Comments on: Major Apple TV Update (2.2)

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:34:27 +0000

Doesn’t the AppleTV go to sleep or something, when not being used? That seems like a major problem, “green”-wise.

By: bbum

bbum — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:56:31 +0000

Actually … I was mistaken. Standby mode does turn off the video out and hard drive, but doesn’t actually sleep the device.

So, yes, it’ll still keep your cookies warm, if you want.

By: Just Someone

Just Someone — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:54:19 +0000

“Standby mode (so the Apple TV doesn’t eat about 16 watts of power all the time)”

You can’t use it as heater anymore? That’s a regression! Why does Apple keep removing features in new version of its products?

By: Alderete

Alderete — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:42:24 +0000

AppleTV keeps getting better and better, and I confess to being tempted. But it’s still not there for me, because even though the selection of movies and TV shows is improving, it’s nowhere near what Netflix offers. That’ll change eventually (extrapolating from the growth in music selection from iTMS introduction to today), but for now, my primary movie device needs to have an optical disc reader.

If a new AppleTV was released that came with a Blu-ray player in it, I would buy it instantly. I don’t think I’d even care what the price was, I’d just throw my credit card at the first person who would sell one to me. Now it seems like that won’t happen before Xmas. Maybe in January…