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[asmullin]

Perhaps I'm missing the point, but my Apple TV always defaults to My Movies and My TV Shows when I come back to it. That would seem to be the most important characteristic, not where they appear in the list.

[ffistometer]

What's wrong with Apple TV is it hasn't got a big internal hard drive & you can't connect it to an aerial (either analogue or digital) and have it act as a PVR. Put them in and I'll buy!
If Apple REALLY want to go nuts, faster processor and games options chaps (Buy EA games and Bungie for a start off)
Microsoft are invading the iPod Touch's territory with the new Zune HD, so stick one across the bows of the Xbox 360 money-pit Apple.

[jakecross]

Couldn't agree more. When they released the new interface and the "My" options went down to the bottoms of their respective lists, I was really bummed out. I recently got an iPod touch and have been using Apple's excellent Remote App... now I pretty much circumvent the ATV's slow, crappy menus altogether.

[jamus]

Here is what I think is wrong with it:
1. Sync is ok, but it needs to be secondary. As a notebook user, I do not want to have to boot a computer just to get to my movies. I want ATV to be able to be 100% stand alone from a computer.
2. More formats (be more like a WD TV).
3. Easy to access walk up and plug in USB port on the front. This may fly in the face of Apple design, but it is a very logical need. Instead I have to make do with an out of place looking USB extension cable laying around the front.
4. And of course, the when-hell-freezes-over request of Hulu and Netflix (damn you Silverlight).

[rumplestiltskin]

What's wrong with the AppleTV? AFAIC, nothing that the "patchstick" doesn't fix (which installs Perian and WMV components, and lets me FTP otherwise incompatible videos over to it). I suppose Apple should update the AppleTV software so it would be even more transparent but you can't have everything.
Those who want the AppleTV to be more like a complete Mac...buy a mini and you'll have your wish.

[JoeC]

What you're describing in this article is exactly what the Apple TV WAS before the 2.0 release of the software. All the emphasis of the original Apple TV design was on getting your personal content from iTunes to the TV. And no one bought it.
To me, the design of the 2.0 menu system appears more to be an attempt to make it easy to rent TV shows and Movies than it is to shove it down our throats. Apple had failed hard with 1.0, and it was out to change the perception of its little box. It's easy to see how that desire for change could lead to a change that was too drastic.
True, maybe the emphasis has swung a bit too far in the other direction. Apple could focus more on our own content, and simply offer iTunes content without emphasizing it so much. Or, it could just let users customize the menus, which would be the best of both worlds.
As it stands now, if you go into My Movies, or My TV shows, the Apple TV will remain there until you want to go somewhere else. It's not like it keeps defaulting back to the iTunes store every time you wake it up.

[bpeacock22]

For it to be really relevant to me (more than just a device I use to watch HD podcasts on my TV and play music on my theater system), integration with Netflix and/or Hulu would really be sweet.
Also, if I may digress a little, the remote app on the iphone for the AppleTV is awful. You can't navigate the full menu on the phone that is presented on the screen. For example, there is no YouTube option on the phone app. So I have to use the little remote to navigate to the YouTube menu, then I can pull out my iphone to "conveniently" type in my search. Two devices to do one thing. Dumb.

[tallscot]

Here's a no-brainer - AVCHD support.
The only reason I would buy an Apple TV is if I purchased Fairplay media from Apple. I don't, so I use a PS3, which supports AVCHD.

[rdunative]

Nothing is wrong with Apple TV. Compressed my DVD library using DVD mobile and now I can queue up any movie instantly.

[Kazot]

It's not a Mac mini.

[BradPDX]

. No AppleTV, Netflix, or the rest for me. I bought a new HDTV over a month ago and can't bring myself to sit through watching it for more than 15 minutes at a time, there are just other and better things to do around the house. The kids like it, though - they just don't watch commercial TV.
Where does everyone find the time? I don't know.

[tallscot]

BradPDX said:

. No AppleTV, Netflix, or the rest for me. I bought a new HDTV over a month ago and can't bring myself to sit through watching it for more than 15 minutes at a time, there are just other and better things to do around the house. The kids like it, though - they just don't watch commercial TV.

Where does everyone find the time? I don't know.

Where do you find the time to make comments on the Internet? :)

This post reminds me of the South Park "Smug" episode with the hybrid cars and San Francisco.

[rdunative]

No kids here. Only watch movies, The Science Channel, History Channel and Discovery and Shop NBC. That's it. Can't stand mainstream TV so it leaves plenty of time for the movies. I found that Apple TV was the easist way to watch my existing movies without looking for the DVD, firing up the DVD player, bypassing all the setup menus, etc. I almost purchased a PC media center but found it cheaper and easier just to hook up the Apple TV.