I like the Apple TV interface way better than a cable box interface.
If Apple goes a head and makes an actual TV, doing away with the black square hockey puck, then I am done with it. I am not going to spend $$$thousands$$$ on an Apple branded TV set. Not when I am going to have it for awhile. It will be expensive.
Add on top of that, when there is a firmware update issued it sometimes causes the ATV to stop working or parts of it to stop working (like wifi). I am not lugging an Apple TV set from my house 1.5 hrs away from my house to an Apple store just so that I can get it looked at and replaced. That is the nice thing of the hockey puck style one. Small, low profile, blends in or is easily hideable in your entertainment center, lower power consumption, always on. I can take the hockey puck out and stick it in my pocket to bring up to Apple or easily ship it to them.
Plus, I want to go with whatever size, model, options TV set I decide I want to go with and just hook the ATV up to whatever that is. It also allows me to upgrade it each year if I so choose for $99.
It is a great product IMO. They just need to bring some Apps to it so that we can use it even more.
If Apple goes a head and makes an actual TV, doing away with the black square hockey puck, then I am done with it. I am not going to spend $$$thousands$$$ on an Apple branded TV set. Not when I am going to have it for awhile. It will be expensive.
Add on top of that, when there is a firmware update issued it sometimes causes the ATV to stop working or parts of it to stop working (like wifi). I am not lugging an Apple TV set from my house 1.5 hrs away from my house to an Apple store just so that I can get it looked at and replaced. That is the nice thing of the hockey puck style one. Small, low profile, blends in or is easily hideable in your entertainment center, lower power consumption, always on. I can take the hockey puck out and stick it in my pocket to bring up to Apple or easily ship it to them.
Plus, I want to go with whatever size, model, options TV set I decide I want to go with and just hook the ATV up to whatever that is. It also allows me to upgrade it each year if I so choose for $99.
It is a great product IMO. They just need to bring some Apps to it so that we can use it even more.