Comments on: 30 Days of AppleTV – Day 25 – AppleTV Vs. Xbox 360

By: narf2006

narf2006 — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:57:56 +0000

You missed a huge one. I think the killer feature of the ATV is that its totally hackable. If you’ve got an intel mac it doesn’t even require cracking the case. Contrast this with the 360 which is so NOT hackable.

So industrious folks (e.g. awkwardtv.org) are adding functionality to the ATV like crazy. It’ll play DivX, Xvid, WMV, H264, etc. Save your screen with an nifty RSS feed screensaver. Wake on LAN your media server. Streams files over network file systems so your media server can be anything, not just a Media Center PC. Download new user developed plugins over the network. And in a pinch you can even boot OS X on it and surf the web. And that’s just in the first month!

I totally agree on the sound too. The 360 is a howler. In my book that alone disqualifies the 360 as a media server.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:19:37 +0000

lol, I’d love a few extra PS3′s maybe one for every room, it is the greatest thing since Apple

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:38:51 +0000

@Steve –

Yeah, but you can’t really use the marvelously spelled SIXAXIS controller to play anything…because the games suck….

If you need a few extra PS3′s in your house, let me know…every store around here has at least 3. They can’t give these things away.

@Brian -

Thanks for the tip…I’ll be checking that out.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:35:09 +0000

“Mac users arenâ€™t going to have as much interoperability with the 360 and their computers (that I am aware of anyway) so for viewing your media, AppleTV is your choice.”

A program called ‘Connect 360′ allows Mac users to stream music from iTunes, photos from iPhoto, and videos from a movie folder to the xbox 360 just as well, if not better then a PC running windows. I have been using it for months.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:15:16 +0000

PS3 is like God’s gift to man. You sir are missing out, SIXAXIS man!! you can spell it backwards and its the same thing!!

XOBX? I don’t think so.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:46:45 +0000

@Wizard – Thanks for the kind words.

@ caleb – I don’t think my set up is very impressive, but I might take some pictures of it, once I clean all the crap off of it

@xbox 360 – AppleTV does need some work on some of their quality issues. I wouldn’t call it horrible, but the content needs to be sharper.

@Steve – you, sir, are on crack.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:14:19 +0000

You should have bought a PS3

By: xbox 360

xbox 360 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:57:33 +0000

Xbox 360 will prevail!! I heard the apple tv is horrible quality.

By: caleb

caleb — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:50:04 +0000

i think it would be nice to see your setup
you might have pictures someplace already but i havent seen them
i agree that this was a good post though.

By: The Wizard

The Wizard — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:56:17 +0000

Wow man. That post was awesome. You have such a unique way of reviewing stuff and stating your points.

This is by far the best day I liked in your 30 Days journey. And yes I do envy you for having an Apple TV, a Wii and an Xbox 360 all in one hell of a living room.

Michael, You Rock.