Apple TV: Now Safe To Buy?
When I tried out the Apple TV--the small, networked box that plays a computer's iTunes music, TV shows and video and also displays its digital-photo album--I wanted to like it but couldn't. The hard drive was too small and it didn't offer any access to streaming media from the Web, such as Web radio stations.
Perhaps somebody at Apple read that review: Earlier today, the company announced that it would release a software update in June that would let Apple TVs play YouTube clips. It also said it would add a $399 model with a 160-gigabyte hard drive--four times as much capacity as before.
That just leaves Web-radio support on my shopping list... how about it, Apple?
By Rob Pegoraro |
May 30, 2007; 7:14 PM ET
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Posted by: cjh | May 30, 2007 10:25 PM
AppleTV needs CableCard support. It's just nuts that there is no Apple-compatible support for CableCard. Until that exists, I cannot consider AppleTV an entertainment hub.
Posted by: Don Libes | May 31, 2007 1:45 AM
Rob - have you looked at the NetGear EVA8000? It supports 1080p - though it would be best to do this over wired Ethernet instead of wireless. 1080p vs. 720p is another debate. It also supports web radio. Only downside is its software is Windows XP only.
Maybe Apple will improve the product to keep up with the emerging competition on the PC side. Based on your current success, maybe they are working on it.
Posted by: 22180 | May 31, 2007 9:16 AM
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Its all coming. Not just from Apple, but from third parties as well. go to alanquatermain.net/brdevkit/. It will essentially become an entertainment computer with the potential to access any VOD site, and I don't see a reason why that couldn't include things like Vongo. Its potential is hightly unrealized at this point