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Apple Introduces Updated Apple TV with Netflix Integration, TV Show Rentals
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Micro-USB (for service and support)
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Check the tech specs: http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html "for service and support"
I guess we could hope that "support" might mean supporting local storage by simply hooking it up.
But I doubt it. It's probably a USB port just like the old one's USB port. If so, hopefully the hackers will normalize it (again).
Vat
Don't forget that in the UK you have VAT which is already figured into the sales price. In the US, since sales tax varies even from city to city it is not added until the point of sale. Then when you figure that UK VAT ranges from 2-3x average US sales tax, then the difference in price is still there, but not nearly as drastic.
Don't forget that in the UK you have VAT which is already figured into the sales price. In the US, since sales tax varies even from city to city it is not added until the point of sale. Then when you figure that UK VAT ranges from 2-3x average US sales tax, then the difference in price is still there, but not nearly as drastic.
We get the other services. All the hardware and software is in place for full functionality. It's just a case of negotiating agreements and getting regulatory approval. So, one to two hundred years. It's annoying, i agree, but it's not Apple's fault. The CRTC is slow and way, way, way out of date. Part of their mandate is to protect Canadian content, but they will certainly interpret that as protecting Canadian broadcasters and not see that getting CBC, CTV, and independent Canadian producers to sign on with the AppleTV model gets the content out there just as well. The broadcast era is beginning to fade, but broadcasters have a lot of money (read influence) and have no interest in competing.
So lemme get this straight. If I wanted to watch a TV show on my new Apple TV, but that show isn't available for rent, I'd have to first fire up my computer, launch iTunes and buy it there, wait for it to download and then stream it to the Apple TV?
I generally agree, although it would be nice to activate the _existing_ USB port (since there's no built in HD any more) so that you can plug in your own external HDD/key.
This shouldn't change the price tag.
P.
I agree that this just sucks. The streaming performance better be good, and much better than the current model.
I considered waiting but didn't. I picked up a Sony bluray dvd player for $199. I have access to Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora, Slacker, and can stream my videos from my iMac.
Sorry but this isn't 'good enough'. It's pitiful
Apple UK said:
Apple US said:
The UK site has no reference to TV shows either, whereas the US site has a section for $.99 rentals.
Not true. You could not stream from your iOS device to the AppleTV before. You had to sync it and then play it. This would allow other people to come in and show content from their phones:
-home movies
-a movie they rented and brought over
-photo albums
Depending on the layout of your house, this is a big jump. Before, as you said, you actually had to plug your phone in and sync everything back to your computer. This allows you to watch without having to plug in.
Obviously if you live in a studio apartment where everything electronic is in the same general location, this is a pretty pointless device. But if you have a TV on one floor and a computer on another, you don't always want to go and plug in your phone or iPad just so you I can finish watching a movie.
However, I do agree with you. The demo seemed a bit underwhelming and quite frankly, as a PS3 owner, I can't imagine actually needing to use this device to watch Netflix or HD rentals. Then again, Steve sounds a lot more excited about this AppleTV than the previous model.
Don't forget existing Apple TV owners!
At the very least, the current model needs a whole slew of bug fixes. I hope Apple will not leave it as-is.
Here's a question - will the older Apple TV work with iTunes 10?
At the very least, the current model needs a whole slew of bug fixes. I hope Apple will not leave it as-is.
Here's a question - will the older Apple TV work with iTunes 10?
Planet Britain, where consumers put up with it, and Planet Apple, who know they will get away with it.
Again, the US price is pre-tax, the UK price is post-tax (@17.5%), + 'duties and levies' that have always seemed a bit of a wishy-washy unspecific explanation by Apple... usually called 'cost of doing business' (?!)
