[geeks] Mac World announcements...

[Phil Stracchino]

Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
> 
>> I gotta say, looking at it as $229 plus $1.99/episode vs. cost-of-DVR
>> plus ridiculous-monthly-cost-of-TV-service, it sounds like a win.
> 
> Depends on what you watch.
> 
> If I paid $2/episode for what I watch on Miro and standard cable, I'd  
> go broke with Apple TV.

Just my watching alone would probably come to around $16/month, at a 
guesstimate.

> Besides, I thought Apple's prices were $2-3 for old movies, $4 for new  
> releases?

On movies, yeah.  Back catalog $2 in SD, $3 in HD, new releases $3 and 
$4 respectively.

> That puts them pricier than the more convenient movie rental place  
> five minutes away.
> 
> Good quality movies, really good quality, will take a long time to  
> download.

True.

> Then again, when I compare how much TV I watch and how much I pay for  
> entertainment to what most others do, I'm stunned at how little I  
> watch and spend by comparison.

We ...  well ... I watch very little.


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