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I honestly don't see what makes this worth $300 over an Apple or Roku for $100. Aside from the amp and a couple very small features, it seems to do the same th
by abruzzi 14y ago
I honestly don't see what makes this worth $300 over an Apple or Roku for $100. Aside from the amp and a couple very small features, it seems to do the same thing. They call it the first "social" media player, but what exactly makes it that? If it's the party/playlist mode, I have that on my first gen AppleTV. If it's the playing from mobile devices, Airplay does that. All in all it doesn't look like a bad product, just priced way out of whack with the competition.
- tonfa 14y agoCan your guests share drm'd files with AppleTV or Airplay?
- bri3d 14y agoAbsolutely, as long as they're in the Apple ecosystem. iTunes DRMed music and movies will play wonderfully on an AppleTV over AirPlay. That DRM capability is Apple's justification for the cryptography present on the AirPlay protocol, and for requiring device manufacturers to be certified and pay them money to get the necessary keys. It sounds like Google have the same concept going on, but with the Google Play ecosystem and at 3x the device cost.
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- pangram 14y agoIt's manufactured (mostly) in the United States, which is probably pushing up the price some. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/technology/google-and-others-give-manufacturing-in-the-us-a-try.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/technology/google-and-othe...
- jfoutz 14y agoMaybe, but is assembly labor really that large of a fraction of the total cost? If us labor is 20x the expense of the alternative ($0.60 vs $12.00/hour) you'd have 16 hours of hand assembly to account for that price difference. That seems implausible to me. However, i've never manufactured stuff, so what do i know.