After selling my original Apple TV on eBay the other day, I decided to go all in and order the new model. I got a good price for the old one, which I mainly used as an AirTunes device to listen to music through my home cinema. Similar thing will be said for the newer one, as it doesn’t benefit from hardly any new features. The fact I got more for my old one than I’m paying for the update, swayed it for me.
One thing I am looking forward to finding out is whether the new one will constantly crash my Time Capsule when synching (and even sometimes when streaming music) At least it’s a process of elimination, with a bit of profit thrown in for good measure! Will also be nice to have a much cooler unit, the original would get seriously hot, and seemed to suffer with stuttering menus and general unresponsiveness.
The hawk eyed of you Apple lovers will notice the Apple TV is the second product in my order! Well I decided on treating myself to the new Apple Battery Charger. It comes with 6xAA batteries, two each for my Keyboard, Magic TrackPad and Magic Mouse. Incidentally I do not have a shipping date yet, and a quick check on the Apple Store shows the Apple TV is now saying 3-4 Weeks! I guess I’ll just have to sit and wait. Keep you posted.
Congrats! I’m curious about the new Apple TV, but seeing as how the only thing that really interests me as of yet is Netflix, which I get through my XBox 360 currently, I’m going to hold off.
That said, the AirPlay feature is compelling, but since Apple is opening up that spec to third parties, I’m a little interested what sort of speaker systems those folks may come up with.
The 3-4 week ship date doesn’t surprise as His Steveness said at the event it would be available in 4 weeks.
Yeah, AirPlay sounds good. I’ve noticed Denon have already announced a compatible Amplifier. Netflix is a nice feature, but as you say the 360 already caters for that. Still, I’m sure you could find a spare $99 at some point