thender2
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join:2004-05-16
Staten Island, NY
2 edits | Yet another crippled apple product.
I thought this thing was going to be awesome. I dislike apple products, but this seemed great. Something that anyone, even my mother, could use, that supports more than the basic DVD player. User friendly meets new digital media.
But.. I have to hack it so it can play two of the most widespread video codecs there are? Is this a joke?
Form over function has been the apple motto for a while, and this continues it.
Don't pass off that adding xvid and divx and whatever other codecs makes it a difficult unit, either. File support does not inherently make the unit tougher to use - rather, someone copying an avi onto it and seeing "file format not supported" vs "insert movie here" is a pain in the ass. In no way, for even the least computer literate user, should support for alternative codecs mess with the simplicity of the product.
I see this as an iPod that doesn't support MP3. Is it good for playing stuff off the iTunes library? I guess so. But, for close to $0 extra, it could have been much better.
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ablack6596
join:2005-01-28
Scarsdale, NY
| It supports MP3...
I agree that file support has nothing to do with simplicity. If anything it makes it more simplistic because the average person knows nothing about video codecs and if it supports everything people won't be wondering why their video won't play.
XviD and DivX may be widely used codecs, but if you don't consider piracy, they'll be some of the least used codecs. While I have little use for it without DivX/XviD support, the average person does not really need it. |
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thender2
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Staten Island, NY
1 edit | said by ablack6596  :It supports MP3... It was a metaphor. MP3 is to iPod as xvid/divx to video player. I bet next they'll start making standard def DVD players that don't play mpeg2.
I used to think xvid/divx were just for piracy as well. I was surprised to find other uses for it, but surprisingly there are.
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lrtc
join:2004-06-05
Toronto
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There is so much bitching about apple tv. I'm not a mac fan and yes I do have one. Could someone please give me a link for an alternative media player with a hdd, hdmi, lower power consumption, remote to power up the unit and control, super quiet and small form factor and easy to use the interface. And sells for around 300 dollars. XBMC system even used uses a lot of power has no power on button from a remote, and the interface isn't as clean, it also makes a lot more noise and no hdmi. |
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