10 Aspects Which Make Us Love or Hate Apple TV All rights reserved—— http://www.drm-remove.com/
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Apple TV makes us love it very much. Users often use Apple TV to watch streaming videos or listening to streaming music on Netflix, or play iTunes music with AirPlay. Just like other Apple iOS devices, Apple TV has some restrictions. Compared with Boxee Box, they have both their own advantages and disadvantages. So here I list 10 aspects which make us love or hate Apple TV.
What makes us love Apple TV? - Advantages(Pros)
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1. AirPlay is very cool. Especially now other Apps can also use AirPlay. AirPlay is Apple TV's most-famous function. Apart from playing iTunes music and videos, we can also play videos on Apple TV using PBS and YouTube Apps. MOG for Mac supports AirPlay, which makes you to listen your favorite songs.
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2. Netflix's gorgeous interface on Apple TV. Netflix looks similar on most devices. But the Netflix on Apple TV is designed to be much more gorgeous.
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3. Apple's design is very beautiful. Apple TV 2.0 is much easier and lighter in the design. Although the capacity can not be compared with the hard drive which allows you to store your videos and music, Apple TV is very little. You won't notice it in the living room. Before this, you need to connect the blu-ray player, cable box, and DVR beside the heavy box, which makes us uncomfortable when watching videos in living room.
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4. Use iPhone as the remote control Apple's own remote control is very bad! However, you can use iPhone or iPad as the Apple TV's remote control. Very cool, right? That is to say, you can play iTunes stuff with AirPlay on Apple TV, and control with iPhone or iPad.
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5. Apple TV supports iCloud This means that your purchased videos or podcasts can be transformed onto your Apple TV with iCloud. Don't need to connect it to other iDevices or computer any more.
What makes us hate Apple TV? - Disadvantages(Cons)
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1. No apps I hope there can be an Apple TV app store. Apple TV is running iOS system. So it is not difficult to make Apple TV open for developers. But Apple's competitor - Boxee, Roku, has opened to developers, which can bring much better experience for users.
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2. Doesn't support Hulu Apple TV has Netflix, but no Hulu. Very ironic. The reason why Apple TV doesn't support Hulu may be this: Apple will purchase Hulu in the future. And according to the latest rumors, Apple will build a streaming TV shows and movies service, like Hulu.
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3. The remote control is not that perfect The remote control of Apple TV is very small. So it is confusing for those whose fingers are a litter fat. Apple's design is smart, but this remote control is not easy to use. Users may press wrong buttons. Besides, you need to hold "menu" button to return main screen.
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4. Can't play non-iTunes videos Apple TV only allows you to play videos which can be supported by iTunes. But Boxee and other TVs have no restrictions on file formats. They can support multiple video formats. (Related: Remove DRM WMV to Apple TV)
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5. No USB and NO SD card interface We know that Apple TV is only a streaming device. But what we need is a device which allows us to connect it to hard drive, SD card or other devices so as to play videos with these devices. Apple TV's competitor - Boxee Box can support this. And Boxee Box's has very good user experience. So Apple should have supported this.
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