http://last100.disqus.com/NoneenMon, 26 Nov 2007 22:14:56 -0000http://www.last100.com/2007/11/26/why-the-appletv-is-outdated-already/#comment-9507555<p>I wholeheartedly agree. Unless it moves outside of the iTunes ecosystem it cannot flourish. I'm not looking for the simplest device, I just want something that lets me pull up video then wirelessly stream it to my tv.</p>David MackeyMon, 26 Nov 2007 22:14:56 -0000http://www.last100.com/2007/11/26/why-the-appletv-is-outdated-already/#comment-9507554<p>I think you may need to look again. Being close to the media industry Apple chose AAC for the iTunes audio downloads and were instantly accused by self-proclaimed technology ‘experts’ of using a proprietary system. Luckily for us the ‘experts’ were wrong, Apple was right and the average consumer gets to use MPEG-4/AAC rather than some antiquated or proprietary audio format.</p><p>When AppleTV came out it was a child of H.264 but because TV &amp; Film pilferers did so in the older MPEG-4/ASP (XviD et al) once again the walled garden accusations came out. Now films and TV shows are stolen in MPEG-4/AVC (H.264) many of the 720p downloads work directly &amp; gorgeously. Even if they don’t a right-click in iTunes and a quick conversion remedies the situation easily.</p><p>Again Apple’s vision was way ahead of where the market stood and now the entire broadcast industry has voted for H.264 with its feet AppleTV is better than ever!</p><p>As a side note – never listen to ‘experts’ who’ve never actually developed anything successful.</p><p>McD</p>McDaveMon, 26 Nov 2007 20:25:52 -0000