Originally Posted by Kid Red
Wow, a TON OF YOU totally miss the iTV purpose, to stream content FROM YOUR MAC! That's why no tuner, no storage, no anything!! Does Airport Express have storage, an antenna, etc?!? NO!!!
Kid, I think YOU miss the point. With no storage or disk drive (of whatever type)- and the small form factor that does not look like it would ever support this, all you have here is a video Airport. Period. As you said, "no tuner, no storage, no anything"- that just leaves an airport and a couple of video outs.
Maybe you have all the money in the world, but 299 for an airport is pretty extreme. For what it is, it is overpriced by double- at least. Do you really feel good about dropping three bills on a wireless reciever?
Sure, we would all like to see tuners, drives, opticals, but realistically, that is not happening at this price point. To make this work as a DVR, you need at least 250 Gig these days- thats, what, 30 hours HD, right? Think one of those will even fit in one of these cases- no way. ANd would not happen in a bigger case at 299.
No, I really think Apple failed on this one. Even for those few this may fit a need for can find much cheaper alternatives. For those that say, "Wait, we do not know all it can do", I say open your eyes- the form is not big enough for anything else, and the price is too low to be a REAL Media Center. I wish it were otherwise, I WANT an apple Media Center- and I am prepared to pay for it. But this is not it- this is a mistake.