Drm is not dying all legal services use it. It's not going to kill appletv, where are people going to get there media from. All apple movies/tv etc has drm on it, same with Zune, same with Google streaming. So it's not a niche market at all.
As I've said before if all you want is to play ripped files then it's great. If you want to do anything more it's not very good at all.
It's not going to redefine the HTPC market, it's to limited, have you seen the videos of it runninng Xbmc, plays films fine, but web browsing, that would annoy me.
People are vastly overestimating what it can do. What it should turn on its head is the cheap programable computer systems. Which it can compete with things like digibee. Oh that's exactly what it was designed for.
Its a he'll of a lot cheaper than a usual x86 HTPC, it also does all the important functions of a HTPC and more as it runs a mobile OS (all though w8 will change that). It also has far more features than just electrical cost. Size, noise from fans etc.
The good thing is all these types of devices are going to fall in price fairly quickly, as they don't need the upto date SOCs.
When a similar device comes out with w8 on it, I'll be buying one for parents they only updated to a LCD tv the other year and they are wanting things like bbc iplayer and stuff. But I don't want to give them a fragmented system. Neither do they want another box under the tv, of which there isn't space.
As I've said before if all you want is to play ripped files then it's great. If you want to do anything more it's not very good at all.
It's not going to redefine the HTPC market, it's to limited, have you seen the videos of it runninng Xbmc, plays films fine, but web browsing, that would annoy me.
People are vastly overestimating what it can do. What it should turn on its head is the cheap programable computer systems. Which it can compete with things like digibee. Oh that's exactly what it was designed for.
Its a he'll of a lot cheaper than a usual x86 HTPC, it also does all the important functions of a HTPC and more as it runs a mobile OS (all though w8 will change that). It also has far more features than just electrical cost. Size, noise from fans etc.
The good thing is all these types of devices are going to fall in price fairly quickly, as they don't need the upto date SOCs.
When a similar device comes out with w8 on it, I'll be buying one for parents they only updated to a LCD tv the other year and they are wanting things like bbc iplayer and stuff. But I don't want to give them a fragmented system. Neither do they want another box under the tv, of which there isn't space.
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