JJZolx;573865 Wrote:
> The Revue would be a US or North America only product, wouldn't it? If
> so, that might explain why it appears that the Touch is being phased
> out in this market. For about the same price (estimated at $250-300)
> you'd get a device that can actually run Squeezebox Server, maybe even
> without being crippled. And will also do audio playback by sticking
> SqueezePlay on it. Never mind that it doesn't have a touch screen -
> that won't matter for the target market of TV-watching,
> videogame-playing lumps that Logitech would love to sell to.
>
JJZolx;573865 Wrote:
>
> Could be a little too late to have decided to suck up to Google,
> though.
>
Is there any other alternative ? It's not like Logitech have the
experience to do this themselves without Google and Apple isn't going
to partner up with a hardware manufacturer(like Logitech).
JJZolx;573865 Wrote:
>
> The Apple TV at $99 is likely to throw a bit of a monkey wrench into
> Logitech's plans.
>
The price should be problematic for Logitech but the devices seems to
be pretty different:
Revue(GoogleTV):
- Focused at nothing, will support both premium content and other
amateur content available on Internet. Feels like one of those can do
everything but probably isn't really good at anything kind of device.
- Tries to move into a new direction with Internet TV but still
supports the old cable/satellite box solution.
- Probably very few constraints but pretty geeky and due to this not as
user friendly as it could have been.
- Intended to take over the TV, it's more like a replacement than an
add-on. It will be the main frontend and use the cable/satellite box as
an extension.
AppleTV:
- Focused on premium content even though it support YouTube just to
satisfy younger people.
- Constrained to what's distributed by Apple authorized sources.
- User friendly, can be used by people without technical knowledge.
- Don't support the old cable/satellite box solution, once again Apple
tries to change the world. The question is just if the content
producers are ready to take this step, they have always felt pretty
stuck in their old business models.
- Add-on to your existing TV for now, it's not going to be a
replacement because both customers and producers are too stuck to the
subscription based or commercial financed model. It will live in
parallel with the cable/satellite box.
It's the broadcasters and content producers that limit the
possibilities for this market. The market is going to change, it's just
a matter of time. Personally I suspect Apple is moving in the right
direction, it's just a question if the content producers and consumers
is ready to take this step yet. However, I'm not sure the customers
want a "pay per watch" solution, I suspect most people, at least where
I live, would prefer a monthly subscription based model.
I'm clearly not within the Revue target group as my only interest in it
is related to the possibility of SBS/Squeezebox support. For this kind
of usage I'm clearly better of with a Squeezebox Touch. AppleTV on the
other hand got me interested immediately, mostly as a DVD/blueray
replacement. Unfortunately it's not going to be sold in my area in the
near future.
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