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you can just get a new LCD tv, with a vga input, and hook your computer up to it. In fact, Im doing that today when my 50ft cable gets here. Or modify an xbox as a media center for about a forth of the price of the apple tv.

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Yea, this gen of Apple TV only makes sense if your TV/Stereo system is far away from your computer and you want to stream your media to it and you're all Apple. Personally, if I'm going to rent a movie I do it through Amazon Unboxed and my Tivo. However, if Apple TV was improved to have DVR functionality which could use storage on my network seamlessly and you could "rent" movies instead of "buying" them I would be tempted. However, I don't have a set top box that does most of that already so again, it would be a hard market for Apple to break into.

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I wired up my old Xbox to my lan, and installed Xbox Media Center on it.

Now I can watch, or listen to, anything on my 'puter upstairs, on my home theater setup.

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There are glasses you can get the plug into the iPod video that give you a virtual 60" screen.

The stuff I downloaded off itunes was watched on my laptop in bed cause I couldn't download it off 'unconventional' means.

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From Apple's Ipod Specs

Input and output
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iPod
Dock connector
3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack
iPod Universal Dock
Dock connector
Audio and composite video output
S-video output

Probably some A/V cables you can buy so you can hook it right up to your TV/VCR/Receiver. It's still at weakass resolution if I remember correctly.

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I think the point is that you can watch movies anywhere right on your IPOD.

I don't understand buying them over downloading them for free elsewhere but I don't think that was the question.

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I think the point is that you can watch movies anywhere right on your IPOD.

I don't understand buying them over downloading them for free elsewhere but I don't think that was the question.

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You're right; the question is "why would anyone think it's cool to watch a movie on a screen the size of a postage stamp?"

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I think the point is that you can watch movies anywhere right on your IPOD.

I don't understand buying them over downloading them for free elsewhere but I don't think that was the question.

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You're right; the question is "why would anyone think it's cool to watch a movie on a screen the size of a postage stamp?"

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cause if you have a 30 minute train ride twice a day it's something to do?

and watching on that screen isn't so bad after a minute or two if you're into what you're watching