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No. How much does an Apple TV cost, and what do I do with the TV I already have?
by pritambaral 10y ago
No. How much does an Apple TV cost, and what do I do with the TV I already have?
- coldtea 10y ago$99 compared to $35 for much better hardware and much more options. >and what do I do with the TV I already have You keep it. The Apple TV is a set-top device, not an actual TV.
- pritambaral 10y ago> The Apple TV is a set-top device, not an actual TV Ah, sorry, did not know that. The name suggested to me that it's an actual TV. My bad. Now I see, a set-top box does quite render a TV just a dumb screen. And similar devices/boxes/ideas did exist before, though severely limited by accessibility and expertise needed. The Chromecast though — as I see it — truly presented that "just a dumb screen" idea in its simplest form. It's small, and thus ultraportable; it screams "plug me!" (into an HDMI port, that is); and makes that dumb screen accessible to a much larger range of people. If I were to put it simply: Apple TV is to a Nokia Symbian phone, as the Chromecast is to the iPhone 1