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14 Jan 2007, 8:42 pm

It seems unnecessary, can someone explain the necessity of an Apple TV?


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14 Jan 2007, 8:49 pm

Status symbol, perhaps?

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14 Jan 2007, 8:51 pm

It's for people who have morals about downloading TV shows, movies, and music. Those of us who don't just burn DVDs.



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14 Jan 2007, 9:00 pm

ahayes wrote:
It's for people who have morals about downloading TV shows, movies, and music. Those of us who don't just burn DVDs.



So it's certainly not for me. :D



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14 Jan 2007, 9:16 pm

ahayes wrote:
It's for people who have morals about downloading TV shows, movies, and music. Those of us who don't just burn DVDs.


no, it's for wirelessly streaming your computer's movie collection to your HDTV! What's the point of wasting money on burning a DVD when you can store it on your hard drive instead?


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14 Jan 2007, 9:39 pm

alex wrote:
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It's for people who have morals about downloading TV shows, movies, and music. Those of us who don't just burn DVDs.


no, it's for wirelessly streaming your computer's movie collection to your HDTV! What's the point of wasting money on burning a DVD when you can store it on your hard drive instead?


What is the point of burning a DVD? other than because you can't buy a DVD?


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14 Jan 2007, 9:46 pm

dgd1788 wrote:
alex wrote:
ahayes wrote:
It's for people who have morals about downloading TV shows, movies, and music. Those of us who don't just burn DVDs.


no, it's for wirelessly streaming your computer's movie collection to your HDTV! What's the point of wasting money on burning a DVD when you can store it on your hard drive instead?


What is the point of burning a DVD? other than because you can't buy a DVD?


I don't understand your question


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14 Jan 2007, 10:00 pm

I meant: find the necessity of burning a DVD.


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14 Jan 2007, 10:15 pm

Buy why would I spend >$250 when I can burn a DVD for free? Doesn't make sense.



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14 Jan 2007, 10:33 pm

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Buy why would I spend >$250 when I can burn a DVD for free? Doesn't make sense.


It sort of ? I mean, you already spent $800+ for an HDTV so the 250 isn't that big of an extra. Burning a dvd for all of your shows is really annoying. I have 600GB worth of tv shows and movies. It would be a pain to burn a billion dvds when I can just stream them to my tv. Although, I have a laptop, so I can just plug it into my tv.


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14 Jan 2007, 10:45 pm

alex wrote:
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Buy why would I spend >$250 when I can burn a DVD for free? Doesn't make sense.


It sort of ? I mean, you already spent $800+ for an HDTV so the 250 isn't that big of an extra. Burning a dvd for all of your shows is really annoying. I have 600GB worth of tv shows and movies. It would be a pain to burn a billion dvds when I can just stream them to my tv. Although, I have a laptop, so I can just plug it into my tv.


I get it now!


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14 Jan 2007, 10:58 pm

dgd1788 wrote:
alex wrote:
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Buy why would I spend >$250 when I can burn a DVD for free? Doesn't make sense.


It sort of ? I mean, you already spent $800+ for an HDTV so the 250 isn't that big of an extra. Burning a dvd for all of your shows is really annoying. I have 600GB worth of tv shows and movies. It would be a pain to burn a billion dvds when I can just stream them to my tv. Although, I have a laptop, so I can just plug it into my tv.


I get it now!


Although I don't have my own HDTV, so i just watch on my computer. My parents have an HDTV however, but they don't have 600GB of movies on their HD lol.


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14 Jan 2007, 11:50 pm

alex wrote:
dgd1788 wrote:
alex wrote:
ahayes wrote:
Buy why would I spend >$250 when I can burn a DVD for free? Doesn't make sense.


It sort of ? I mean, you already spent $800+ for an HDTV so the 250 isn't that big of an extra. Burning a dvd for all of your shows is really annoying. I have 600GB worth of tv shows and movies. It would be a pain to burn a billion dvds when I can just stream them to my tv. Although, I have a laptop, so I can just plug it into my tv.


I get it now!


Although I don't have my own HDTV, so i just watch on my computer. My parents have an HDTV however, but they don't have 600GB of movies on their HD lol.


right.


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15 Jan 2007, 12:11 am

I don't have an HDTV so I guess I just won't understand.