Apple TV price drop

bert911

Apple drops the 40GB Apple TV and reduces the 160GB model of its living room media player from 399 to 269

philiporeilly

good news alright but you can buy it for €156 ($229 converted) in the states. Thats still a big difference.

Was thinking about getting one and would like to hear suggestions from owners. The fact that we can buy videos / tv shows a big issue and how often do you use it. Is it a fad for a few weeks and then collects dust or is it a device you use regularly?

J-blk

philiporeilly wrote: »

The fact that we can buy videos / tv shows a big issue and how often do you use it.

We can? There are no videos/TV shows on the Irish iTunes store. Yes, you could have a US account (I have one and I'm guessing a lot of people here do) but that's still a workaround/hack that Apple could plug any day they decide to (though I very much doubt they will).

As for the Apple TV, even at the lower price point, I just don't see the point. It can be hacked with Boxee or XBMC and become a lot more useful, but still, those are hacks and even then, it is majorly underpowered for most HD content that doesn't come from iTunes. In its' factory state, I think it's almost completely useless.

banquo

e156 is a fair price for what it does if we could get films/tv shows. Which we can't.

So at the moment it's essentially a e229 doorstop.

Red Alert

I use it to watch videos and video podcasts in the living room where it's connected to the projector. Most of the time I just use it to surf youtube after I've watched a rented DVD.