Agree with you for the most part. I contend that the ATV1 still generates revenue, maybe enough and maybe not, by the purchases the owners make on the device itself. Remember, there are customers that have an ATV1 and don't own a computer. My parents are one such group of people, though I gave them the unit. At the moment, ATV2 is not justified on their part, even though it's a low price, due to the components needed to make it work.
I understand what your point is, however, Apple could state that there is too high of a development cost on this and I would be content. I still sense this is speculation on why. I'd like to know the real reason, if there is one.
Moving forward, the business side of things may not warrant any additional improvements, but I and many other say, wouldn't it be great if... Thing is, most ATV1 customers are core apple users, unlike my parents. From a customer standpoint, this is justified. Especially the ones who recently bought the ATV1, and have an iPad and/or an iPhone/iTouch. They, we, are the buying customers who obviously buy more than one device... The more devices we buy, the higher the expectations are for them to all work the way we envision them to.