So at current exchange rates it should be no more than about £79 by my reckoning. I have no idea where Apple is getting that extra £20 from.
unfortunately those don't work with encrpyted content, which i'm almost certain aTV streams will be.
it always amuses me when people see a device that doesn't suit their needs and write it off as "useless" or a "toy". to start 720 isn't pseudo-hd, in fact anything down to 480p can legitimately be called HD.
secondly any streaming service is going to compress the video so 1080p streamed isn't going to look as good as 720p standard - seriously go look at youtube 1080 streams and compare them to an itunes 720p; youtube is blocky and slightly blurry. if you want maximum fidelity then you're stuck with blu-ray - and even then somewhat at the mercy of the engineer who encodes it (e.g. gladiator).
thirdly most television sets don't actually display 1080 or 720 lines of resolution, during fast moving scenes the horizontal resolution can easily drop by half.
fourthly almost no broadcast, satellite or cable television broadcast in 1080p, and in fact their efforts to make their service seem better than the other guys they stuff more content down the same pipes, compressing their video a lot.
from my experience itunes downloads offer some of the best quality video of any download service and even cable/satellite. it's perfectly fine for television and most movies even on my 109" screen. if it's a movie i want to experience in optimal quality i'll buy blu-ray, but for a friday night movie with the wife and/or friends 720p is more than adequate.
no usb support in the new apple tv, so if there are hacks it's going to be a lot tougher for the "average" consumer to use them
Overall I'm pleased with the announcement.
If I do get one it will be more for the AirTunes functionality with ipad/iphone than anything else..
I wonder if it will allow you to stream games from the iphone/ipad to the tv via AirTunes?
I thought they could have easily taken over the wii's entire demographic with iOS integration and a game controller but i guess the potential is still there.
Renting media isn't for me but I can see how some people would prefer it to be that way (while others would rather own the media).
I don't know.. great for some people, useless for others. Most high-end tvs have netflix streaming built in (as well as other video streaming options) - part of my wishes the new apple tv were a brushed aluminum 55" LED w/ integrated net apps and facetime.
If I do get one it will be more for the AirTunes functionality with ipad/iphone than anything else..
I wonder if it will allow you to stream games from the iphone/ipad to the tv via AirTunes?
I thought they could have easily taken over the wii's entire demographic with iOS integration and a game controller but i guess the potential is still there.
Renting media isn't for me but I can see how some people would prefer it to be that way (while others would rather own the media).
I don't know.. great for some people, useless for others. Most high-end tvs have netflix streaming built in (as well as other video streaming options) - part of my wishes the new apple tv were a brushed aluminum 55" LED w/ integrated net apps and facetime.
Sometimes...... Sigh
Just read the post 2 posts before you,He/She just explained it
Over and over people ask these black and white stupid(sorry)questions!!
The only thing this is a nail in is the coffin of Apple TV. Apple's REMOVED features and capabilities from the old device, such as no more local storage, still only 720p, and you can't BUY only RENT.
FAIL.
As opposed to the OP and many other technically-challenged MacRumors users who think that the only thing a Blu-ray player can do is play Blu-rays and that in five years people will be looking back and wondering why they spent all of $20 on a movie or TV series?
You know just like everyone now is looking back at why they bought all those DVDs ten years ago because they never play them anymore and their DVD player stopped working overnight because YouTube.com appeared?
Old ATV - I could click buy and watch it on my TV as it downloads.
New ATV - I have to purchase it on my computer and then I have to wait the full 1 and 1/2 - 2 hours for it to download completely then stream it to ATV.
And Does this mean that the New ATV wont play the Movie Extras
I love the DVD Like Menu with extras That was the reason I started converting from buying DVD/Blu-Ray to buying Digital Copies. I was actually kind of hoping the Movie Extras would come to the iPad soon along with the iTunes LP's (I don't really like the LP's on my computer but I think on an iPad it would be way different). Bring the Extras to the Pad and set it even further apart from competing devices, and shed more light on the extras so more content providers will start providing more content.
Over All I will not be upgrading my
TV I am sticking with the Buy Button.I agree with you. I actually own an Apple TV and I love it. So I don't know how much this new Apple TV is going to give me over my old one. I am eyeing the new Google TV and see what is all about. But even with the WD, Roku and Google TV being better and offering more features than Apple TV, I have to say that the integration with iTunes (and other Mac products) is the key. For example, my integration with iTunes for Music, Genius, Remote App on my iPod Touch, My photos from Aperture/iPhoto. It just works! WD is not going to give me that experience. Roku won't either, even though they had many channels, I still want to see my photos (not from Flickr) and listen to my music (not from Pandora). So, to me, there is not reason to buy a new Apple TV and I hope the other solutions out there will suffice what I have with Apple TV. Please Google, do something!!!!
Yes there is,I just gave you that what Apple says in its Specs
http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html