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Who Will Win the Home Entertainment Battle?

Apple TV is a huge flop! Isn't it kind of chump to state that? I don't find it chump at all to spend $230 to watch $4 HD movies, YouTube clips, TV shows, IPhoto etc on the big screen - all done without the need for yet another hulking and expensive DVD-DVR box alongside the existing Sat TV DVR and audio CD player. And why do I need DVD's and CD's anyway? With Apple TV and iTunes that silly cabinet stuffed with silly discs has gone the way of the Dodo - at least in my house.

What more do you want?

Apple needs work, yes. And it will get it over time that will keep it ahead of other options.

The use of a gaming console most often found lying on the living room carpet or in the kid's bedroom next to a towering DVD/CD cabinet cabled across the floor to the TV that must have a TV-tuner equipped PC - everyone has one of those - right? - is hugely chump.

DirecTV: Surging Stock Price, Plenty of Potential

Trouble with DTV as far as movies go - the main reason many use the service in the first place - is that shows are pushed. Annoyingly, there's no user selection of a movie a user would really like to see, even with Pay Per View. Ask yourself how often you want to see the movie DTV have decided you can watch?

Not so in the download world. For example, using the $230 Apple TV, a device about the size of a hardback book, the user downloads a movie of choice from 1000's, no differently than if it were a music track. And that, after having had the benefit of viewing the trailer!

Furthermore, using the same device and the same on-screen menu, one can browse and view YouTube clips in addition to one's iTunes Music Library, TV Show and PC/Mac photograph files!