Xbox 360 and Netflix Team Up...A kick in the balls to Apple TV?

[godslabrat]

Ok, so now I'm officially confused. I'm moving in a month or 2, and I really want to discontinue my cable service. Right now, I don't have an ATV, PS3, or Xbox360, just a Wii. So with all the recent developments, which system should I go with? Gaming isn't exactly as important to me as it used to be, so it would mostly be for playing media. HD would be nice, but I mostly just need it to play avi's and the such...

If you like disc-based media, the PS3 is the way to go. I love Blu-Ray, it gives fantastic quality for only a few dollars more than a regular DVD. Highly reccomended if high-quality video is your main priority and you don't mind putting a few discs on a shelf.

If you're more the "no disc" type of person, it comes down to the ATV or the 360. Both Netflix and iTunes have limited libraries, so that's kind of a draw at the moment. If you want a standalone box, I'd say get the 360 and load your AVIs off of thumbdrives... if you will consider setting up a small network to stream stuff into the box, maybe AppleTV is the way to go.

 

[Donar]

...I wish Apple would release software that allowed PS3 to pick-up iTunes library.

It's not exactly what you requested, but i have a NAS which also works as a iTunes / UPNP AV server - my PS3 sreams happily from it.

 

[gcmexico]

I'm the exact opposite. I sold my 360 recently. It rarely got turned on, while the apple tv got use everyday. The 360 is a huge, noisy, ugly machine that take up a lot of space. It worked as a media machine, don't get me wrong. But most people don't want to clutter up their living rooms with consols. (I know alot of people with wiis that complain about their footprint.)

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amen to that...my ATV is on 24/7

 

[gcmexico]

Ok, so now I'm officially confused. I'm moving in a month or 2, and I really want to discontinue my cable service. Right now, I don't have an ATV, PS3, or Xbox360, just a Wii. So with all the recent developments, which system should I go with? Gaming isn't exactly as important to me as it used to be, so it would mostly be for playing media. HD would be nice, but I mostly just need it to play avi's and the such...

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I would go with an ATV, there are a bunch of threads on how to utilize the ATV and the internet, to watch anything you want...there really is no need for cable! however if you want to play games then the ATV might not be for you since it can't do that...but the 360 is noisy based on what has been written on this thread..ur call