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Apple TV
55
TECHNADO SCORE
TECHNADO SCORE
CATEGORY:
F3
AVERAGE:
71%
%POSITIVE:
39%
A cheaper price and smaller, sleeker design are both good to see, but unfortunately the second generation Apple TV has too many issue with available content that keep it from being anywhere near the iPod of media streaming devices.
88%
This isn’t “1,000 songs in your pocket” or “a 21st Century DVD player;” rather, it’s “some of our store in your living room, ready for instant gratification.”...Go To Full Review
80%
Fine within the Apple eco-system and a great price, but we’d like it even more with iPlayer and 1080i/p support....Go To Full Review
80%
While the new device is an improvement over its predecessor, it does not offer a slew of range-topping features that many people expect of Apple's premier devices....Go To Full Review
80%
Sure, the rental limitations can be irksome, but, particularly for iOS device owners, the new features dramatically outweigh the letdowns....Go To Full Review
80%
A lower price, a more compact design, and the ability to stream content from iOS devices and rent 99-cent TV shows makes Apple's latest Apple TV set-top box an excellent option for iTunes and Netflix users....Go To Full Review
80%
This is a good product that has the potential to erase its status as a hobby and become a hit—but it feels like a few pieces of the puzzle are still missing....Go To Full Review
80%
If you’ve never had an Apple TV, but have a solid internet connection and want to easily rent movies without visiting your local video store, the Apple TV is as good an option as any. And now that it’s just $129, it probably becomes the best of the bunch....Go To Full Review
73%
The Apple TV's new low $99 price makes it an easy impulse buy for Apple fans looking to bring Netflix into the living room, but you may want to wait until more content--or Apple's forthcoming AirPlay update--becomes available....Go To Full Review
70%
Apple's slimmed down set-top box sequel makes it dead simple to rent movies and TV shows, as well as stream content from PCs and (soon) iOS devices....Go To Full Review
70%
If you just want a dead simple movie rental box and you're not that picky about content, the Apple TV is a no-brainer. If, like us, you're looking for options good enough to make you can the cable, Apple's new box still feels a lot like a hobby....Go To Full Review
70%
Yes, it is great at giving you access to the iTunes Movie store, but compared to the other offerings about to hit the market we can't help feel that while it is going to be considerably cheaper than the Logitech Revue and the Boxee Box, it's also considerably less feature packed....Go To Full Review
70%
Previously a confusing and expensive device suitable only for fanboys and Apple completists, the Apple TV's hardware has been much improved. Whether Apple TV becomes a mainstream success depends largely on the availability of content....Go To Full Review
65%
Apple TV's AU$129 price makes it an easy impulse buy if you're already part of the iTunes ecosystem. If the bulk of your media comes from elsewhere, however, another media streamer would make more sense. We can only hope more content comes to Australia to make Apple TV a serious player - but for now, in this country at least, it remains a hobby....Go To Full Review
60%
Apple TV is very easy to use, but the lack of support for common formats rendered much of our collection unplayable. The EVA9150 and Syabas Popcorn Hour support more formats and play both WMA-HD and H.264 HD video....Go To Full Review
60%
Apple TV is an incredibly frustrating product. It shows Apple knows exactly how to make a class-leading media player, but its refusal to let it step outside the world of iTunes restrictions makes it a wholly superficial experience when compared to the competition....Go To Full Review
60%
Apple TV remains something of an enigma. While it works very well for the most part, Apple's poor attitude towards it means that it remains undeveloped....Go To Full Review
60%
Only the most hardcore of Apple fanatics will find the Apple TV to be a worthwhile purchase. This is a tragedy because Apple has demonstrated it knows exactly how to build a stunning, intuitive and (in the US at least) inexpensive media player that has the potential to take the market by storm. Apple's restrictive principles mean it will never likely achieve the success so easily within its grasp. Some flaws simply can't be polished out....Go To Full Review
50%
The good news is that the Apple TV was the best product in this roundup. The bad news is we still wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re a dyed-in-the-wool Cupertinophile who can’t live without at least one of every gadget Apple makes....Go To Full Review