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Okay, so The Angry Drunk, who is seriously turning into my long lost twin, has a nicely done bit of upside the haid today.

Look folks, read his article. It's simple. The AppleTV is there for you to spend money on iTunes. That's it. It's not there to be the Apple version of the Windows Home Live Office MSN Media Center 4 Sure. It's a media terminal. You want a media center, hook a fucking Mini to your TV. Bang, done. Would it be *nice* if the AppleTV had a Blu-Ray player? Sure. But it doesn't. Deal, or don't buy one.

Either way, I fail to see how this is a big deal. First of all, let's get something straight. Unless you're Chuck Goolsbee in his Lair In Seattle, with All The Bandwidth, downloaded video only, and I mean only wins on convenience. Period. Don't believe me? Of course you do, but for the idiots out there, let's break it down.

Last night, I bought the Blu-Ray "Blade Runner" collection. Five discs. Three versions of the movie. HD versions. Interviews. All kinds of goodies, something like nine hours worth. If I'm lucky, I may be able to download the different versions of the movie. No extra goodies. Time-limited. How much time to I have to watch my movies? Forever. How many times can i watch them? Until I can tell you what back-flip Darryl Hannah farted in, and the angle of her anus when she did.

There's not a download service in the world that can touch the value proposition of that. None. The only thing about my new purchase that's not better than download was the latency, because driving to Target and buying the discs does take longer. But from a bandwidth POV, physical media kicks the shit out of downloads, at least with regard to to DVDs and movies.

No, you can't compare movies to music. While the music industry was ass-raping its customers with no overall improvements since what, 1982, the movie industry came out with DVD, and now, Blu-Ray. When did DVDs hit it big? And we're now on a major improvement with great backwards compatibility. You know why i don't really give a rat's ass about ripping my own DVDs? Because I always get my money's worth when I buy a DVD, Blu-Ray or no, and, physical media has a FAR better selection than downloads do. When you think about it, movie downloads are only good when you don't want to wait. Other than that, they suck ass compared to physical media.

So no, the AppleTV isn't all things to all people. It's not better than a PS3 at playing high-def movies. It's not going to cure cancer, make dinner, or fellate you. Get over it. Use it for what it is, or get something else. But stop the fucking whining already.

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Okay, so The Angry Drunk, who is seriously turning into my long lost twin, has a nicely done bit of upside the haid today.\n\nLook folks, read his article. It's simple. The AppleTV is there for you to spend money on iTunes. That's it. It's not there to be the Apple version of the Windows Home Live Office MSN Media Center 4 Sure. It's a media terminal. You want a media center, hook a fucking Mini to your TV. Bang, done. Would it be *nice* if the AppleTV had a Blu-Ray player? Sure. But it doesn't. Deal, or don't buy one. \n\nEither way, I fail to see how this is a big deal. First of all, let's get something straight. Unless you're Chuck Goolsbee in his Lair In Seattle, with All The Bandwidth, downloaded video only, and I mean only wins on convenience. Period. Don't believe me? Of course you do, but for the idiots out there, let's break it down. \n\nLast night, I bought the Blu-Ray \"Blade Runner\" collection. Five discs. Three versions of the movie. HD versions. Interviews. All kinds of goodies, something like nine hours worth. If I'm lucky, I may be able to download the different versions of the movie. No extra goodies. Time-limited. How much time to I have to watch my movies? Forever. How many times can i watch them? Until I can tell you what back-flip Darryl Hannah farted in, and the angle of her anus when she did.\n\nThere's not a download service in the world that can touch the value proposition of that. None. The only thing about my new purchase that's not better than download was the latency, because driving to Target and buying the discs does take longer. But from a bandwidth POV, physical media kicks the shit out of downloads, at least with regard to to DVDs and movies. \n\nNo, you can't compare movies to music. While the music industry was ass-raping its customers with no overall improvements since what, 1982, the movie industry came out with DVD, and now, Blu-Ray. When did DVDs hit it big? And we're now on a major improvement with great backwards compatibility. You know why i don't really give a rat's ass about ripping my own DVDs? Because I always get my money's worth when I buy a DVD, Blu-Ray or no, and, physical media has a FAR better selection than downloads do. When you think about it, movie downloads are only good when you don't want to wait. Other than that, they suck ass compared to physical media.\n\nSo no, the AppleTV isn't all things to all people. It's not better than a PS3 at playing high-def movies. It's not going to cure cancer, make dinner, or fellate you. Get over it. Use it for what it is, or get something else. But stop the fucking whining already.\n\n\n

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