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While the Apple TV has one processor, it has two GPUs and each GPU is more powerful than the one Google chose (Apple TV uses the SGX543MP2). My guess is that th
by pwthornton 14y ago
While the Apple TV has one processor, it has two GPUs and each GPU is more powerful than the one Google chose (Apple TV uses the SGX543MP2). My guess is that the chip in this and the Apple TV are very similar prices.
The amp has to be a bit of the price, but I don't really get that addition. Like a lot of people, I have a receiver and speakers in my family room. Is this device aimed at people in dorm rooms and studio apartments that don't have dedicated sound systems? That's all I can think of.
Maybe I'm missing something, but this doesn't even support Netflix, MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL, Hulu or other streaming services that $99 and less devices do (although none support all of those).
For the price of this, a person could buy an iPhone 4S and an Apple TV.
- liotier 14y agoSynchronizing such devices in different rooms across my whole apartment might sound better than turning up the volume on the nice livingroom stereo in an attempt to have it heard three rooms farther. That one is too expensive, but I could imagine littering the apartment with sub-100USD devices.
- sjwright 14y agoThe integrated 25 watt Class D amplifier wouldn't account for more than $20 of the parts cost. That's about how much it costs to buy one wholesale -- including a case and power supply.