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Apple TV 40GB $199 at Apple Store
Apple Store has the refurbished Apple TV 40GB for $199 with free shipping. Allows you to play various types of media from both OSX and Windows Machines with iTunes 7 on your TV. Features 802.11g/n, 10/100, HDMI, wireless remote, 480p/576p/720p/1080i output and more.
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#1
m0f0 - Posted 8:06 am PST 01/20/09 (7751 Posts)
Apple TV + Boxee = victory in the HD format war! FACT!
#2
billy_bob - Posted 8:07 am PST 01/20/09 (601 Posts)
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I'd rather use an xbox to stream off of my Vista machine.
#3
bubba - Posted 8:09 am PST 01/20/09 (130 Posts)
Yeah, Boxee on Apple TV is such a struggle to enjoy. Not smooth at all 
#4
Wand - Posted 8:10 am PST 01/20/09 (1242 Posts)
Apple TV - my ass = poop
#5
Enduro - Posted 8:30 am PST 01/20/09 (879 Posts)
You can get XBMC for AppleTV and watch 720p. My original XBMC can't handle full HD.
#6
m0f0 - Posted 8:30 am PST 01/20/09 (7751 Posts)
I will be reporting any more anti-Apple comments. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
#7
kilmar - Posted 9:13 am PST 01/20/09 (114 Posts)
Popcorn + nothing else = win
#8
he162 - Posted 9:42 am PST 01/20/09 (1501 Posts)
Into the back of the closet with the 3DO already.
#9
flickdirect - Posted 9:56 am PST 01/20/09 (17 Posts)
What a pos. I will keep my ps3 thank you very much.
#10
brontide - Posted 10:41 am PST 01/20/09 (176 Posts)
My original Xbox (XBMC) is a better media center than an AppleTV and is like 30% of the price.
#11
ahro - Posted 12:02 pm PST 01/20/09 (114 Posts)
I heard that the Apple TV + XBMC works pretty well but can't do 720/1080p .mkv files.
#12
Wand - Posted 1:00 pm PST 01/20/09 (1242 Posts)
I have popcorn hour it can play files upto 1080p and mkv containers too. But it's GUI navigation is piece of shit and OS crashes often.
#13
piecolorado - Posted 1:58 pm PST 01/20/09 (100 Posts)
I LOVE my popcorn hour. I have not seen an Apple TV, but a friend of my has it and says he loves it. So I think there's room for both products in the market. Look into both closely.
#14
fieldhouse - Posted 2:30 pm PST 01/20/09 (337 Posts)
I have an original xbox + xbmc. I also have an ATV + XBMC / Boxee. Bottom line, the 300mhz boost in cpu performance helps a little but you don't get hardware video acceleration under XBMC on any platform at this time so XBMC on ATV isn't that much better than on the original xbox.
Hopefully that changes sometime soon or I'm pitching the ATV.
#15
velvetgroove - Posted 5:03 pm PST 01/20/09 (9 Posts)
Forget Apple. Get a Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player and a 1TB drive. Waaaay better.
#16
he162 - Posted 2:53 am PST 01/21/09 (1501 Posts)
OS crashes often is a understatement.
Wii
Zune
iPod