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Apple TV A Strong Amazon Selling Item

Posted by on Nov 15, 2010 | 6 Comments

Honestly, it must be the UI and the HD quality available. This is the ONLY reason I can see someone going with an Apple TV over other similar priced settop boxes. Less content, no upcoming Hulu Plus, nothing.

Despite this, today I learned that Apple TV is selling like hotcakes on Amazon.com. Right now, the Apple TV is doing very well in the Amazon sales arena. And why not, a lot of cool improvements were made to this little box from performance to pricing.

The biggest issue I’ve seen with Apple TV is its closed off nature. Any content available is made available via Apple or not at all. Yes, there is the addition of Netflix… but there are no real community based channels available like with the Roku box. Let me say this. Once Hulu Plus begins its roll out on the various consoles and settop boxes, Apple TV could see a decline in its perceived value if it doesn’t catch up.

  • Doug

    I’ve been using hulu for many many, many years and it seems tired.

  • http://lastplaceonthe.net Rob

    I bought one in the UK about a month ago. I’m in the process of ripping all of my DVDs (using HandBrake) so that I can add them to my iTunes library. I can then store all those discs rather than have them cluttering shelves taking up valuable space. I’ve cabled my home with ethernet so they stream very well and make movie viewing so much better. The only downside is the 720p limitation.

    Sadly, in the UK, we don’t have NetFlix and as such we get very limited rental options.

    I still have BluRay player for BluRay titles.

  • http://www.sixdeaftaxis.com Brian Hawthorne

    Having seen how little content is available on Hulu “Plus” compared to Hulu.com and the presence of unskippable advertisements, I don’t really see Hulu+ as being that interesting.

  • http://profiles.google.com/holly.jahangiri Holly Jahangiri

    I love my nook. But I keep trying to interact with it as if it’s a touch-enabled device (which it is, but only the little color bar at the bottom of the screen). This has some possibilities. A device this size – primarily for reading eBooks? Needs to have the e-Ink technology, and not just be another little tablet or touch device. I’m more intrigued with this than with the Amazon Fire.

  • http://twitter.com/wetcloud Kathleen Kiser

    I like the idea of the kindle touch – simple it is for one thing e-books.  Price-Point and simplicity might be the thing Grandma wants for Xmas.

  • kevin sexton

    brings touch to the e-ink display?
    This is misleading, as the current nook has a touchscreen display. The original one had a small color touchscreen at the bottom of the e-ink, but the current one, which launched in June, was the one that should have got this kind of title. The kindle is 3 1/2 months behind.