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mccoy178:
Just hack the damn thing and get over it. :dunno
Guaranos:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on January 19, 2008, 03:02:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: Guaranos on January 19, 2008, 02:42:49 pm ---Vote with your dollars. If you don't like it, don't buy it. As far as I know, nobody is requiring you buy one, so why get your panties in a bunch about it? If someone actually is requiring you to buy one, please accept my sincerest apologies.
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Can someone say... "Mac Fan"?
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That comment puzzles me. What does recommending that he vote with his dollars have to do with liking Macs? I'm voting with my dollars on the AppleTV and not buying one because of all the crazy DRM, but I don't think it's worth crying about like SavannahLion. Plus, Divx failed because people voted with their dollars, so if they do the same with the AppleTV, it'll go away too.
Level42:
I'm a Mac fan (I just upgraded to Leopard today. Isn't it nice to have a newer OS actually run a LOT faster than the previous one. Go try that with Vista !)
I don't like the AppleTV because it doesn't have a SCART connector. BIG mistake for the European market.
No I do not want to buy a LCD/Plasma thing. I don't like them. So I don't have the right connection that gives me the best picture on my CRT TV.
I'm a Mac fan, not a blind follower.
And indeed, you can hack it in minutes. It essentially is a very small mac. You can probably even run MAME on it now (not sure about that though :D)
On the other side. I sometimes want to see a movie but don't want to go to the video rental place to get the DVD. I also always have the feeling I want to see that movie NOW. (Are you going to rent a DVD and then have it around for weeks and then watch it ?) Also RENTING a movie means you're returning it anyway. I usually only want to see a movie one time. The really special one's I buy.
So, the concept isn't all that stupid.
FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: Guaranos on January 19, 2008, 05:10:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on January 19, 2008, 03:02:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: Guaranos on January 19, 2008, 02:42:49 pm ---Vote with your dollars. If you don't like it, don't buy it. As far as I know, nobody is requiring you buy one, so why get your panties in a bunch about it? If someone actually is requiring you to buy one, please accept my sincerest apologies.
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Can someone say... "Mac Fan"?
--- End quote ---
That comment puzzles me. What does recommending that he vote with his dollars have to do with liking Macs? I'm voting with my dollars on the AppleTV and not buying one because of all the crazy DRM, but I don't think it's worth crying about like SavannahLion. Plus, Divx failed because people voted with their dollars, so if they do the same with the AppleTV, it'll go away too.
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Are you a Mac fan?
Samstag:
Apple doesn't have a monopoly on restrictive DRM. Microsoft's movie policy is even more restrictive. You only get 14 days to get started, though they use the same 24 hour limit after starting to watch. I don't know if this is the case on the Apple TV, but those 14 day and 24 hour limits are absolute. If you start watching a movie at 8pm Tuesday, your right to watch ends at exactly 8pm Wednesday, even if your movie has another 5 minute to go.
TV episodes are better, I guess. You get to keep them indefinitely.
So boycott Apple and MS? Or you could just make consumer decisions that make sense for you, even if that sometimes means paying $4.00 for a slightly better deal than you get with movies on pay-per-view via cable or satellite.
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