Poll: Will You Buy AppleTV? If So, When? If not, why?

The buzz surrounding Apple’s iPhone drowned almost any buzz over AppleTV.

Based on what you know now, having viewed the AppleTV demonstration, would you buy AppleTV when it ships? If not within six months, when? If not, why not? Take the Mac360 poll below.

I do not remember the last time Apple stirred up this much noise over a product introduction. I’m surprised there’s not a 24-hour iPhone Channel on cable TV.

Missing from much of the early noise over Apple’s product introductions is buzz or noise over AppleTV. I went back and looked at the QuickTime demonstration, sans Steve Jobs’ notorious Reality Distortion Field (of which I was a part during Macworld).

What I saw during the AppleTV demo was an attractive product, that, like iPhone offers much but raises more questions than it answers.

In short, AppleTV synchronizes with your Mac or Windows PC’s iTunes and plays what’s in iTunes on your TV. If you have movies, TV shows, Podcasts, music, your own movies, ripped DVDs, and so on, you can watch and listen to it all on your widescreen TV.

At first, AppleTV just sounds way cool and $299 seems a modest price. The demo was impressive.

Then the questions and criticisms began. Where’s the video recorder? Why can’t I add a hard drive?

You get the idea. All the AppleTV noise was overshadowed by the hysteria over the iPhone. That question was asked in detail here in the Mac360 Forums.

Taking into consideration all you’ve read and heard about AppleTV, including the QuickTime movie of Steve Jobs keynote presentation of AppleTV, ask yourself if you’re planning to buy one?

Or, will you wait? If so, how long will you wait? Inquiring minds want to know.

To take the AppleTV Purchase Poll (3 questions) Click Here.

To see the results on votes cast by other Mac360 readers, just Click Here.

Assuming you can’t ever imagine yourself buying or using AppleTV, share your opinion with other readers in the Comments section below. Ditto if you plan to buy AppleTV, but share your reasons for doing so.

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