[mythtv-users] Who's going to be the first?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Wed Sep 1 19:15:45 UTC 2010


On Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:20:08 pm Phil Bridges wrote:
> ... to slap a frontend on one of these?
> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/apple-announcing-new-apple-tv/

So one movie and 3 TV shows will cost the same as unlimited streaming from Netflix?

Can't see why anyone would pay such prices to buy programming for this from (or through) Apple.

$99 puts it in the same range as the Roku, various NMTs and the like.

I don't see anything to set it apart from the crowd except for the Apple name, except maybe as an easy way to watch video 
from an iPad, which it should be able to do all by itself anyway.

"Cloud-based" software means Apple and the movie studios will control everything this unit can do, and what you can and 
can't do with it.



As you say, it would be nice to be able to run a Myth F/E on it, but I suspect they will try to lock it down like an 
iPhone or iPad.

The big question is what sort of video hardware does it have, and are free drivers available for it.





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