Why do so many people think this makes any kind of a difference on the value of the AppleTV (worthless)
I own one, and it does NOTHING that I can't already do on 2x2 other devices in my house - and misses some things I can do on those other devices (divx). I can rent from Microsoft or Amazon unbox - I no longer have ANY desire to buy ANYTHING from iTunes as there are better alternatives out there.
Who would buy videos on this service (ok i can understand a tv show here and there if you miss it)? I mean you won't be able to keep it through the future. By all means I'll rip to h.264/x264 but My xbox 360's can play those.
So what, flickr integration makes it worth while?
I just don't see this as a value at all, and I own one - and It's sitting in a box right now (i was hoping there would roll a better update)... i just have no reason to use it at all with tivo's and xbox's.. and frankly for 70$ more the 360 is a better buy... unless you live in a cold climate in which case the ATV can be used to heat not just your house, but the neighborhood... yes it gets so hot were I to touch it it would BURN me.
Useless bloody device that they should either kill or open support for. This is by far the worst piece of hyped crapware I have ever fallen for (and i thought i'd grow out of falling for them, but it caught me!) This is not the ipod of the tele without support for the mp3 of the video world - divx