My wife says I can't buy one simply to watch a single episode of "Revenge" on Hulu (from her iPad)
Words that always make my teeth grind.. then again, Apple has been on the other side of this a few times. But in regards to ATV, etc. which looks to challenge items like bluray and disc ownership, it may make some impact.. but the add-on device market is a hard one for it. It's not really a fault of the device, just the reality of the marketplace. The most viewed content on a home TV isn't bluray or streaming media, it's live TV.. by a big, long, huge margin. So, the thing about a device like ATV or Roku or whatever is that it has to compete for an extra slot on the TV set of inputs. How much market penetration they can get will be interesting. 4M for the AppleTV beforer really wasn't bad for a device like this. If Apple can double that number, they will be happy.Originally Posted by Sam Posten /t/316924/the-promise-of-an-apple-tv#post_3907282
Good enough wins.
You really do make a lot of statements that have no basis in fact. I'm using a DSL connection right now and it seems to work just fine.Sam Posten said:DSL has, does and always will suck. =)
I found 1.1 million reasons for why cable modems suck, so all these technologies have their fanboys and their haters. I don't know about the States, but DSL service where I'm at has been dependable; however, I also don't download a lot of movies and music. I mostly use my connection for websurfing. I did try out Netflix and my connection seemed to have no trouble with that service, and I'm only using a 6Mbps connection. Maybe Canadian telcos have more consistent quality over their entire networks than American outfits.Sam Posten said:Sure, I'm just making it up. 3.1 million results for "DSL sucks"
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/webhead/2002/01/why_dsl_still_sucks.html
http://theprotagonist5.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/why-att-high-speed-dsl-sucks/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Verizon-DSL-Sucks/107117599379899
Not new enough for you?
http://community.fearnet.com/_The-Horror-of-DSL/blog/5878921/40602.html
And they were right but Apple lowered the price and then subsidized pricing came along. I don't see the iPhone being nearly as successful if it still cost $600.Originally Posted by Sam Posten /t/316924/the-promise-of-an-apple-tv/30#post_3909699
That's what people said, verbatim, about an Apple Phone.
Business Insider reports on a new research note from Hong Kong-based research firm CLSA claiming that Apple's much-rumored television set is likely to debut in 2013 rather than the late 2012 timeframe that has been suggested by several other reports. CLSA is also one of a number of analyst firms that believe Foxconn's investment in Sharp is likely tied to potential for an Apple television.