Well…

March 19th, 2009, by The Angry Drunk

…that set­tles it. I’m no longer in the mar­ket for an AppleTV. MacMini HTPC here we come.

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  • http://pixelblockart.blogspot.com Dustin

    Um, Apple TV can play HD con­tent, so why is it that an announce­ment that Apple is sell­ing HD movies make you no longer con­sider buy­ing an Apple TV?

  • http://www.theangrydrunk.com The Angry Drunk

    Because prior to today you could only pur­chase or rent HD movies from the AppleTV. The announce­ment was that you can now purchase/rent them from iTunes. Hence no more advan­tage for the AppleTV.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=553790113 facebook-553790113

    However, the AppleTv is still the only device (sold by Apple) with an HDMI port. DisplayPort and TOSLink just don’t cut it, IMHO.

  • Drew

    The AppleTV is still hap­pily fan­less and hack­able. It has a good vari­ety of HTPC out­puts and under the hood it’s really just good old OS X. You could even install Linux if you want a lit­tle more con­trol.

    I just wish Hulu would let me view their con­tent through Boxee again…