecast comes into play in a few months
I could see Roku being more popular simply because it doesn't "seem" to be dependent upon other hardware/software products, i.e. iTunes, Apple media libraries, etc.
Hold down the 'play' button for a few seconds.... voila! ATV goes to sleep.
From the report:
"37% primarily use a Roku compared to 24% that primarily use an Apple TV."
That's 39% that they don't tell us what they are using. Since there isn't a huge "other" market here in the US, exactly what is making up the other 39%, but isn't making up enough to be worth noting in their report? 3 vendors equally splitting that would have 13% each. I imagine XBox is up there, but this report was done prior to the Chrome dongle. Any other ideas?
Why did you put the word "seem"in quotes?
And chronecast is off to a big start. I ordered a day after and still haven't received it.
Survey basis seems to be a little off. To date Roku has sold approximately 5 million units, while AppleTV has sold over 13 million units.... A survey is only as good as it's population but the raw number's seem to show some holes in this one. Every AppleTV owner I know (and it's a good number) use theirs for streaming. I also own both, and like others use the Roku for Amazon, but prefer Apple's interface and easy of use, and use the AppleTV for the vast majority of my streaming usage.
Roku More Popular Than Apple TV
Really? I know I don't speak for everyone, and that I'm just one person... but I don't know a single person with a Roku. I know several people with Apple TVs, including myself. I even have a friend who is a die hard Android fanboy, but still prefers the AppleTV and just picked up the Chromecast.
I have both 1 Roku, and and 2 Apple TVs. I wish I had 3 Rokus instead. Plex alone is such an amazing application worth buying the Roku for. Thanks to Apple's closed environment they're leaving themselves behind not allowing people to build Apps for the ATV. Apple's belief in not building cross platform is also a self-stabber.
It's probably never going to happen, but if they built apps for Android, they would open the door, allowing other mobile devices to control their hardware. I don't have an iPhone anymore, and I can't control my Apple TV, unless I buy some hacked app to talk to it or use the Apple TV's crappy remote, and there's no way I'm typing with it. Roku however, built apps for multiple platforms to control it's device.
Hold down the 'play' button for a few seconds.... voila! ATV goes to sleep.
I was debating between Roku 3 or wait for the new AppleTV (already have AppleTV 3 for the living room). Not having Amazon doesnt both me too much considering most of the movies and TV shows on there are freaking old. Roku 3 is cheaper but doesnt have AirPlay. Decisions decisions...
Yes, but I've noticed that it doesn't work all the time for some odd reason. Even then, holding down one of those buttons sucks with that remote.
Yes, but I've noticed that it doesn't work all the time for some odd reason. Even then, holding down one of those buttons sucks with that remote.
A survey of 10,000 U.S. broadband households
I'm on the verge of rushing out to BestBuy and get either a Roku 2XD or AppleTV.
I like the Roku better, but I primarily want one so I can use our TV as an extra screen for my '13 MacBookAir. Can it do that?
Apple TV 3 is the most anaemic product, especially outside the US where important TV services are just missing. Without an App Store and no jailbreak it's useless.
Apple TV 2 was great as you could install XBMC to make it useful.
I use a Raspberry Pi with XBMC, though as not everything in the XBMC universe runs on it may build a small PC or get more powerful ARM board soon. Even as is it wipes the floor with Apple TV 3.
That is embarrassing. That low a number is likely totally unsound
.....A survey of 10,000 U.S. broadband households revealed that 37% used a Roku device while 24% used an Apple TV, making Roku the most used streaming set-top box in the U.S.
So, because 10,000 households have roku over Apple TV... that makes Roku the most used streaming box in the US?! Last time I checked, there's a lot more than 10,000 households in the the US. You should do a larger survey before you announce Roku as the winner.