I preordered one, but may change my mind before it ships... I don't like the fact that "local" media has been moved back under a separate "computers" tab like in the original OS. They should have left "My Movies", "My TV Shows", and "My Music" on the main menu.
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Store Is Up, Just preordered 2 Apple TV's
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Really? Why is that a big deal? I personally kind of like that all of my "local" media is now in one place, and not scattered across multiple tabs.
Exactly - it baffles me that the could have introduced such a major UI cluster. Leaving it alone would have taken nothing away from the new features, but makes it a serious annoyance for anyone with a 'mixed' content catalog.
It's a big deal if you rely on local content for anything other than occasional use, because now movies are scattered across multiple tabs (one of them 4-5 menu options deep), and TV shows are scattered across multiple tabs (one of them 4-5 menu options deep).
Think about it - how intuitive would you find it to use an iPod, and have to jump back and forth (a few menu clicks back, a few clicks over, 5 menu clicks down), just to switch between a song from iTunes, and a song that's off one of your CDs.
This is similarly awkward - movies are movies, regardless of where you get them from, and they shouldn't be split up in different areas. *Especially* given that the current/previous model has a "My Movies" option that gets automatically added if it sees you have local content - which means Apple made a conscious choice to take that feature out, and basically relegated local content to sleeping in the barn.
It was a stupid design choice - it would have cost them nothing to leave it alone, and make the device work intuitively for *both* rental and local content, but instead they've said "you're either renting everything or this device isn't for you". Intentionally crippling it just forces that user base to find an alternative...a shame, because that user base may have only rented 50% (or 20%, or 10%) of their content, but now they'll get it somewhere else...and buy someone else's box.
Can I still not use PayPal to purchase from Apple's online store? I'm ordering two (one as a gift that I'll need to have in a month), and I would like to use PayPal. I guess I'll have to reserve two at an Apple Store or wait until another retailer has it after release. Too bad there isn't a solid release date yet.
I ordered 3. I have the old Apple TV and stopped syncing it a long time ago. The new one is all I need it to be. If I buy movies I need them on my computer where I can send them to our iPads, iPhones and Apple TV if/when needed. Blu-ray will eventually go the way of the CD. Don't have that many and don't care to buy more. I just wish the studios would hurry up and make more of the movies downloadable.
Canceled my order with Apple, going to be ordering through Amazon. No tax free shipping
Should get the day it comes out
tax is $5, who knows when amazon will get it in stock.
Well, it was UK only.. Secondly, I got it as part of the compensation agreement with Apple due to loads of problems I had
Should have saved it. You could have gotten $500 off a MacBook Pro (for example) instead of just $25 off a Apple TV
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its only $99 dollars you can't really get "burned" with that.
Ordered mine at 11:27PDT I kept refreshing the page as soon as the announcement took place. LOL
I am moving my old aTV to the bedroom and will run the new one on the main tv. It also "talked" me into signing up for netflix lol.