Purpose of Apple TV

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Purpose of Apple TV

Confused about the purpose of Apple TV.
Is it really just essentially a $99.00 box that lets you rent movies from the Apple store? I can already do that with Pay-per-view.
There HAS to be a more compelling reason to own it... doesn't there??
Any ideas are appreciated....

IMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 18, 2010 6:20 PM

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Macaby

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Dec 18, 2010 6:32 PM in response to AppleKoolAid

Do you not do any research on your own? Check the following site for what ATV does...

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shopipod/family/appletv?mco=MTM3NTM1Nzk

Get a NetFlix account and you can watch movies 24/7 for fee of around $8-$9 monthly. Better deal than HBO for movies. You can also download TV programs for a reasonable fee. And yes, you can rent movies like you can with PPV, but the cost per movie is a dollar or two cheaper with ATV. And there are several other features also.

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AppleKoolAid Author

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Dec 18, 2010 6:37 PM in response to Macaby

I did the research... Thought maybe there was actually a purpose that wasn't apparent.
I'd have to rent a lot of movies to break even on the $99.00
Especially as I can get them at a RedBox for $1.00

Thanks...

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Macaby

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Dec 18, 2010 8:00 PM in response to AppleKoolAid

Then, maybe you should "redbox". However, I don't think you will get as current releases with RedBox. ATV also has the 99 cent movies available.

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vazandrew

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Dec 18, 2010 8:06 PM in response to AppleKoolAid

Rent movies, a lot of free podcasts to choose from, Netflix, Youtube (quality seems better), radio, trailer gallery, can stream content off ios device or iTunes off computer.

I've already more than made back what I spent on the device, couldn't be happier.

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