I guess my comment here could apply to MJC as well as Plasmatico and others looking at the SB/ Transporter/ Mac variant: Apple is going to come out with some kind of integration product dubbed the "iTV" supposedly in 1Q 07. What this is- thats anyones guess. Ill give you mine. Apple has shown that they bring out products in stages- so I doubt they will drop the big bomb on us in their first iteration, but they also want to show Hollywood that people are going to use itunes for movies so Hollywood better sign on to the itunes model- so far only Disney has for obvious reasons (Jobs is a big shareholder and on the BOD). So imagine a box that outputs Standard Def video (for now) and can tie into any networked storage of music/ video... also would use Apples ties to Google (and now YouTube) to let you watch internet video right on your tv. Where this could go, eventually, a killer to Kscape for those who are willing to rip their own dvds... a better SB perhaps for those who want a little more than the SB delivers.... Just some speculation by me here. Ultimately, I think this has the potential to be THE HD format.
Advice- on the SB, thats tough- if it works for you, get it. JMHO. On the mac mini- if youre getting it as a SB alternative, and have music already on a server, other computer, and are willing to wait until Feb or March (whenever any company says 1Q we wish its Jan 1, but it will probably be the end of 1Q) then you might want to wait and see what this itv device is. I think Apple has the best chance so far of being the one who truly brings computers into the living room......
I want to add that they have been slowly rolling this out for some time now- Front Row has been out for at least a year to my memory- that was the first salvo....
http://www.apple.com/macmini/frontrow.html Just my WAG.
best regards,
Jerry
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