Comment Re:Exactly what is new about AppleTV? (Score 3, Insightful) 166
Apples and Oranges... I have both.
I purchased the 360 the night it came out. In June, it was moved to the "game room" when I purchased an Elite and an HD-DVD drive. I then received an AppleTV as a gift in July (yes, life is hard). So far, I've downloaded (or rather attempted to download) two movies on the 360. The experience was frustrating to put it mildly. I honostly find downloading via P2P, converting and burning a less stressful way to go. I have purchased a few HD-DVDs but the volume of the fans on the 360 is absurd when your trying to watch a movie.
The AppleTV, on the other hand, easily competes with DirectTV for my eyeballs. As the cliche goes, "it just works". That said, I can definitely sympathize with people turned off by the iTunes requirement. But that's the absolute, if not understated, beauty of this update. Sure, the ability to rent movies will be nice but the real, and apparently much overlooked, change is that the AppleTV will now connect directly to the internet to obtain content. No more iTunes.
I still think the 360 is #1 for gaming but it's just not in the same game as the AppleTV for movies.
I purchased the 360 the night it came out. In June, it was moved to the "game room" when I purchased an Elite and an HD-DVD drive. I then received an AppleTV as a gift in July (yes, life is hard). So far, I've downloaded (or rather attempted to download) two movies on the 360. The experience was frustrating to put it mildly. I honostly find downloading via P2P, converting and burning a less stressful way to go. I have purchased a few HD-DVDs but the volume of the fans on the 360 is absurd when your trying to watch a movie.
The AppleTV, on the other hand, easily competes with DirectTV for my eyeballs. As the cliche goes, "it just works". That said, I can definitely sympathize with people turned off by the iTunes requirement. But that's the absolute, if not understated, beauty of this update. Sure, the ability to rent movies will be nice but the real, and apparently much overlooked, change is that the AppleTV will now connect directly to the internet to obtain content. No more iTunes.
I still think the 360 is #1 for gaming but it's just not in the same game as the AppleTV for movies.
