Topic: Tabulator: Xbox Live Video Marketplace vs. Apple TV (Read 142 times)

Xbox-Scene · « **on:** January 16, 2008, 10:59:00 PM »

Tabulator: Xbox Live Video Marketplace vs. Apple TV
Posted by XanTium | January 17 00:23 EST | News Category: Xbox360

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From joystiq.com:

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Up until yesterday, the living room set-top box was simply a "hobby" for Apple; its fumbled Apple TV product did little to unseat the HD video rental download champ, the largely uncontested Xbox Live Video Marketplace. With a fresh splash of software for new boxes and a free upgrade for current users, Apple TV Take 2 is giving it another shot.

Of course, for an audience of gamers (that's us!), Apple's product has a particularly severe handicap but, on a strictly video entertainment scale, it manages to best the Xbox Live Video Marketplace in just about every category. Now we realize this is, in many ways, an apples to oranges comparison (sorry), but Microsoft isn't just competing for gamer dollars anymore and competition is growing (in fact, the at-home-rental set-top box industry will see another entrant later this year with Netflix).
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Check out the full AppleTV/Xbox360-VMP comparison table on joystiq.com

pezjono1986 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2008, 11:33:00 PM »

And which one can play the best HD games available while also providing the ability to download movies and games?

osva · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2008, 12:13:00 AM »

and which can also play hd video games?>

warmaster_670 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2008, 01:33:00 AM »

QUOTE(pezjono1986 @ Jan 17 2008, 01:33 AM)

And which one can play the best HD games available while also providing the ability to download movies and games?

the 360 can play PC games? sweet!

raisingod · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2008, 03:44:00 AM »

QUOTE(pezjono1986 @ Jan 17 2008, 07:33 AM)

And which one can play the best HD games available while also providing the ability to download movies and games?

QUOTE(osva @ Jan 17 2008, 08:13 AM)

and which can also play hd video games?>

If both of you would have read the full chart you would have seen a section in Miscellany thats called video games( 360="TONS" {yep all in CAPS} APTV="Eh, not so much")

joeyddr · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2008, 07:18:00 AM »

This is the dumbest comparison i've seen in a while. Was it done because its microsoft and apple? why not compare having a blue-ray/hd-dvd player and dvd player and your local video store.... jerkoffs.

CHRONIC 5000 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:27:00 AM »

Meh, doesn't really matter to me. I already have XBL and a 360 so, I'm not going to buy something else that does the same thing sans play games. This Apple TV may be for some people but not for me.

On a side note:
Not trying to down Apple, but why do they take something that already exists and copy it saying it's the coolest thing ever. Almost every sucessful Apple product in the last 5 years has been a near direct copy of some other company's idea. Apple's next product Red-Ray DVD.... it's exactly the same as DVD, but we make it and advertise the shit out of it. Again this is just my (and my marketing professor's) opinion.

This post has been edited by CHRONIC 5000: Jan 17 2008, 05:42 PM

BoNg420 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:34:00 AM »

This is the stupidest comparison ever. The 360 plays games, and probably will lower prices eventually or even match them if they feel there is competition. Why compare a game console to something that only plays movies, stupid.

slowass · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2008, 11:23:00 AM »

Lmao so its a win in a category if you lower the pricetag with $0.01?

As been said before me, most stupid comparsion Ive seen this year.

faceless · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2008, 12:43:00 PM »

the full shart is pretty accurate, except for one thing...

they gave appletv a win for *smaller* filesizes, when a bigger filesize would mean a higher bitrate and better quality.

dmitri · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2008, 02:43:00 PM »

Why is this stupid, Microsoft may lower prices.

Try to see past your own nose sometime..

This post has been edited by dmitri: Jan 17 2008, 10:43 PM

iwanttheagrocrag · « **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2008, 04:11:00 PM »

OMG a whole dollar, and the rest where a WHOLE cent

memturbo · « **Reply #12 on:** January 19, 2008, 09:23:00 AM »

Well I will never buy a movie online or thru any service till the prices

are as cheap or cheaper than what I can walk to the video store and get it .

They need a thing like movie gallery you buy a card for $20.00 and its all you can eat

When that day comes Ill be watching like a fiend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Aerok · « **Reply #13 on:** January 19, 2008, 11:54:00 PM »

QUOTE(faceless @ Jan 17 2008, 08:43 PM)

the full shart is pretty accurate, except for one thing...

they gave appletv a win for *smaller* filesizes, when a bigger filesize would mean a higher bitrate and better quality.

Ever heard of better compression?

QUOTE(iwanttheagrocrag @ Jan 18 2008, 12:11 AM)

OMG a whole dollar, and the rest where a WHOLE cent

Say that after 20 movies, you can go so far with 20$!!!

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