Comments on: Why I Want to Get an AppleTV http://www.gnorb.net/1067/why-i-want-to-get-an-appletv Fiction has to be plausible. Reality is under no such constraint. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:13:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gnorb http://www.gnorb.net/1067/why-i-want-to-get-an-appletv#comment-79922 Gnorb Sat, 17 May 2008 15:47:17 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/?p=1067#comment-79922 @Jake: That blooping sound the thing makes when you're fast forwarding or rewinding scares me. Also, I don't like the idea of paying a monthly fee. (I don't have cable, so why would I get a TiVo?) Don't get me wrong, I like owning DVDs. I just find it annoying to have to look through them every time I want to watch one. Of course, maybe I'll just toss my TV, period. The only reason I ever really watch it is for studying dialog and characterizations in movies and TV shows anyway. (I prefer books and comics, but there's a lot to say about the culture put forth by television.) @Jake: That blooping sound the thing makes when you’re fast forwarding or rewinding scares me. Also, I don’t like the idea of paying a monthly fee. (I don’t have cable, so why would I get a TiVo?)

Don’t get me wrong, I like owning DVDs. I just find it annoying to have to look through them every time I want to watch one.

Of course, maybe I’ll just toss my TV, period. The only reason I ever really watch it is for studying dialog and characterizations in movies and TV shows anyway. (I prefer books and comics, but there’s a lot to say about the culture put forth by television.)

]]> By: Jake http://www.gnorb.net/1067/why-i-want-to-get-an-appletv#comment-79920 Jake Sat, 17 May 2008 00:56:22 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/?p=1067#comment-79920 You should just get a Tivo. You should just get a Tivo.

]]> By: Gnorb http://www.gnorb.net/1067/why-i-want-to-get-an-appletv#comment-79915 Gnorb Fri, 16 May 2008 15:08:44 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/?p=1067#comment-79915 You know, a while back I would have had a problem with that. But then I drank the Apple Koolaid -- what, with my MacBook and iPod -- and I fell in lust with the sexiness of being able to have all my systems talking to each other wirelessly, and of sharing movies and shows from one room to another. The again, I wrote this piece because I was frustrated with all the DVDs I have at home, and the fact that I don't have/don't want cable (yet feel the urge to keep abreast of revelations in Battlestar Galactica). You know, a while back I would have had a problem with that. But then I drank the Apple Koolaid — what, with my MacBook and iPod — and I fell in lust with the sexiness of being able to have all my systems talking to each other wirelessly, and of sharing movies and shows from one room to another.

The again, I wrote this piece because I was frustrated with all the DVDs I have at home, and the fact that I don’t have/don’t want cable (yet feel the urge to keep abreast of revelations in Battlestar Galactica).

]]> By: dave http://www.gnorb.net/1067/why-i-want-to-get-an-appletv#comment-79914 dave Fri, 16 May 2008 14:45:33 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/?p=1067#comment-79914 Nooooo. Apple's too willing to embrace DRM. I've also been wondering how to get my tv and internet to play nice together. I think (but am not positive) my solution is to get a Samsung display that has a tuner and a VGA connection, so I can use it as television and monitor. Nooooo. Apple’s too willing to embrace DRM.

I’ve also been wondering how to get my tv and internet to play nice together. I think (but am not positive) my solution is to get a Samsung display that has a tuner and a VGA connection, so I can use it as television and monitor.

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