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Not likely. Everything Apple and most other companies sell is noticeably more expansive in the UK. Various spurious reasons are given, but most can not be justified beyond the fact that companies seem to be able to get away with higher prices. This kind of situation is ripe for exploitation from a monopoly provider (fact not a troll statement) such as Apple.
The cost differential with the US is of course heightened at the moment because the green-back is weak against the pound, yet the Euro is not weak against Stirling, yet they pay 40c or so less for tracks from itunes. It is one of the downsides of living in the UK that the cost of living is so high.
it is part of the price we pay for not having to live under the direct rule of G W Bush... Doh! but we have his poodle (Blair) so there goes that little comfort (but I digress
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I wonder if the apparent delay in some Australian orders is due to apple diverting stock to US/Europe similar to the way Sony delayed the PS3 launch in Europe to keep up with US demand?
the uk store now says ready to ship: 5 days.
but i dont understand...in the us it has movies and tv shows to play, but we dont have that here in the uk so tell me why it costs more?
US: $299 (£152.43)
compared with
UK: £199 ($390.35)
why do we pay £50 more when it does less for us?=
Don't forget the 17.5% VAT (UK) or 21% in Ireland (I believe that it is 25% in Sweden). Also, in order to make a fair comparison you should really compare the wholesale prices in both markets.
Here is the way it works for nearly everything electronic:
We charge $299 in America
Then to make life easy we charge Euro 299 in Europe. In general there is plenty of slack built in so we do not have to worry changes in currency changes.
Some companies operate a different system ... If the US price is $299 then the UK price is Stg 299.
As a matter of Interest Adobe Photoshop CS2 costs Stg 200 more in the UK than it does in the USA
One excuse is the cost of internal distribution ... this may be true in Ireland and some other low population countries but the UK has the most efficient goods distribution in the world.
Under US law, you aren't required to include sales tax or VAT in the price of the item. Under UK law, you are required to include VAT in the price of items.
So part of the problem is that there is higher pricing involved (169.36 GBP is about 329.17 USD, which is a markup of about 10%), but then you have VAT on top of that. In the US, I still paid sales tax on my Apple TV which put it at about 328 USD, because of the relatively low 9% sales tax in the area (which is partly due to federal income tax).
The pricing for items is not entirely apples and oranges... but then again... 10% is a noticable difference in pricing when tax is correctly removed from the total.
I remember that in the specifications they used to say that the USB was only for maintenance... Not anymore... Hopefully they already added funcionality like external storage ¡¡¡¡
Thank you.....I did and I expect the arrival of my Apple TV tomorrow or the next day. Gee whiz.....if $300 is such a hardship then just come out and say it but *don't* attempt lame justifications.
I doubt the European market is much of priority in this launch. Despite being an ardent user of Handbrake myself, I find the launch of AppleTV in regions that don't even have any TV shows of films on their iTMS a little embarrassng for Apple.
Makes me wonder whether they'll even bother stocking it in UK stores, as it's gonna give the shop assistants a pretty hard time justifying a customer buying it. What are they gonna do? Tell the customer to download MacTheRipper and Handbrake and then give them a step by step guide to ripping: "...and then you want to choose baseline x264 at 1500kbs..."
I have a 80GB Mac mini attached to my HD projector and stream music, etc. via my apple network now... Can anyone tell me what advantage(s) the APPLE TV has over this set-up?
Thanks
Thanks
When did you order yours?
I ordered mine on the 11th Jan. The order status is now reading a range of dates:
Ships by: 27/03/2007 - 29/03/2007
Delivers by: 03/04/2007 - 05/04/2007
Sounds as if they are not sure about when they can do it. Not as if they are afraid of changing the dates on me anyway
I phoned up about the cable, it is still part of the order. Apparently they had to swap the Apple TV - AUS with an Apple TV - AUS because of internal database issues whereby they cancelled the old Apple TV - AUS. The part number remains the same however as MA711X/A.
Cheers, Ed.
Well believe it or not the graphics card is better.
The
TV has 802.11n making it easier and faster to stream from a different computerIt has an HDMI output
A better GUI designed for media only ( better than front row ).
It's cheaper.
I've had iPods that I've ordered in the past ship directly from China and be here overnight to Massachusetts. So even though it says that package was received after the cut off FedEx usually still get's it where it needs to be in time.
It still says the USB is for service on the store site. As of tonight.
Ports/Interfaces
HDMI (video and audio)
Component video
TOSLINK optical audio
Analog RCA stereo audio
10/100 BASE-T Ethernet
USB 2.0 (for service and diagnostics)
802.11n wireless networking* (compatible with 802.11a/b/g)
Built-in IR receiver (works with included Apple Remote)
I just checked the tech Specs page on the US site, and it just says "USB 2.0." No mention of Servicing.
Look on the store site not the hardware site. It's never said anything about usb service on the hardware page only the store site under "WHAT YOU NEED". Trust me I just looked on the US store site. Thats where I copied and pasted from.
Man, apple is good! These guys can really hold a secret. I am amazed that even with the product being shipped, the apple website STILL does not have any technical/user manual information.
I guess apple has to leave the door open for more functionality in next releases and maybe third party accessories. Hopefully this all comes with apple support not just hacked versions of it.
Still waiting for the "One more thing " on this to place an order...