Comments on: Making a case for a new Apple TV

By: Dr_Macc

Dr_Macc — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:43:08 +0000

I’d like to see a nice shiny black version with a 1 or 2TB hard drive and 1080p HDMI output, with an update to iTunes to allow quick ripping of DVDs onto your home computer without the hassle of using handbrake then importing!
iTunes revolutionised the way we use my music- would be nice if they did the same for movies. Having my 300+ DVD collection on demand would be amazing, at present most of the discs sit in a dusty pile. I’ve only bothered encoding 2 DVDs, as my old mac mini takes 12 hours to encode one film!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:37:47 +0000

I too love the concept of the Apple TV, but there are a few missing or lack luster features. HD to me, is only 1080P. I am an HD snob. All my movies are Blu-ray. Give me 1080p and a larger HD to hold these files and I’m a happy camper.

By: Juan

Juan — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:42:59 +0000

I love the APPLE TV but I’m not buying one… I’m sure there is a refresh just around the corner… I’m waiting…

By: Mike C

Mike C — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:55:43 +0000

Forget the internal HDD. Just give me a plethora of ports in the back to attach my own storage devices. Play ALL the major codecs. Play, at minimum, true 720p at full HD bitrates. 1080 should probably be the standard though.

In general, and probably not likely to happen, give up the idea of trying to bottleneck everything through iTunes and the iTunes store. But they don’t want you watching any old video format you could have gotten somewhere else. They want you to buy their tweaked for ATV movies.

I’m more convinced Apple should just get out of the living room game. They’ve got too many contrarian vested interests to ever come up with a great box.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:10:55 +0000

I use my ATV for streaming. I’ve got 3 throughout the house all streaming content from my iMac. Awesome device. I’d really like to see a version that uses memory only with no hard drive like to iTouch 32Gb, support for 1080 and more video codecs like DivX.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:04:39 +0000

We have just purchased our first HDTV, and would LOVE to get the Apple TV… BUT, you are exactly right, we’ve not heard about it from anyone at Apple, so a new one is inevitable. It had BETTER have 1080p, and also easy ability to back the files up. I’m so afraid of purchasing great HD movies and shows, and then losing it all.

By: Gogo

Gogo — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:22:55 +0000

I’m on the exact same boat. I really want to buy an Apple TV, especially as an iTunes server to stream music to multiple rooms in my house w/o the need to turn the computer on.

But I just have this feeling that Apple’s gonna update the product as soon as I buy it. A hardware update is well-deserved. Come on Apple!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:15:13 +0000

With Boxee, the Apple TV has become much more useful. But, yes, the processor needs to be upgraded to handle 1080p. Apple needs to open up the codecs and allow more formats, including .mkv files. Stubbornly insisting that users purchase 100% of their content from Apple, or encode it to a non-widely used format is holding it back. And rather than included a larger hard drive, they could eliminate the hard drive altogether and just enable that USB port for external drives. That would bring down the price and allow the user a lot more flexibility. I’ve got a 1 TB and a 500 GB feeding mine.

By: Lynda B

Lynda B — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:41:29 +0000

with Boxee software the Apple TV is fantastic… I would like Apple to upgrade the processor and put a lot more ram in the device; come on, this stuff has gone down in price… and a larger hard drive… Come on, Apple, do it.

By: PequaFrog

PequaFrog — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:59:40 +0000

We love our AppleTV.
Yeah, we’d love it as a DVR and to play more media like HULU and other online stuff, but honestly it’s great. I rip our DVD’s using Handbrake and we stream all our movies right to the AppleTV. I have 5 kids and they always destroy (scratch) DVD’s. So now I rip them right away and they’re perfect! Plus, when we go away, we’ll sync 30 or 40 movies to it and bring it with us. Great product. Will be insanely great with the next upgrade! (I hope)